Roll Call!!

mrs.dilligaf

Hello ladies!  I'm seeing a lot of new names (Welcome!!), so how about introducing (or re-introducing) yourself!  I'm going to be done with school soon, so I can hopefully update the old Cincy bio soon. 

Names:
Wedding date:
Wedding locations: (if known.  I know there is a vendor poll, but if I do the Cincy bio I like to add ceremony and reception locations.)
Something about you: (furbabies?  nicknames?  You have six toes?  Anything goes!)

And for fun, how did he propose? 

caseyandlizzie

Names: Lizzie and Casey

Wedding date: March 26, 2011

Wedding locations: Both the ceremony and reception will be at the Nathaneal Greene Lodge

Something about you: My nicname growing up was Weezer (my name is Elizabeth, but I pronounced it Weezerbef). A few months ago my mom calls me sooo excited that she had just heard this band called Weezer on the radio and how funny it was they we shared a name. I had to break it to her that the band has been on the radio since I was 13.

And for fun, how did he propose? We were at home and had just gotten home from our Christmas dinner with my dad (he asked my dad for my hand while I was away from the table). I walked out of the bathroom and he was sitting there with the ring. Kind of unromantic, but definitely "him".

marywillmarry

Names:  Mary and Justin

Wedding Date:  Not sure yet - hopefully sometime in June 2011.

Wedding location:  Not sure yet!

Proposal story:  Just three weeks ago!  We were vacationing in Denver, Colorado and took a drive up to Red Rocks Park.  We were looking out at the beautiful scenery over a ridge when he pulled out the ring and asked me to be his wife.

MattsPenguin

Names: Anne & Matt

Wedding date: May 21, 2011

Wedding locations: (if known.  I know there is a vendor poll, but if I do the Cincy bio I like to add ceremony and reception locations.) Anderson Hills Methodist, Paul Brown

Something about you: (furbabies?  nicknames?  You have six toes?  Anything goes!) avid college football fans (not pro, though we're getting married at the Bengals stadium), getting a dog on Sunday!

And for fun, how did he propose?  on Boston Common at midnight

drjewell

Names:  Denise and James

Wedding Date:  August 27, 2011

Wedding location:  Clifton United Methodist Church/Reception-Shriners Syrian Temple

Proposal story:  I do not have a proposal story, ever since we met we have been attached to one another like magnets, becoming one seemed only natural
But we met at Auto Zone and he was so nervous his intro line was "do you work on cars too?"  We've been together ever since 

ilovemymaddie927

Names: Lauren and Ronnie

Wedding date:06/04/10 !!!

Wedding locations: Ceremony- Saint Aloysius Gonzaga  Reception-The Madison

Something about you: We are high school sweethearts. We have a 6 year old daughter, and beautiful 7 mth old english bulldog!

And for fun, how did he propose? I love the zoo, so he proposed during the festival of lights under a beautiful gazebo lite up with white lights.

meganmarie122

Names: Megan & Drew

Wedding date: 8/6/2011

Wedding locations: Ceremony at Lakeside Christian Church in Lakeside Park, KY
Reception cite TBA (but at least we've narrowed it down to 3 venues! lol)

Something about you: He lives in Chicago; I'm still in college down at WKU so it should be interesting planning a wedding long-distance! In fact, that's what my blog (link is below in my siggy!) is all about.

And for fun, how did he propose? I thought he was away on a business trip but he flew down to where I go to school and surprised me. There were rose petals scattered all over the house that led to my bedroom, where there was champagne, two champagne flutes, and a card that said "Go outside on the back porch." There he stood surrounded by votive candles! Very romantic, completely unexpected

cyndon

Names: Cynthia & Donald

Wedding date: June 25th, 2011

Wedding locations: The Madison South (Ceremony and Reception)

Something about you: Nickname; Noodles, my FI came up with that. 

And for fun, how did he propose?  We talked about it for a while, but i didn't expect it anytime soon, but he surprised me over breakfast one day.  However, let him tell it, I bullied him into a proposal, :-)

mahoganieyes

Congratulations and Welcome ladies!

ungraceful13

Been here a while but it looked fun!
Names: Ginger and Tim
Wedding date:June 11, 2010 !!!
Wedding locations: Burlington Baptist Church and Briarwood
Something about you: We have two furbabies: Prowler a very huge cat (been with us since Sept 2008) and Target a tiny cat that can't meow (been with us since Oct. 2009).

And for fun, how did he propose? He proposed at a garden at our college near a pond with a waterfall and a bunch of flowers. He read me a poem he wrote and it segwayed into the proposal. 

cjq0507

Hi There! This looks fun so here you go;)

Names:  Candice and Joe
Wedding date: October 10, 2010
Wedding locations: Preserve Resort in Seiverville, TN and reception the following weekend at our local Eagles in Wilmington Ohio

Something about you: We have to little pups Coco and Sugar..both love sports, and playing Rockband!

