the big day blog

happy pre-anniversary!

ok, i know we've been very bad by not passing on news, but until today there really hasn't been any! but guess what today is? our pre-anniversary! yes, one year from now, we'll be married! how wonderful is that?! now a year is up i fully intend to start planning properly, the fun stuff. so look out!
xxx

Some photos!

Hi all,
i thought you might like to see some photos! so here you go, some of our lovely house, some of the decorating project, and some of us in brighton on Xavier's birthday.
No wedding news to report, but thought you might like to see these anyway : )
Enjoy!
Love Becks xxxx

Kitchen! (my favourite bit!)

Living room and dining area

Living room 1

All ready to go...

So much hope!

Xavier on the pier! (we're looking for some deckchairs like these now...)

Me on the pier!

wedding fever!

hello! remember us? i know, we've been rubbish and probably everyone has lost interest and thinks we never blog anything any more so it's not worth looking... it's kind of true! very sorry... but the house kind of took over for a while there and then we moved and we haven't got a study set up yet so the computers are in quite a depressing room (the only room with boxes yet to be unpacked!)
BUT there has been progress! Firstly, our house is fantastic and we're so happy there. we settled instantly and can't believe we ever lived anywhere else really. we have met some great neigbours, have assembled all our flat pack furniture without going mad and can now even sit on sofas. obviously all of this is great progress which deserves photos, but sadly i'm in hull at the moment, don't have photos with me and don't have the right software on the computer. you'll either have to wait or come and visit : P
and there has also been wedding progress! firstly, i got my dress! it's xxx and xxx with xxx and xxx and xxx. sorry! you'll really have to wait for that one! had the most wonderful day with mum and amy getting it though, it was brilliant, and now i can't stop looking at pictures of me in it!
then, yesterday we went to do a few little details. we went back to the castle to see the insides for ourselves again and it looked amazing, really really beautiful. it's going to be a magical day, especially if the sun shines, but even if it doesn't :) we can't wait now! and also we went to see javan liam, the photographer. what a character! a very nice man and very quirky! i think we all warmed to him very quickly and his photos are stunning, so i think all that's left is to book him for the big day.
so bit by bit things are being done. big shopping day today in leeds with mum and amy so best go and get ready. i will blog more often in future, promise! (and will try to put up some photos soon!)
Becky and Xavier xxx

inside the venue!

so, we finally got photos of the inside of ripley castle - ta da! it looks lovely (although it's set up for a conference, so don't expect it to look too lovely!) so we're really excited! xxx

this is where all the guests will sit... choose your seats!

looking down the room - check out the beams!

the room where we'll get married! i think this bit with the blue tables is is where we'll have the ceremony and where the music will be...

inside the wedding room!

we finally have photos of the insides of the wedding room! so now we can see where we'll get married : ) it looks just lovely, so we're thrilled! roll on june 2006...! xxx

back on track!

after a while of it just being house house house, we have reintroduced wedding thoughts! so now it's house house (wedding) house!
yesterday we went through our wedding magazines together, cutting out pieces that we thought were interesting. it lead to two ideas! probably i shouldn't be putting everything down here so you won't know everything about the wedding, but, well, i'm sure there will still be some surprises!
so, xavier had the idea of looking into whether we could make our own wedding rings, which led to us finding this website... and then i started to like the look of tiaras... i figure it might nice to lok a bit sparkly and princess like, especially since i don't really think a veil is for me. see what you think... there's lots to work out, but it's nice to be thinking of these things again!
also, we're trying to get photos of the place where we'll be getting married right now, so watch this space!!
Good night... Becks and Xavier xxx

Christmas!

It was so lovely to see everyone over Christmas and New Year - thank you to everyone who made it so much fun!!!
Below are some of the photos taken over the Christmas time. Sorry this is turning into a bit of a mega blog and not just a wedding blog, but hopefully you'll enjoy them. Oh - and the photos can be made bigger - click on them!
Lots of love
Becks and Xavier xxx