Dani916
Mouseketeer
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- Mar 24, 2010
Hi All-
I am new here and I am not sure how to do a correct planning journal, but it does not hurt to try. So here I go.
First let me say I am ridiculously excited to get married at Disney on 12/5/10. I have dreamed of it all my life, I just had no idea who the guy would be. Thankfully, I finally met him. Which brings me to how we (Dani (me) and the guy, also known as Bryan) met. Please forgive me for the picture being SO huge. If anyone knows how to make it smaller, please let me know. Also, please note we did not intentionally dress alike
In January of 2009, I joined Match.com. I swear I never would, but I did. I went on a lot of dates, all of which were ok, but nothing phenomenal. I did not feel a connection with anyone so I kept on dating.
One of the first emails I received was from Bryan. Yes, this Bryan. We both went to Colorado State (not at the same time), loved Disney (I used to work there and have always turned into a 4 year old when I visit), and we both lived in Parker. I never thought I would date someone with two children, but I kept an open mind. I remember showing his profile to my sister in law and she thought him and his boys were so cute.
We started emailing and formed an email friendship. We would talk about our love for the show The Office, share our Disney vacation stories and pictures, and always mention how we should get together. Somehow, it never came to fruition. I would have something going, traveling somewhere, he was busy with the kids, I got sick, etc. We continued to email and then we both started dating other people. He told me over email that he was seeing someone exclusively, so I went back and deleted all of our first emails. Oh how I wish I still had those (I am sentimental like that!) I was bummed, but we emailed every now and then just to say hi.
In July he got back in touch with me and we began emailing again. At the time I had a boyfriend and he was still with his girlfriend. It was great to hear from him. During the month of July both our relationships ended. We were done with the opposite sex and decided we would meet up for dinner. It would be nice to have a friend to hang out with who lived 2 miles away.
We set up a meeting (not a date) for July 25th. He emailed me saying that if it was nice out, he would pick me up in his Camaro. Seriously? A Camaro? I had a vision of T-Tops and a guy in black faded stonewashed jeans wearing a faded Aerosmith t-shirt. I was worried but hey, this was not a date, just two people who share similar interests.
On the night of our scheduled meeting, he rang my doorbell. I opened it and he had a rose in his hand. So sweet, and then I wondered, IS this a date? He looked nice (no stonewash thankfully) and we headed to his car. It was a brand new 2010 Camaro-nothing like I thought it would be. What a relief!
We had planned on going to the Outback but he asked me if he could change the place. I did not mind and then he asked me if I liked pizza. Um, I LOVE pizza, so we headed downtown to a cute pizza place. The conversation flowed, we talked about everything, we hit it off, and I kept wondering if this was a date. After we had dinner, we went to his house since it was so close to mine. He showed me pictures of his trip to Disney, took me to Camden and Torrin's room which is mostly Disney, and showed me a glimpse of his personality. It was nice.
He took me home, helped me with my computer and then headed home. We ended with a hug, said we should do it again sometime, and that was that.
The next time we scheduled a "meeting" was the following weekend. We made plans for me to come over, create an art wall for the boys, and go to dinner. Painters were coming over that day to give me a quote so my parents were at my place. The painters ran late so I called Bryan and told him I would be over a little later. My mom asked if we wanted to go to the Texas Roadhouse with them. I was hesitant. We were not dating and he would already meet my parents?! I mentioned it to him and he said yes! My mom is from the East Coast like his mom was and he said she seemed like his mom so he would be willing to meet the parentals. His mom passed away so I thought it might be nice for him to meet someone who could be similar to his mom. That night we all went to dinner. They did not stop talking and they all liked each other.
For our third meeting, he came to my parent's anniversary dinner. We had a nice time, and he met a ton of my family. He talked to everyone and seemed at ease. When he left, my family asked if we were dating. I said I had no idea. He then texted me saying I looked nice and wanted to know if I past the family test. Hmmm....maybe we were dating.
