Wedding Photos Almost Ready

Mary and I had been wondering when we were going to be able to see the proofs of our wedding photos.  The teaser that our photographer posted over a month ago got us really excited, only to keep us wondering when we were going to see the rest!  Finally I contacted them and was told it should only be a few more days now.  

On a side note, I've got our new website up and running, but have a few minor changes to make before we send the link out to anyone.  Look for that in the next few days....I promise!

Photo Preview

Our photographers have posted a preview of a few of the photos from our wedding day on their blog.  Please visit Mr. Stacey to see these pictures from our day.  We could not be more excited with how these have turned out and we cannot wait to see the rest!

We Did It!

Well, our wedding weekend has come and gone.  I don't think we could have asked for it to go much better than it did.  We had so much fun with everyone, and everything went so well.  Thank you to everyone who came to share in this amazing day with us. 

We've asked that anyone who took pictures please submit them on my photo sharing website, GPUDS.  If you don't have access to it and you took pictures, please let us know!  Once we get them all, I'll post a link for people to view them directly off of this site. 

The Final Countdown

Yes, The Final Countdown.  And no, I don't mean the song by semi-famous '80s rock band, Europe.  I mean the final countdown until we get married!  This past weekend, Mary and I spent most of our time at Mary's parents house in Homer Glen finalizing all kinds of details.  Mary will pretty much be "camping out" there, as she says for the next couple of days.  At least she only has a two-day work week!

The details over the past few days have included the final guestlist, seating assignments, transportation logistics, photography details, place cards, menu cards, programs, and amongst all that, finishing cleaning out Mary's old apartment!  Just because we're planning a wedding, though, doesn't mean our normal activities have been put on hold.  I had to take Bentley in for a comprehensive check-up yesterday, go to the dry cleaners this morning, get a haircut tonight, and find time for Starbucks in and amongst all that.

With all the pressure we're feeling to get everything done, we fortunately have Mary's Aunt Lorrie to keep us entertained!  She came up with a really funny "what if" scenario.  What if Bentley got access to Mary and Jack's wedding blog.....?  Find out here!

Engagement Photo Session

This actually happened over a month ago, but better late than never right!  The photography package we selected for our wedding included a complimentary engagement photo session.  Mary and I weren't planning on purchasing this, but since it was at no cost to us, we figured we'd take advantage.  Our photographers made a good case for it as well.  They said that the purpose of the session was for us to "warm up" to having our pictures taken a lot and be the center of attention.  This proved to be a really good idea.

Although we did warm up a little towards the end, there was definitely a feeling of, "what are we supposed to do?"  Most of the time, when someone is taking your picture you look directly at the camera and smile, right?  Well that's not the case for wedding pictures.  Not that we expected it to be, but actually having to act candid was quite a challenge.  Of course, on our wedding day, we'll be so pre-occupied with guests and such that I'm sure we'll hardly even notice the photographer.

Some of the pictures didn't come out to be our favorites, but we did really like a lot of them.  It ended up being a great experience to get to work with our photographers ahead of time.  We're also planning on purchasing several of the photos from our engagement session as well.  I'm sure that only our parents and maybe siblings will be interested, but we'd be happy to let anyone view them online.

For security reasons, I'm not going to post the address to the gallery online, but just send us a message on our contact page, and I'll happily send you the link!