Bridesmaids, Flower Girl & Ring Bearer

Before I get into what this blog post is supposed to be about I have some updates. Saturday May 26th we officially signed our contract for our wedding! This time Jeff got to see the venue (even though he has played golf there before). We talked with Mollie some more, I cannot explain how great she is! I think I could be completely stressed and then talk to her and I wouldn't be stressed any more.  The only questions Jeff had concerned the food tasting and golf haha :)

Now on to what this post is about....

I officially have all of my bridesmaids!!! I am so excited and blessed to have these girls there supporting Jeff and I on our wedding day. I also have my Flower Girl and Ring Bearer. So for my bridesmaids I decided to get creative and ask them in a cute and fun way.

                                   

Maid of Honor: Michele Randall

 
I have known Michele since we were just babies. Our parents went to Scottsdale Bible Church and her mom taught our preschool Sunday school classes. Michele and I have been through a lot together, good times and bad. She has been living in New York City for the past two years and just graduated from the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is also engaged and will be getting married in the fall of 2013.   Asking her to be my maid of honor was a little tricky but her fiance Jordan Collier was a huge help! I tried to send her the champagne like everyone else got, but the post office informed me that you aren't allowed to mail alcohol. After a short freak out I messaged Jordan and he came to the rescue. I sent him all the supplies and he went out and got her some wine and then gave it to her for me. I am so excited that Michele is my MOH and can be apart of my wedding, I can't imagine anyone else as my MOH but her!

Bridesmaid: Caeli Wille

 






Caeli is Jeff's little sister. I have seen her grow up into a beautiful 16 year old girl. She is extremely funny and one of the best dancers I have ever met. Caeli is going to be a Junior in high school in the fall and will be on the Varsity Pom Squad. I am so excited to have her be in the wedding and part of me and Jeff's big day.

Bridesmaid: Carly Morgan

 






I met Carly in 2008 when we both got jobs working summer camp at Lifetime Fitness. When I first met her I thought she was 25 and then I found out she was my age. We worked summer camp together a lot and then we ended up working birthday parties together on the weekends after summer camp ended. Carly became my workout buddy. By workout buddy I mean that she told me what to do and I complained and laughed at all the ridiculous workouts she was having me do...like dead bugs. Carly and I worked at lifetime fitness together for 4 summers and now we are "life long friends who met at Lifetime Fitness...lol" I love this girl and I'm so excited she is in the wedding!

Bridesmaid: Lauren Johnson

               


I also met Lauren in 2008 working at Lifetime Fitness. We both worked teaching preschool where we had about 25-30 preschoolers and had to corral them around the gym to the bathroom...talk about a challenge. Later she became the supervisor for the Junior camp and I worked with her most of the time. When I moved out to California to finish school at Biola, she moved out to SoCal to go to Cal State Long Beach to get her Masters Degree. She has been my SoCal buddy and we try to hang out as much as we can. She is such a great friend to have out in California and I'm so excited she is able to be in the wedding!

Bridesmaid: Tavea Hampton (Soon to be Tavea Ross)

                





I met Tavea at Biola. She was one of my roommates for my Junior (fall semester) and Senior (spring semester) year. I had only met her one time before I moved into an apartment with her and 2 other girls. Luckily Tavea is the nicest and most friendly person I have ever met. We hit it off and became pretty good friends, which was a good thing since Jeff and her soon to be hubby are pretty good friends and love to talk :)

I have such a great supportive group of girls as bridesmaids and I love all of them!

Flower Girl & Ring Bearer: Amelia & Lucas Miller

My niece and nephew are going to be the flower girl and ring bearer. Lucas will be 5 by the time we have the wedding and Amelia will be 4. This is the conversation I had with Lucas tonight about being in the wedding. Me: Lucas you're going to be in me and Jeff's wedding! Lucas: But I don't have clothes to wear. Me: Well we will get you clothes. Lucas: Did mom and dad say it's ok? Me: Yes! And Amelia will be in it too! Then he ran to where my brother and sister in law were and asked them if he could be in my wedding and when they said yes he got super excited. It was so adorable!

Well, these are the bridesmaids. Jeff still needs to ask his groomsmen so once he does that I will have him post those. Although it will probably be a brief post lol.

This week is busy busy, we are talking to a bunch of flower vendors trying to get that whole situation figured out. Wish me luck!

-Rachel

396 days till "I do"

The Venue & The Date

Well, after a lot of tears, frustration and negotiation we finally have our venue and wedding date! We will be getting married at Troon North Golf Club June 29, 2013!

Troon was the first venue that Jeff's mom, my mom, and I visited while I was home for spring break. From the moment we walked in and saw a TV monitor with : Troon North Welcomes the Future Mr & Mrs. Jeff & Rachel Wille, I was loving it. Everything about the venue was perfect....except for the price. It was a little more than we had anticipated and had liked. After that it was all down hill from there, I was so frustrated because every other venue we looked at was more expensive than Troon North. I also couldn't get Troon North out of my head. After a lot of talking with Mollie (the wedding coordinator there) we finally reached an agreement. She is so great and everything at Troon is so perfect!! I was so excited Wednesday when I got the email saying she accepted our final budgeting proposal.

So in 415 days I get to marry the man of my dreams at Troon North :) We are going home in a few weeks and get to sign the contract then!