Who's thinkin Mexico??

Happy Holiday’s to everyone! I hope you are thinking of fun and sun amongst this snow and cold! To anyone thinking of attending the most amazing wedding vacation trip ever, just wanted to inform you all of the update with our travel agent. We have a new one, actually she is the original but she is back from medical leave so you may start contacting her, if you do contact Eileen (travel agent listed on invites) she will forward everything on to Karyn. Karyn is pretty to the point and speedy with her responses. Karyn Fallon1-877-938-6871imaginekr@comcast.net I know it is around the holidays and this George Bush economy is crap but flights are looking lower than they have in a while and hotels will soon change their rates to the higher 2009 rates, so it is best to book early if possible. You have a few options for booking. See website for more information. www.mywedding.com/ashleynathan

· If you want to pay towards your hotel stay you can call Karyn and put down a deposit and add your air on later, air must be paid for in full at time of booking. In order to put down your room deposit you will need to know your arrival and departure dates, so now is the time to determine how long you want to stay. The deposit to hold your rooms is $150 per person, then you can pay towards the remaining balance up until the trip.

· If you are ready to book the whole deal, call Karyn and get movin!

· Of course you may use your own travel agent or book online on your own, we don’t care how you get there as long as you come!!
I am also happy to answer questions and help in any way that I can. It is important to us that you are with us on our day and that you have an easy and convenient travel booking process.! Love,Ashley and Nathan... but more so Ashley

Say NO to the dress.....

Okay, so we went dress shopping this past Saturday in St. Paul. It was my first real dress shopping experience. I had tired on a couple right when I got engaged, but I decided Saturday was the day we would purchase the dress...If anyone knows me, they know I CANNOT make a decision if my life depended on it (hence being engaged for 9 months before setting a date) I second guess every decision..it is quite annoying, makes most things take forever to complete. So Nome, mom, and two of my bridesmaids headed to the Wedding Shoppe in St. Paul, which is apparently like the kingdom of all wedding dress places... It was Satruday morning, so it was pretty crazy.. Now let me tell you, there are some UGLY dresses out there people, just plain ugly. There were a few other brides trying on dresses the same time I was and I wanted to scream at them how completly horrific they looked, as their mothers ohhhed and ahhed.. It was pretty tragic, I saw white trash bride, and plain jane bride, and oh my gosh who is marrying you bride....and then there was me...it was my goal to look like a little Mexican doll...and it was the third dress I tried on, it was everything I said I didn't want, and it was perfect! I have never seen anything so beautiful...mom cried, I cried and refused to take it off, sat and stared at myself in the mirror... I told mom and Nome I am more sure about the dress than I am about the groom (totally kidding) I have included some NOT the dress pictures for your enjoyment, got a good laugh out of some of them.. You will have to wait until Mexico to see the real thing!

Update

Okay, so I have really been slacking with the updating of this blog, after a visit with Grandma Bev last week, apparently this blog is how most of the Komestakes' communicate! So I will try and keep you all posted...

Let me see, since my last post I think a few things have changed....I am currently working at the Chamber of Commerce of Fargo Moorhead, as a leadership development coordinator. I have been here for one year this month. I coordinate two leadership programs for the FM community, one is geared towards business professionals, the other towards high school sophomores and juniors. These are both 9 month programs that kick off in August and conclude in May. The students meet once per month for all day sessions, the contents of these sessions are my responsibility. Work keeps me very very busy! I also hostess once or twice a week at a Restaurant called Ushers, which is the old Red Bear.

Nathan and I moved yet again....but this time just down the road. Our landlord found out about our cat and we got the boot! So now we live in a crappier more expensive apartment in the ghetto.

Wedding plans are coming along, after an all out battle with the invitations, they will be sent out next week. I decided to design and print them myself....big mistake. Please check out our wedding website for all of the details on our Mexican Getaway!!
www.mywedding.com/ashleynathan

I am going dress shopping in November in St. Paul to a place called the wedding shoppe, my goal is to find a dress that day! No messin around!

Destination Wedding It is...Get your passports people!!!

So after 6 months of deliberation....(yes I have been engaged for almost 6 months now!) We have decided that we are going to do it! We are going to have our wedding on the beach in Mexico! It is something that I have always wanted to do, it is really the only way I have ever pictured getting married.....So mom and I are headed to Mexico in a few weeks to tour a few resorts and pick the place. We are shooting for May of 2009 for the date, but will have to wait and see the availability of the resorts we see. We are all really excited, and I can't wait to start planning. I will post details as they come up!

We're Engaged!!!

I am wayyyy to excited to type the story of how it happened so if you really want to know please call my cell phone, 612-207-3783, I have no idea when we are getting married or where, but at this point I am leaning towards a destination wedding, I am open to suggestions!!! Love you all!