Hillary12.8.07
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2007
So, after becoming ADDICTED to everyones AWESOME Disney wedding and Disneymoon reports on here, I think I am ready to start my own! (Seriously, I think I have read just about everyones on here, even if I haven't commented them all, yes I'm an addict )
And first I just want to say how much I LOVE these boards. Even though I haven't gotten to know you personally, I feel like I do know many of you just from reading your stuff on here, and I just never got that over at theknot . Plus we all share the love of Disney here so I feel at home! yay!
Sadly I am not having a DFTW, it just doesnt make sense for us b/c all of our family here and not being able to travel and have all of them there, BUT!, we are going on a Disneymoon and I couldnt be happier! I joked about it a looong time ago, didn't think DF would actually go for it but he did! And I think sometimes I MORE excited for it than the actual wedding. Prob not, but I'm really really excited and I drive DF CRAZY with all of my Disney planning talk! Anyway, I will get to all the Disneymoon details later but just for now we are leaving the Monday after the wedding ,staying for a week at Wilderness Lodge! Not doing the dining plan, it just doesnt make sense for us b/c we dont do alot of expensive, sit down meals, maybe a few but it wouldnt be worth it.
Just to get this thing started, heres some info on us....
Me -Hillary, 24 (25 in November!), 2nd year graduate student in School Counseling. I have my undergrad in Psychology which I love, but its hard to find a career so I went right back and started on my Masters. Will take another 2 years to finish. LOVE all things Disney, we've been going since I was a kid, had annual passes for a few years and I will NEVER get tired of it.
DF -Andy, is also 24 and works as a Network Administrator/Engineer (I get his titles confused), at Savannah River Site, basically the big nuclear plant we have here...a good 50-70% or so of the population around Augusta is employed out there. To me it means, he has a really good government job with great benefits and he's doing quite decent for a 24 year old with just an Associates Degree. His first trip to Disney was in May, it was a last minute trip for a few days and I LOVED getting to see him experience it for the first time.
Some more pictures of us...
Us at the beach last summer
My college graduation last May
Our engagement...
We have been friends for years, have the same big group of friends, just took us a few years to both realize how much we liked each other. We started dating in November 2005, and within prob 6 months or so I think we both knew that we wanted to be together forever. SO, we started looking at rings last summer, and around December I had picked out exactly what I wanted...
I knew he had bought it over Christmas, but had NO idea when and how I'd get it. I just wanted it to be a surprise. He did let me think it was going to be awhile, bc he was taking his time paying it off. So I was not expecting it at all. February 2nd he surprised me by taking me to his house (he lives w/his parents right now), and his brother and his best friend had cooked this huge beautiful meal, they had candles and rose petals and it was amaaazing. I about freaked out, they served us and Andy was SO SO nervous. He barely touched his food and that kid can eat! Finally after desert he got down on his knee and asked me to marry him.
Right before he did it...
some more pictures...
we're engaged!!
We had already picked out December, just because it is the best time for me, being out of school for almost a month then. Plus we're just more wintery cold weather people. And we knew he could take a vacation easier then. So December it is. I'm down to 5 months, have alot taken care of but still have quite a few details to work out.
I will add more later, what I have already done but I need to get OFF the dis for awhile bfore I get in trouble
Thanks for anyone who reads this!!
And first I just want to say how much I LOVE these boards. Even though I haven't gotten to know you personally, I feel like I do know many of you just from reading your stuff on here, and I just never got that over at theknot . Plus we all share the love of Disney here so I feel at home! yay!
Sadly I am not having a DFTW, it just doesnt make sense for us b/c all of our family here and not being able to travel and have all of them there, BUT!, we are going on a Disneymoon and I couldnt be happier! I joked about it a looong time ago, didn't think DF would actually go for it but he did! And I think sometimes I MORE excited for it than the actual wedding. Prob not, but I'm really really excited and I drive DF CRAZY with all of my Disney planning talk! Anyway, I will get to all the Disneymoon details later but just for now we are leaving the Monday after the wedding ,staying for a week at Wilderness Lodge! Not doing the dining plan, it just doesnt make sense for us b/c we dont do alot of expensive, sit down meals, maybe a few but it wouldnt be worth it.
Just to get this thing started, heres some info on us....
Me -Hillary, 24 (25 in November!), 2nd year graduate student in School Counseling. I have my undergrad in Psychology which I love, but its hard to find a career so I went right back and started on my Masters. Will take another 2 years to finish. LOVE all things Disney, we've been going since I was a kid, had annual passes for a few years and I will NEVER get tired of it.
DF -Andy, is also 24 and works as a Network Administrator/Engineer (I get his titles confused), at Savannah River Site, basically the big nuclear plant we have here...a good 50-70% or so of the population around Augusta is employed out there. To me it means, he has a really good government job with great benefits and he's doing quite decent for a 24 year old with just an Associates Degree. His first trip to Disney was in May, it was a last minute trip for a few days and I LOVED getting to see him experience it for the first time.
Some more pictures of us...
Us at the beach last summer
My college graduation last May
Our engagement...
We have been friends for years, have the same big group of friends, just took us a few years to both realize how much we liked each other. We started dating in November 2005, and within prob 6 months or so I think we both knew that we wanted to be together forever. SO, we started looking at rings last summer, and around December I had picked out exactly what I wanted...
I knew he had bought it over Christmas, but had NO idea when and how I'd get it. I just wanted it to be a surprise. He did let me think it was going to be awhile, bc he was taking his time paying it off. So I was not expecting it at all. February 2nd he surprised me by taking me to his house (he lives w/his parents right now), and his brother and his best friend had cooked this huge beautiful meal, they had candles and rose petals and it was amaaazing. I about freaked out, they served us and Andy was SO SO nervous. He barely touched his food and that kid can eat! Finally after desert he got down on his knee and asked me to marry him.
Right before he did it...
some more pictures...
we're engaged!!
We had already picked out December, just because it is the best time for me, being out of school for almost a month then. Plus we're just more wintery cold weather people. And we knew he could take a vacation easier then. So December it is. I'm down to 5 months, have alot taken care of but still have quite a few details to work out.
I will add more later, what I have already done but I need to get OFF the dis for awhile bfore I get in trouble
Thanks for anyone who reads this!!