Expos, Planning, & Decisions!!

Last Monday James, Christian & I attended an amazing wedding expo at the Golden Eagle Country Club in Tallahassee. The venue was full of cake venders, caterers, rental supplies, transportation info, lodging and much more! Some things we haven't even thought of yet! We left so full of cake and samples that we didn't even eat dinner that night!

They were giving out door prizes and we were the lucky winners of a lighted bar from InTents Events. :) Unfortunately, that is not something we needed for the reception...of course! LOL The venue that I think we have settled on is called Goodwood Plantation; they have two built in bars.

In the midst of what must have been hundreds of types of cakes we found the cake we liked the most. The cake is from Tiki's Tasties (tikistasties.com) her traditional wedding cake was to die for! It had a delicious strawberry cream filling that was sensational! As for the design of the cake... well let's just say we are still working on that! We have gone back and forth with a few different options, we saw a beautiful cake on Cake Boss (an amazing show on TLC) which had a cherry blossom design that we both loved and considered as a theme for the wedding. James would like a three tiered square cake with each layer angled... I would like simple round white with maybe a hint of pink (oh! That's our wedding color!)So we are moving on to other decisions and will come back to that later... :)

On Monday we are meeting with a caterer from Catering Capers . Wish us luck!!

Engagement Annoucement

Today our engagement announcement posted in the TCPalm, a newspaper in South Florida. Here is a copy of the announcement.

Engagement: Jessica Dunn and James Scully
Dunn-Scully

TALLAHASSEE — Jessica Dunn of Tallahassee, daughter of Anthony Dunn of Tallahassee and Francine Pickrell of Port St. Lucie, is engaged to James Scully of Tallahassee.

Scully is the son of John Scully of Charlotte, N.C., and Pamela Scully of Miami.

Dunn graduated from Fort Pierce Central in 2002 and from Florida State University, Tallahassee in 2006 with a bachelor’s in elementary education. She is employed by Killearn Lakes Elementary as a second-grade teacher.

Scully graduated from Design & Architecture Senior High in Miami in 1998 and from Florida State University, Tallahassee in 2003 with a degree in human sciences.

He is employed by Non-Profit Foundation for Education as chief information officer.

The couple plan to marry May 29.

You can also view the announcement online at: http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jun/11/engagement-jessica-dunn-and-james-scully/

Luau Engagement Party in Tallahassee

On June 6th, 2009 we had our second and last engagement party at our home here in Tallahassee. It was a fun, laid back, luau themed party. Our family and friends here in Tallahassee were here to share in our moment. It was great fun. Mahalo everyone. xo

PSL Engagement Party

On Sunday, May 24th we had our first engagement party in Port Saint Lucie. James was able to meet the rest of my family and friends. It was a really sweet day and we enjoyed getting to see everyone. James especially enjoyed having the time off to relax. Thanks to everyone who helped make it so special!! We love you all. xoxo

Engagement Pictures

Kim Brock is a local photographer and friend of ours here in Tallahassee. One Saturday morning she lent her talents to us out on Alligator Point to take our beautiful engagement pictures.

Video of the Engagment

April 26th, 2009 while at the FSU Baseball game with Christian's Atom League Baseball team, James 'popped the question'. It was a very exciting and surprising moment, not to mention hot! :) I was under the impression we were just there to watch Christian's team take the field with the FSU Baseball players... but to my surprise in the bottom of the second inning James was on his knees and they were playing Brown Eyed Girl with the screen full of our names! It was definitely a memorable moment for us! Check out the video!

We've set the date!

With lots of thinking about times of year, other family weddings, and the special people in our wedding we have decided a Memorial Weekend wedding works best for us! Our official wedding date is May 29th, 2010 at 3:00pm. The ceremony will be held at Good Shepherd Catholic Church here in Tallahassee. Setting a reception venue is another story! Who knew weddings were so expensive!? We are trying to be frugal, well as frugal as I can be! :) So venues are quickly being scratched off the list as we go! James & I are trying to follow a simple yet elegant theme as much as possible. We are looking for a venue with an out door area so we can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Tallahassee... there are still a few hopefuls out there! We are very excited and I love that James is full in when it comes to planning even decorating! He's amazing! So 360 days to go, I hope I can get this all done in time; there's so much to do! :)