And for fun, how did he propose? Dec 22 this past Christmas time, we were sitting on the couch after work and asked if I wanted to open presents early..me being me, I could resist and said yes! I went to get his and put under the tree and he went out side to get mine...came back in and said I had to go out to open it because it was so large...he stayed in the house and said he would help  me carry it after I opened it..so I went out side looking for my big box..I seen nothing, waitied for like five minutes, confused why I couldn't find it. When I walked back in the door he was down on one knee and asked me to marry him    So sweet. I love him!

listjr

Names: Jen and Dane
Wedding date: July 23, 2010
Wedding locations: IHM/The Madison
Something about you: We have a husky named Zero
And for fun, how did he propose?  He took me to the park and told me he had an early birthday present. After opening several boxes with smaller ones inside I found a fortune cookie. The fortune cookie, of course, said "Will you marry me?" (He had also given me a fortune cookie asking me to our high school prom 5 years ago.)

HyperChicaPR

Names: Deana & Manny
Wedding date: June 26, 2010 (lots of 2011's out there!!!)
Wedding locations: Ceremony: Crossroads church chapel, Reception: Fairfield Community Arts Center
Something about you: We just bought a home that we close on 3 days before the wedding!

And for fun, how did he propose? He chartered a private flight for us and once the plane got up in the air he got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife! So romantic and perfect for me who loves airplanes!

andersjc

Names: Jackie & Todd
Wedding date: August 28, 2010
Wedding locations: Ceremony: St Aloysius Chapel of the Holy Family, Reception: The Madison
Something about you: We live in Oakley and we have 3 furbabies! Tucker is our dog. He is almost 2 years old. My (now our) cats are named Miranda and Annabelle and they are about 5 years old.

And for fun, how did he propose? He proposed after dinner at Teak where we had our first date. We were looking out over the Eden Park overlook (my favorite park) and when I turned to go to the car he got down on one knee and asked. I, of course, replied---"Is this for real?" Yes it was!

matin042002

Wedding date: July 31, 2010
Location: The Waterfront for both the ceremony and reception
Something about me: We have a cat named Sasha.
Proposal story: Christmas!

rschuckman

Names:  Renee & David

Weddin Date:  May 14, 2011

Church:  Knox Presbyterian Church in Hyde Park

Reception:  Music Hall (cocktails in Corbett Tower; dinner & dancing in the ballroom)

Something about me:  I am a member of the Association of Bridal Consultants, work part-time for a local wedding planner, and in the process of starting my own company.  Feel free to draw on my knowledge and talent!

Furbabies:  We have a yellow lab named Bandit.  He is definitely our baby

Proposal (April 17, 2010):  It's a long story but the short version is that we went to dinner at the Waterfront and after we got home from a romantic dinner, he popped the question!  Read my blog for the full engagement saga! 

We have a house in the Hyde Park/Mt. Lookout area.

Check out my wedding planning blog...

mhard10

Names: Aaron and Marisa

Wedding Date: June 18th, 2011

Church: St. Pius X Catholic Church

Reception: Narrowed down to 3 sites...

Furbaby: One all white cat named Athena after the place that we met (Athens, OH) who was born deaf and has thumbs on her front paws. She is the cutest thing on the planet and we love her so much!

Proposal Story: On the day that we closed on our house (exactly 2 months ago!) we went straight to the house to have a glass of champagne. Once in the kitchen he toasted to our new house and then he said that he had another toast. He said "Here is to hoping that the first memory in our house is an amazing one to build our future on..." and as he was saying this he got down on one knee and asked me to spend the rest of my life with him and I said "Of course!!"  at least 3 times and jumped in his arms

hsnodgra

Names:  Cury & Haley
Wedding date: 04.02.11
Wedding locations: Hyde Park Methodist / Covington Embassy Suites
Something about you: I guess I'll stick with the pet theme... We have two cats that I have had since college, and our newest addition is Larkin, our 11 week old Border Collie!
Proposal Story: He completly surprised me one Friday after work... came home to find a sweet card listing all these reasons he loved me, then walked into the bedroom & got showered in rose petals and found him down on one knee. Then right away he told me to pack my bags & took me to Orlando for the weekend (we live in Tampa) for a Magic game on Friday night & Disney World on Saturday.

adfrasure1

Names: Anne and Chris
Wedding date: 12/31/10
Wedding locations: Dayton Art Institute
Something about you: We have been together for 8 years and were high school sweethearts
Proposal: He actually proposed in the store where he bought my ring on our 7 year anniversary. It was very romantic

So excited to get married!!!

Chrissya03

DAYTON BRIDE!!!

