25 random facts about Charlie and Jenny….

1. The first time they met Charlie thought Jenny was snobby.
2. The second time they met they were kind of set-up by Jenny’s brother, Chris.
3. Jenny knew the second time they met, while bowling, that they would get married. She stopped biting her nails that day so she would have pretty hands for a ring.
4. Charlie asked Jenny out for coffee, which to this day they have never gone to do, after 3 days together with friends. They barely talked those 3 days.
5. Charlie and Jenny learned more about each other over numerous hours of phone conversation and lack of sleep the week before their first date.
6. Jenny blew off a Downhere concert, her favorite band, to have their first date a day early.
7. Jenny kissed Charlie first…on the first date…at the beginning of the date.
8. Charlie and Jenny’s first date was at a party with Charlie’s friends…no pressure!
9. Charlie and Jenny’s second date was the El Greco art exhibit at Duke. Jenny has a stuffed lamb named El Greco from that date that she sleeps with every night.
10. Charlie thinks Jenny tricked him into saying I love you first.
11. Jenny did not trick Charlie but he did say it first, on their 3rd date, 2 days after their first date.
12. The third date was at Pullen Park. Charlie helped Jenny grade papers and they rode in the paddle boats. They also jumped a fence, went to a forbidden area, and kissed under a beautiful tree.
13. Charlie and Jenny’s first 3 dates happened in one weekend.
14. Charlie and Jenny started talking seriously about marriage the second week they were together.
15. Charlie has gotten Jenny to enjoy numerous things that she normally would turn her nose up at…like camping.
16. The only weekend Charlie and Jenny have spent apart was the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving. But they saw each other Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of that week.
17. When Charlie and Jenny looked at engagement rings Jenny cried in the store and Charlie tried to play fight with her…karate type stuff.
18. Charlie proposed to Jenny in her brother’s living room in front of her family by singing her a beautiful song he wrote for her. There is a Napoleon Dynamite blanket in the background.
19. Jenny had a terrible week prior to that moment and was annoyed with Charlie the Friday night he proposed to her until she figured out what was going on.
20. Charlie and Jenny love to watch the Cosby Show.
21. When Charlie and Jenny watch a movie Jenny always sleeps through it.
22. By the time Charlie and Jenny are married they will have been together 9 months and 1 day.
23. Charlie and Jenny wish they could get married much sooner than the end of June.
24. Charlie and Jenny find numerous eerie similarities about each other regularly. Like…they both had Gizmo stuffed animals as kids and Glow worms. There are more but they have escaped Jenny’s mind at the moment.
25. Some of Jenny’s pet peeves about Charlie…they are always late and he never charges his cell phone. Charlie’s pet peeves about Jenny…she is extremely needy and cries at the drop of a hat.

Wedding Details...Church

I have decided to keep everyone updated with posts about small wedding details. I have a lot to do, but I will start with the church! We are getting married in Wilmington at Christ Community Church. This is the church that was instrumental in my becoming a Christian! I have such a big heart for CCC! In fact, the thought of getting married somewhere else and by someone other than Pastor Paul Phillips breaks my heart!

Christ Community just built a beautiful new church home. It is absolutely beautiful and I pray that the people there and that building continue to bless lives the way mine was! We visited the first service in the new building this past Sunday. The sanctuary is absolutely gorgeous. The worship service started at 10:30 which is the time that our ceremony will start. The lighting through the windows was so beautiful. On Saturday we stopped by the church and I practiced walking down the aisle, so fun!!!

The reception will be in the lobby, which is a large fellowship area. It has beautiful carpeting and large windows and doors that let in so much light. It is going to be a beautiful wedding!

P.S. We will be the first wedding in the new building!!!

http://www.cccwnc.com

Wedding Updates!

We have officially set a date...June 27th!!! We can't wait! Only 122 days to go!

We went to Wilmington for dress shopping with my mom, sister, and a couple of friends. It was SO much fun! I tried on so many dresses and ended up buying the first one I tried on. It is beautiful and I absolutely LOVE the dress! No details though, have to keep it a secret! Krystal took a bunch of pictures of me trying on dresses. None of these are the one I bought so it's okay to peek!

