Our Current Wedding Plans
I guess I should start at the beginning...
John and I met in the fall of 2000, when we both started working of the City and Borough of Juneau's Engineering Department within a few months of each other. It wasn't long before we started dating and when I suddenly needed a place to stay, John responded with, "I don't mind having you around. You can stay here." Boy, romance from the start!
Five years later, we sold that little house and moved into an even smaller travel trailer with our 2 labradors while we had a new house built. By that time we were both playing hockey several times a week - you don't even want to imagine what that trailer looked (or smelled) like! We decided to skip Christmas gifts because of the money we were hemorrhaging on the new house. On Christmas morning, we got up and had coffee in the "living room" of the trailer and opened gifts our families had sent. John gave me a card and at the bottom signed it, "This card is good for one (1) engagement ring of your choice." I was shocked to say the least. When I came around, my first question was, "ANY ring?" to which John replied, "I don't know, how much can you afford on your credit card." Let me tell you - I'm one lucky gal!
Probably the funniest and most awkward part of the day was telling my family. I called my parents in Spokane knowing that my sisters were both home for the holidays. They passed the phone around so I could talk to everyone and hear about the gifts they had received. One problemo - no one ever asked me what I got! I finally had to ask my mom (the second time the phone was passed to her) if she wanted to know what I got. When I told her I got a ring, she asked me what kind. My only response was DUH! You see, for five Christmases, both our families had been asking if I'd gotten a ring and this year they had finally given up. HA. Jokes on them.
There must have been something in the air because everyone in my family seems to be taking the plunge. In February 2005, my cousin Christa McMullen married Matt Hagan in Bellingham, Washington. Then everyone started getting engaged. Christa's younger brother, Chad married Kristina Knoll on August 27, 2006, followed the following weekend by my older sister Amy's wedding to Tom Kay in San Fransisco. That was just last weekend and in less than a month, Christa's youngest brother, Craig, is getting married in Hawaii to Holland Brunsting. We decided to wait a bit because 1) I could hear my dad's mind working and his blood pressure rising when I told him I was engaged - only one week after my sister announced her engagement, 2) somehow moving into a brand new house and planning a wedding all at the same time just seemed to ambitious and, 3) we figured no one could afford to come to our wedding after all the others, and if they could, they wouldn't be able to afford to buy us any gifts! So.... July 2007 it is.
My plan for this blog is to give our friends and family a place to find information about fun stuff to do in and around Juneau. Please let me know how we can help you with ideas or suggestions. Also, if you let us know your plans in advanced, we may be able to work you some local discounts.
We also have a website with wedding details at: http://mcmullenandbohan.weddings.com.
We hope you can all come to Juneau to help us celebrate next year. And if we had to choose, we'd take you presence over your presents any day!!
John and I met in the fall of 2000, when we both started working of the City and Borough of Juneau's Engineering Department within a few months of each other. It wasn't long before we started dating and when I suddenly needed a place to stay, John responded with, "I don't mind having you around. You can stay here." Boy, romance from the start!
Five years later, we sold that little house and moved into an even smaller travel trailer with our 2 labradors while we had a new house built. By that time we were both playing hockey several times a week - you don't even want to imagine what that trailer looked (or smelled) like! We decided to skip Christmas gifts because of the money we were hemorrhaging on the new house. On Christmas morning, we got up and had coffee in the "living room" of the trailer and opened gifts our families had sent. John gave me a card and at the bottom signed it, "This card is good for one (1) engagement ring of your choice." I was shocked to say the least. When I came around, my first question was, "ANY ring?" to which John replied, "I don't know, how much can you afford on your credit card." Let me tell you - I'm one lucky gal!
Probably the funniest and most awkward part of the day was telling my family. I called my parents in Spokane knowing that my sisters were both home for the holidays. They passed the phone around so I could talk to everyone and hear about the gifts they had received. One problemo - no one ever asked me what I got! I finally had to ask my mom (the second time the phone was passed to her) if she wanted to know what I got. When I told her I got a ring, she asked me what kind. My only response was DUH! You see, for five Christmases, both our families had been asking if I'd gotten a ring and this year they had finally given up. HA. Jokes on them.
There must have been something in the air because everyone in my family seems to be taking the plunge. In February 2005, my cousin Christa McMullen married Matt Hagan in Bellingham, Washington. Then everyone started getting engaged. Christa's younger brother, Chad married Kristina Knoll on August 27, 2006, followed the following weekend by my older sister Amy's wedding to Tom Kay in San Fransisco. That was just last weekend and in less than a month, Christa's youngest brother, Craig, is getting married in Hawaii to Holland Brunsting. We decided to wait a bit because 1) I could hear my dad's mind working and his blood pressure rising when I told him I was engaged - only one week after my sister announced her engagement, 2) somehow moving into a brand new house and planning a wedding all at the same time just seemed to ambitious and, 3) we figured no one could afford to come to our wedding after all the others, and if they could, they wouldn't be able to afford to buy us any gifts! So.... July 2007 it is.
My plan for this blog is to give our friends and family a place to find information about fun stuff to do in and around Juneau. Please let me know how we can help you with ideas or suggestions. Also, if you let us know your plans in advanced, we may be able to work you some local discounts.
We also have a website with wedding details at: http://mcmullenandbohan.weddings.com.
We hope you can all come to Juneau to help us celebrate next year. And if we had to choose, we'd take you presence over your presents any day!!
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