wedding ramblings: date v. venue

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it's crazy how you think you've come to a conclusion, and then people use real common sense to completely crash it. like me... thinking i had made a final decision on an outdoor wedding/barn reception in march. great idea! and then jake comes along and says, "hey hannah, we live in nebraska and average temperatures in march are about 20 degrees. maybe an outdoor wedding isn't such a good idea." get. outta. here.

so with this sound logic, we found ourselves at a crossroad. either stick with the march 9th date and have an indoor wedding or push the date back and have a wonderful outdoor wedding.

i'm here to tell you that i think i've made up my mind, keyword being think.
not only is the timing perfect for march 9 (a designated week off of work following the wedding and my best friend is able to make the trip back to the midwest from the big apple on her spring break) it is also soon enough. marriage is something jake and i have talked about for a while. it's something that i've prayed about since we first started dating. putting it off for another month or two just seems pointless to me. as for the venue, maybe that barn reception can't happen.... but another kind can. and that's fine. it'll work. i'll make it. because at the end of that day the only thing that will matter is that i'll be married to a man that i love more than anything on this earth. nothing beats that. definitely not a barn.
so rather than saying "i think", i have made up my mind. still sending out those save the dates, people, because i've got me a groom and we need to get hitched. :)


hannah


in case you missed out...
save the dates
engagement

insomnia = productivity

last night, in a moment of insomnia, i started brainstorming on some save the date ideas. i think i might actually use what i created.... which is crazy. the design would be printed on 5x5 paper/cardstock. i'm thinking an offwhite color. let me know what you think though, anything i should change? also, where can i go to get this printed?! my late night search led me nowhere. thanks for the help!

hannah

moments before....

not long before going to colorado i had bought a new lens for my camera.

i was so excited about it, i could not stop taking pictures. 

and how lucky that i now have something to look back on knowing that these were taken just moments before one little question would change the rest of my life. 

(and how lucky for jake that i was too busy with the lens to see the big box in his back pocket that contained my ring!)

we've started the planning and have settled the date.
don't think i'm too crazy when i say that 6 months from now i will be mrs. jake jensen.
march 9, 2013
*squeals of joy*
:)

hannah

i'm yours and that's it. forever.

jake and i celebrated two years of dating yesterday.

(but we dated unofficially for a year before)

and now we have something new to celebrate.

we're engaged!

he proposed at sunset on sapphire point in dillon, colorado.

though it wasn't how he had originally planned, it couldn't have been any more perfect.

just the two of us. on top of a little mountain. overlooking an incredible view.

it is still pretty surreal to me.

i feel like i might wake up and it will all be a dream. 

which might be why i can't sleep... ;)

we are so incredibly blessed to have family and friends that support us and who have been praying for us as we reach this point. if you could please continue to pray for us as we transition to a new and exciting stage in our lives, we would greatly appreciate it. we are looking forward to seeing how God chooses to use our marriage to glorify Him. 

now for a few photos

!!!

forgetfulness.

i'm almost certain it's something that is inherited.

my mom is a pretty forgetful person.... and i think i got it from her.

jake and i had every intention of going out and shooting with my new lens and of course the day we're finally able to i leave the memory card in my laptop. way to go hannah. way. to. go.

that's ok though.

that's what iphones are for right?

oh...

have i ever told you all that i love him?

he does silly things like waiting for iphone timers to go off with me.

that's love.

hannah

early riser

early yesterday morning, and i mean early... like 4 am early...
jake and i dropped my parents off at the airport an hour away. they'll be gone for a little while exploring in asia. my dad has this romance with china. it's always been a place that he loves. from the food, to the people, and even the language. he really loves that place. i'm so happy that he gets to go back after 22+ years. anndddd they also get to go hang out in korea, where my mom is from, and visit some relatives that we hardly ever see... i guess the only time we ever see them is when we go to korea, which isn't very often. basically, they're going back home.

one benefit of waking up so stinking early was getting to see a beautiful sunrise. not being one who wakes up easily at 6 in the morning, the sunrise was a nice little exchange.

i cheated death

or that's what my medal says, anyway. 

this weekend i ran the mud factor 5k with jake. you may remember the last time jake ran a 5k here. however, this was my first mud running experience! through this i learned that jake and i aren't really the best planners. we didn't really plan on being "in shape" for the 5k. we didn't really plan to get there on time to check in. we didn't really plan on having to pay to check our stuff in...or have a bag to put our stuff in to check in. and we didn't really plan what time we were going to run either. so yeah, not the best planners. we ended up making our own phase between the 9 am and the 9:30. which actually wasn't the best idea because we had to wait for all the slow people from the 9 am phase to go through all the obstacles. that's ok though, i got to hold jake's hand as we stomped through mud. :) and i got a medal! can't beat that.