Krystal also took a few engagement pictures of us in downtown Wilmington on Sunday afternoon. It was extremely windy and cold so we didn't get much done! But I will post more pictures when she gets more!

Registry!

We starting registering on Saturday. At first I was not looking forward to it. It was just one more thing to put on my to do list! It was SO much fun! We went to Target. We started in the kitchen section, my favorite part!!! I went nuts! I think I ended up registering for 5 different water pitchers! I loved them all and couldn't decide! Crazy, I know, but it was fun! Charlie added in a bunch of tools. We didn't even finish registering at Target, there was just too much! So, we will resume the registery in a couple weeks and do it at a few other stores as well.

We're off to Wilmington next weekend. Wedding dresses!!!

P.S. - Valentine's Day was great! Sweet, sweet Charlie sent me beautiful flowers! He's such a sweetheart and is way too good to me! I made him sugar cookies that were decorated to look like conversation hearts. They are delicious and fattening us up before the wedding!

We're Engaged!

Okay, so this isn't a big shock to people who know us well, but it's true!!! Charlie proposed tonight! Here's the details....We were at Chris and Krystal's house. Chris and Charlie had plans to play the guitar. I had a terrible day and was not happy, on the verge of tears. Then...Charlie said he wanted to play a new song for me that he had been working on, a church song. My first thought was, "will I ever get a song?" (selfish, I know). So Charlie started playing this beautiful song about me and him! If you click on the song on the iPod to the right you can hear it! Then he got down on one knee and proposed. I don't know what he said though! Of course I said yes!!! It all happened so fast! Luckily, Chris and Krystal video taped the whole thing!!! Hopefully I can post that soon!

We are so happy and look forward to be married to one another. God truly has blessed us!

Boston Market

I was reading through old emails between Charlie and me tonight. I found this little gem that I have been meaning to post!!! One of Charlie's favorite things about me is that I get really sleepy when I am driving. (Ha!) This leaves him to be creative and keep me entertained on the cell phone in between Durham and Fayetteville. Charlie does a great job narrating movies or just being silly! And then there was Boston Market....

One night while driving back to Fayetteville, Charlie and I were talking about how Fayetteville sucks! So, Charlie typed into Google "Fayetteville sucks". He wound up on someone's blog about Boston Market.

http://meekspeaks.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/even-mcdonalds-thinks-boston-market-sucks/

So Charlie started reading this blog to me. The best part about it was all the hilarious comments people were making. Charlie decided to comment as well:

My girl is going to try BM.

Yo, my girl is goin back to Fayettnam and I wuz reading her this joint. We have never tried the BM. I toll her she needed to try it, since the one in Fayettnam is spossed to be fingar lickin good. I toll hur that she should tell dem dudes behind the counter that Daryle sent her there. My lady likes chicken and gravy. She also likes a good sweet tater. Yo, them black plates was gangsta. I think they should bring those back. Thanks for this page Meek. I like to go to McDonald yo, because it's cheap and they Monopoly now. My girl keeps telling me that stuff will kill me, but I just need to get a couple more pieces and then I can get some more benjamins. I don't think that have a BM in D-Town, else I would go.
Char-Dogg.

We made it our mission to find a Boston Market in Durham. One Friday night we probably had one of the best dinners ever! I'm not kidding, it was SO good! We visited the one in Fayetteville and were disappointed! So, if you haven't tried Boston Market, we recommend the one in Durham!

SNOW DAY!

It snowed today!!! I convinced Charlie to come back to Fayetteville with me last night since he can work from home on Tuesdays. I had a snow day from work, but poor Charlie had to work all day on the laptop. We didn't get out much in the snow, but it was nice to be warm inside! I baked Charlie's favorite cookies...Oatmeal Raisin. The best part was being together all day! Charlie is snowed in here and isn't headed back to Durham until tomorrow after work. I have a work day. The extra couple days together is so nice!