Save-The-Dates + CupCakes!

WOOHOOO!!! Last night we officially ordered the Save-the-Date cards for our wedding.  I love Love LOVE that Mike is involved with each little detail concerning the planning of OUR wedding.  I have to say, it really makes me appreciate that it is truly OUR wedding, not my wedding, not his wedding, but ours... It also makes me appreciate the women that get stuck planning a wedding alone, although I guess that is how some prefer it...  Mike and I pondered and viewed, and reviewed options for the save-the-dates we chose (which are AMAZING if I can say so myself) as well as all the matching invitation stuff, etc etc etc....  It has been a blast in some aspects to be doing these things together, and making these decisions together, it definitely makes the entire wedding process a bonding experience.  I will post a picture of the cards when they come in.  The nice thing is that we are saving an epic TON of cash not having to use postage.  The primary make-up of our wedding guests are our co-workers who have become our closest friends.

Oh, so, last week-ish I met with the gang at The Yum Yum Cupcake kitchen.  We will be using Yum Yum for the cupcakes for our wedding.  We thought about traditional cake, but then realized that either of us have yet to attend a wedding with a really great tasting cake, AND I hate traditional frosting, and collectively we hate Fondant...  Hence, gourmet cupcakes!  We are thinking probably 4 flavors, and then a small 6" round cake for us to put our topper on and to save for our anniversary.  We will do 'Bride & Groom' muffin size cupcakes for us to 'cut' at the reception.  We are SUPER excited, but the hard part is deciding on just 4 flavors!!!

Well, that's all for now!  More to come I am sure... this is such an exciting time, and a stressful time as well... we are trying not to let the stress get to us though.

The Wedding Party Re-Visited!

Alright; I guess for anyone who has planned a wedding, you know that there are changes and adjustments... here is the latest 'edition' of the Wedding Party:

• Maid of Honor 
• Jeanette Jofre - Nikki's Stepmom
• Best Man
• John Serrano - Mike's friend and Co-worker
• Bridesmaids (in no particular order)
• Aya Chin - Nikki's Friend
• Annie Ledee - Nikki's Friend
• Becky Ledesma - Nikki's Friend and Little Sister from another Mother :-)
• Groomsmen (in no particular order)
• Jeremiah Hurst - Mike's Second In Command at Work and Friend
• Johann Amurao - Mike's Brother
• Michael Pino - Annie's Brother
• Andy Avila - Friend of Nikki & Mike
• Junior Bridemaid (Certainly the most important)
• EmmaLeigh Amurao - Mike's oldest daughter, Nikki's step-daughter
• Flower Girls 
• Savannah Amurao - Mike's youngest daughter - Nikki's step-daughter
• Kate Marie Jofre-Furno - Nikki's little sister
• Ring Bearer 
• Ryu Chin - Son of Manon and Aya Chin
• Parents of the Bride
• Dannielle Atkins - Mother
• Karen Furno - Mother
• Jeanette Jofre - Step-mom
•  Parents of the Groom
• Mr. Alfredo and Mrs. Evangeline Amurao 
• Walking the Bride down the aisle
• Dannielle Atkins - Mother of the Bride
• Kenneth Rosenfield - Boss and most imporatantly Friend of the Bride and Groom

Well, those are all the updates for now!  So far we have a venue, a date, rings, and I supposed I need to get started on finding a dress, and all that other good stuff!

We have a Date & a Venue!!!

Oh so very very excited.  Mike and I finally decided that we needed to stop letting life in  general get in the way of planning this very special occasion.  Between home and work life, things have been quite chaotic in the Atkins-Amurao household.  Honestly, it took us taking time off of work and making an appointment we could stick to in order to get where we are now.


SO, we picked a location!  We will be getting married at the Historic Dubsdread Ballroom.  IT IS STUNNING!  The ceremony will be outside (fingers crossed that the weather holds out).  There is a cobblestone path and pad, and a beautiful arch located beneath an enormous oak tree :-) I am in LOVE with this location.  The cocktails and reception will be held at Dubsdread as well.  The room is stunning!  There are antique wood floors (no piece-together dance floor!) an great stone fireplace (not so useful in Florida, but beautiful), all in all, the space is fantastic and we are SUPER excited.


On top of simply choosing the location of our wedding, we also set the date. Wait for it...... 
Sunday, March 24th, 2013!!!


More information and pictures to come soon!!