On our fourth meeting, I met the boys. I worried it was too early but hey, we were not dating so why not meet the kids? We instantly hit it off and I fell in love with them that night. At dinner, Bryan mentioned something being special. Camden looked at me and said, "Dani, I think you are pretty special." Awww. That night was a lot of fun! Later that night his ex girlfriend contacted him via text, so I wondered if he was still dating her. I thought it was none of my business, but since I do not hide things very well and it was bugging me, I wanted to know what he thought was going on with us. I asked him if we were friends, and he said he wanted to be more than friends. Yay!
Time went on and we casually mentioned that we both were not dating anyone else, and we only wanted to date each other. Even after that conversation, it took him about 2 more weeks to kiss me. (Sorry Bryan if you did not want that posted.) From then on, we were pretty much inseparable!
Then on January 22nd, 3 days short of our first "meeting" he liked it so he put a ring on it....
Bryan and I had looked at rings but I had no idea it would be happening that quick. He had me fooled and I was totally surprised. A few days before that Friday, Bryan informed me that my Mom called him and said she owed him a slight belated birthday dinner. I thought nothing of this, plus my Aunt was in town so I thought it would be a nice place for her to go. Bryan decided on Trappers, a nice steak place in our town of Parker. My mom has mentioned she liked when Bryan dresses up so he said if I wore a dress, he would dress up too. I love wearing dresses so I was in! On Friday night, we got ready and went to dinner.
As we were going to dinner, Bryan told me my sister was coming down. I was excited to see her but I was wondering why my brother was not coming too. I chalked it up to the place being really expensive and my sister was coming since it was on her way down from Ft. Collins. When we got there I asked my mom when she was coming and she told me Quinn (my nephew) was sick so she would not be here. We got to the table and there were a lot of chairs. I thought nothing of it since my sister was supposed to come with my nephews. We took chairs away, and my mom told the waiter we needed 9. I said um, no, we need only 7. Again, I thought she was just confused.
We sat down and after our drinks arrived, Bryan said he needed to go to the bathroom and he was going to take the kids to get some candy. They were gone about 10 minutes and I began to wonder where they were. A few minutes later, I am sitting there, and the boys and Bryan come over to me. They have wrapped brown boxes in their hands, and I think, "Wow! This place is fancy! Wrapped Godiva chocolates!" Bryan and Camden get down on a knee and I am thinking nothing of it, just that they were bending down to show me something. I hear my mom say, "Oh, and she does not have her camera." I think she wants a picture of her and her sister, so I tell her I do have it and I turn around to get it. Bryan stops me, and the next thing you know, Bryan shows me a ring box, tells me that him and the boys love me, and asked me to marry them. (Still not registering that he is proposing to me.)
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It sort of hits me and all I can do is say, "Oh my God! Oh my God!" Probably because the diamond is huge Both Camden and Torrin hand me a ring box-each of them propose to me (the 5 year old did, the 2 year old just said "Here!" and handed me a box). I am sobbing and in total shock! My Dad came over and asked if I said yes, and I thought, you know, I probably did not answer in the midst of my shock. Forgive the really unflattering blubbering idiot photo:
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Camden was so excited and he came up to me. He would not let me go! Since I was crying, he kept hugging me. I took him aside and told him I was crying because I was happy. He kissed me and told me he loved me. I told him this means I am going to be with him, Daddy and Torrin forever, and I was never going to leave him.
As the proposal was happening, I saw flashes going off. I thought people from the bar were taking pictures of us. I thought WHO are those people and would they email me those pictures? Eventually I saw it was Bryan's friends Chad and Carly. Bryan knows how important it is for me to have pictures of everything so he was sweet to have his friends to come take pictures.
Since each of the boys and Bryan gave me a ring, I have three bands:
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I am one lucky lady! I love Bryan, Camden and Torrin so much! I can't wait to be Mrs. Forrest!
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I look forward to sharing our plans with all of you, and getting to know some of you! Thanks for reading!
Dani
I am new here and I am not sure how to do a correct planning journal, but it does not hurt to try. So here I go.
