ok - invitation text DONE :)

It was a process to get done with the wording - and after looking online for samples and even creating the one mentioned in the previous post - we didn't have it done.  Then yesterday knowing that the printing co. was waiting for this - I got inspired...and here it is:

"El amor todo lo sufre, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.  El amor nunca deja de ser..." 

En este día me caso con el que ama mi alma, mi regalo de parte de Dios, mi promesa esperada y sueño echo realidad.  Junto con nuestros padres, queremos invitarlo a que sea testigo de esta unión.

in English - especially for those english-speaking only! (sorry)

"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."

On this day I marry the one who loves my soul, my gift from God, my awaited promise and dream come true.  Together with our parents, we want to invite you to be witness of this union.

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I called mik right away and emailed it to him for his 'review and input' - he said it was perfect.  :)  I read a verse in Songs of Solomon that said 'found the one that loves my soul' and that's what triggered it. For mik and I, we are a gift from God to each other, he seriously is that promise I had but was waiting for, and he completely is a dream come true.  I love him.  I love you.

And the verse, well we've all read that verse in 1 Corinthians 13:7-8 or heard it used for several things.  I didn't think that would be the verse until I read it again when we were searching for 'the' verse for our invitations.  And this has been our relationship from day 1.  We knew who we wanted to bear all things things, come what may.  We were believing God that He would provide, He would open doors, He would lead our path, and in that we had Hope, hope that God was going to take care of us - and even though there have been rough paths along the way, we've endured and that is our promise to one another  -to endure it together, always.

So there you have it - our invitation wording and how it came about.  :)

scratch that - he wants input :)

oh bless mik, bless him.

So I emailed him my idea for the invitations and he wrote back saying that he felt in needed something. He resends me what he has written and Mr. pretty much cut out what I wrote and only kept the verse. What he wrote was your normal traditional wording....boring.

So I ask myself "why do I keep asking him for his input?" hahaha.

So we're back on the writing board for the invitations....my mom suggested we should just do them in english, that way it just sounds normal. We shall see. We shall see.

I'm bad at blogging - sorry!

I've been bad about blogging and keeping this up-to-date.  Well we're less than 100 days away from getting married and it has been a blast! 

I've told people that it seems like we haven't gotten much done, but once we actually start telling people what we've done - we feel accomplished, we've done a lot!

Today we get our Save the Date postcards, I can't wait! - we'll start mailing them out tomorrow!!! I finished our wording for our invitations today and just waiting for Mik's ok (in checking spelling/grammar!)

Here's the text:

"El amor todo lo sufre, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.  El amor nunca deja de ser..." 1 Cor. 13:7-8

En este dia me caso con mi amigo, mi amiga, que fue dada por Dios para celebrar la promesa de amor, fe y de vida.  Junto con nuestros padres, tenemos el honor de invitarlo a que sea testigo de esta unión.

....I know its in spanish - but the majority of our guest are bilingual, and only 6 speak only English! so its been a hard decision but the invitations will be in Spanish.  I mean, we are Mexican after all! ha.

We'll get this out to the print shop and have them in a month.  Exciting.

Today I also decided on the colors for the table linen.  I know, linen! Believe it or not, it was a difficult decision!  I wanted to stay true to who I am, what I love.  I know I should say 'stay true to who WE are' 'what WE love' but let's be honest, Mik doesn't care about colors! ha.   I know its going to look great.  

Again, I've been really bad about blogging, but I promise to do this more often.  Its been a whirl wind of emotions and activities....next - bridal shower! oh boy.