First let me say I am ridiculously excited to get married at Disney on 12/5/10. I have dreamed of it all my life, I just had no idea who the guy would be. Thankfully, I finally met him. Which brings me to how we (Dani (me) and the guy, also known as Bryan) met. Please forgive me for the picture being SO huge. If anyone knows how to make it smaller, please let me know. Also, please note we did not intentionally dress alike
In January of 2009, I joined Match.com. I swear I never would, but I did. I went on a lot of dates, all of which were ok, but nothing phenomenal. I did not feel a connection with anyone so I kept on dating.
One of the first emails I received was from Bryan. Yes, this Bryan. We both went to Colorado State (not at the same time), loved Disney (I used to work there and have always turned into a 4 year old when I visit), and we both lived in Parker. I never thought I would date someone with two children, but I kept an open mind. I remember showing his profile to my sister in law and she thought him and his boys were so cute.
We started emailing and formed an email friendship. We would talk about our love for the show The Office, share our Disney vacation stories and pictures, and always mention how we should get together. Somehow, it never came to fruition. I would have something going, traveling somewhere, he was busy with the kids, I got sick, etc. We continued to email and then we both started dating other people. He told me over email that he was seeing someone exclusively, so I went back and deleted all of our first emails. Oh how I wish I still had those (I am sentimental like that!) I was bummed, but we emailed every now and then just to say hi.
In July he got back in touch with me and we began emailing again. At the time I had a boyfriend and he was still with his girlfriend. It was great to hear from him. During the month of July both our relationships ended. We were done with the opposite sex and decided we would meet up for dinner. It would be nice to have a friend to hang out with who lived 2 miles away.
We set up a meeting (not a date) for July 25th. He emailed me saying that if it was nice out, he would pick me up in his Camaro. Seriously? A Camaro? I had a vision of T-Tops and a guy in black faded stonewashed jeans wearing a faded Aerosmith t-shirt. I was worried but hey, this was not a date, just two people who share similar interests.
On the night of our scheduled meeting, he rang my doorbell. I opened it and he had a rose in his hand. So sweet, and then I wondered, IS this a date? He looked nice (no stonewash thankfully) and we headed to his car. It was a brand new 2010 Camaro-nothing like I thought it would be. What a relief!
We had planned on going to the Outback but he asked me if he could change the place. I did not mind and then he asked me if I liked pizza. Um, I LOVE pizza, so we headed downtown to a cute pizza place. The conversation flowed, we talked about everything, we hit it off, and I kept wondering if this was a date. After we had dinner, we went to his house since it was so close to mine. He showed me pictures of his trip to Disney, took me to Camden and Torrin's room which is mostly Disney, and showed me a glimpse of his personality. It was nice.
He took me home, helped me with my computer and then headed home. We ended with a hug, said we should do it again sometime, and that was that.
The next time we scheduled a "meeting" was the following weekend. We made plans for me to come over, create an art wall for the boys, and go to dinner. Painters were coming over that day to give me a quote so my parents were at my place. The painters ran late so I called Bryan and told him I would be over a little later. My mom asked if we wanted to go to the Texas Roadhouse with them. I was hesitant. We were not dating and he would already meet my parents?! I mentioned it to him and he said yes! My mom is from the East Coast like his mom was and he said she seemed like his mom so he would be willing to meet the parentals. His mom passed away so I thought it might be nice for him to meet someone who could be similar to his mom. That night we all went to dinner. They did not stop talking and they all liked each other.
For our third meeting, he came to my parent's anniversary dinner. We had a nice time, and he met a ton of my family. He talked to everyone and seemed at ease. When he left, my family asked if we were dating. I said I had no idea. He then texted me saying I looked nice and wanted to know if I past the family test. Hmmm....maybe we were dating.
On our fourth meeting, I met the boys. I worried it was too early but hey, we were not dating so why not meet the kids? We instantly hit it off and I fell in love with them that night. At dinner, Bryan mentioned something being special. Camden looked at me and said, "Dani, I think you are pretty special." Awww. That night was a lot of fun! Later that night his ex girlfriend contacted him via text, so I wondered if he was still dating her. I thought it was none of my business, but since I do not hide things very well and it was bugging me, I wanted to know what he thought was going on with us. I asked him if we were friends, and he said he wanted to be more than friends. Yay!
Time went on and we casually mentioned that we both were not dating anyone else, and we only wanted to date each other. Even after that conversation, it took him about 2 more weeks to kiss me. (Sorry Bryan if you did not want that posted.) From then on, we were pretty much inseparable!
Then on January 22nd, 3 days short of our first "meeting" he liked it so he put a ring on it....
Bryan and I had looked at rings but I had no idea it would be happening that quick. He had me fooled and I was totally surprised. A few days before that Friday, Bryan informed me that my Mom called him and said she owed him a slight belated birthday dinner. I thought nothing of this, plus my Aunt was in town so I thought it would be a nice place for her to go. Bryan decided on Trappers, a nice steak place in our town of Parker. My mom has mentioned she liked when Bryan dresses up so he said if I wore a dress, he would dress up too. I love wearing dresses so I was in! On Friday night, we got ready and went to dinner.
As we were going to dinner, Bryan told me my sister was coming down. I was excited to see her but I was wondering why my brother was not coming too. I chalked it up to the place being really expensive and my sister was coming since it was on her way down from Ft. Collins. When we got there I asked my mom when she was coming and she told me Quinn (my nephew) was sick so she would not be here. We got to the table and there were a lot of chairs. I thought nothing of it since my sister was supposed to come with my nephews. We took chairs away, and my mom told the waiter we needed 9. I said um, no, we need only 7. Again, I thought she was just confused.
We sat down and after our drinks arrived, Bryan said he needed to go to the bathroom and he was going to take the kids to get some candy. They were gone about 10 minutes and I began to wonder where they were. A few minutes later, I am sitting there, and the boys and Bryan come over to me. They have wrapped brown boxes in their hands, and I think, "Wow! This place is fancy! Wrapped Godiva chocolates!" Bryan and Camden get down on a knee and I am thinking nothing of it, just that they were bending down to show me something. I hear my mom say, "Oh, and she does not have her camera." I think she wants a picture of her and her sister, so I tell her I do have it and I turn around to get it. Bryan stops me, and the next thing you know, Bryan shows me a ring box, tells me that him and the boys love me, and asked me to marry them. (Still not registering that he is proposing to me.)
It sort of hits me and all I can do is say, "Oh my God! Oh my God!" Probably because the diamond is huge
Both Camden and Torrin hand me a ring box-each of them propose to me (the 5 year old did, the 2 year old just said "Here!" and handed me a box). I am sobbing and in total shock! My Dad came over and asked if I said yes, and I thought, you know, I probably did not answer in the midst of my shock. Forgive the really unflattering blubbering idiot photo:
Camden was so excited and he came up to me. He would not let me go! Since I was crying, he kept hugging me. I took him aside and told him I was crying because I was happy. He kissed me and told me he loved me. I told him this means I am going to be with him, Daddy and Torrin forever, and I was never going to leave him.
As the proposal was happening, I saw flashes going off. I thought people from the bar were taking pictures of us. I thought WHO are those people and would they email me those pictures? Eventually I saw it was Bryan's friends Chad and Carly. Bryan knows how important it is for me to have pictures of everything so he was sweet to have his friends to come take pictures.
Since each of the boys and Bryan gave me a ring, I have three bands:
I am one lucky lady! I love Bryan, Camden and Torrin so much! I can't wait to be Mrs. Forrest!
I look forward to sharing our plans with all of you, and getting to know some of you! Thanks for reading!
Dani
), my guest count went way up so we had to change the venue a few times, and all my other millions of questions would result in anyone wanting to ***** slap me. Thankfully, he was patient and kind and I adore him. I just got Maxine as my planner (as requested) YAY-so I emailed Joe and asked him if this means we broke up. Sadness. 
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even if it's hard to let him
I can't wait to follow your plans!
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