Names: Chrissy & Mike

Wedding date: 5/21/2011

Wedding locations: Lutheran Church of Our Savior - Oakwood
Country Club of the North - Beavercreek

Something about you: We met at work! Been together 2 years, we have an 11 year old Maltese and a 1 year old Boxer :-)

Proposal: We were on a cruise in the carribbean, and on formal night, he took me out on the dock of the boat at sunset and got down on one knee ;-)

clearheavens

Amazing, lots of 2011 brides!  I can remember being on this board last year and feeling like my day is so far away as one of the only 2011 brides. :P

Names: Thanh & Long

Wedding date: August 2011
Wedding location: [TBD]
Something about you: We are both engineers but decided to go back to school to quit engineering and change our careers so now we are full-time students again
Proposal: We are having a Vietnamese tea ceremony on August 14, 2010

AdrienneNicole17

Names: Adrienne & Raoul

Wedding date: 01.29.2011

Wedding locations: St Agnes Catholic Church in Ft Wright, KY, Reception- TBD (looking at places all next week)

Something about you: We're both active duty Army stationed at Ft Bragg, NC, but unfortunately he just went down to GA for schooling for the next year, so we'll only be able to see each other on the weekends.   But fortunately, I get to plan all the wedding stuff on my own. LOL 

Furbabies: I have a 7yr old black lab named Durango (he was born in Durango, CO), but he's living with my parents until Oct (because I have schooling in VA for the next 4 months).

And for fun, how did he propose?  We had been talking about marriage for a while, but I wasn't expecting a proposal until maybe later on this year.  Well we were down in GA for the weekend apartment hunting, and after a romantic dinner we were just lying on the bed in the hotel (I think I was actually surfing the net), and he brings up the subject of us getting married.  He asked me if I was ready to be his teammate for life. (We have this thing where we always say that we're a team).  I nonchalantly said of course.  And he jokingly goes "YEY we're engaged!"  At this point I look up from my computer and was like WOAH, wait a minute there!  I don't have a ring.  He said he had a ring and I didn't believe him.  Then all of a sudden he pulls a ring out of his pocket, gets down on one knee, and the rest is history.   It was totally him.

EBS10

Names: Emily and Bryan

Wedding date: 07/17/2010

Wedding locations: Ceremony: Bellarmine Chapel; Reception: The Madison
 
Something about you: We have 3 furbabies- Emma, our cat (whom I am slowly, but surely learning to love!) and 2 beagles, Lucy and Lola.

And for fun, how did he propose? On the beach during our trip to Mexico last summer. We had casually talked about marriage, but I had no idea he had purchased a ring, etc.
I can't believe the wedding is almost here-- we're so excited!

allis0nmarie

Names: Allison & Michael
Wedding date: September 4, 2010
Wedding locations: Ceremony held on the patio overlooking Cinti at the Embassy Suites Rivercenter in Covington, and reception indoors at the Embassy.

Something about you: I graduate from grad school next week and I've already started a new job! 

And we have the sweetest furbaby, Buster who will be the ring bearer at the ceremony  

The proposal was when we lived in Devou Park in Covington overlooking the city..we took Buster for a walk, when I realized he was safe keeping my engagement ring on his collar Then FI got down on one knee to propose

kitkatherine

Names: Jason & Katherine
Wedding date: June 18th 2011
Wedding locations: Alms Park
Something about you: We are born an hour apart - same day, same year.  We have two guinea pigs and a beagle/basset that is allergic to dust and grass.

And for fun, how did he propose?  He stuck the ring in a snow cone (my fave) on the last day of a photography project I did where I took a photo everyday for a year.

TMarieInOH

Names: Theresa & John
Wedding Date: September 4, 2010
Wedding Location: Belterra Resort & Casino, Florence, Indiana
Something about you: We just bought our first place in August of last year. I graduated from UC in June 2009 with a bachelor's in Communication. I plan to go back for my master's in Marketing after the wedding. John is a paramedic, and will be going to fire school after the wedding. We have no furbabies, and no real babies, but can't wait!
Proposal Story: We got engaged at Newport on the Levee by the river on April 25, 2009. It was a total surprise as I didn't think it would happen until after I graduated from UC in June. To top it off, John had planned for both sets of parents to meet us for dinner at Brio's and they ALL kept it a secret for an entire week! My favorite part is- John had went to visit my dad the week before, but had missed him at his shop. When my dad's business partner told my dad John had stopped by, Dad called me to see what was up. I didn't know anything about it, but told John it was really funny- "good thing you weren't trying to propose- Dad would have blew it!" LOL

Smyle11

Names: Samantha & Kyle

Wedding date: March 26, 2011

Wedding locations: St. Thomas in Ft. Thomas; The Madison

Something about you: I'm starting my 3rd year of law school in the fall.

And for fun, how did he propose?  We were at Ault Park for a picnic. It started sprinkling before a storm, so he was thinking about postponing it, but we went on a quick walk down one of the trails, and he proposed on the bridge. We went home pretty soon after, and it was pouring the whole way home. He caught it pretty close! ;-D

locomco

Well, I have been a lurker, but as the day approaches I'm spending more and more time on this site! So ... hi all!

Names: Laura & Dayne
Wedding date: 8/7/2010 (2 months! yikes!)
Wedding locations: Wedding at Lakeview United Church of Christ in Maineville, reception at the Krippendorf Lodge
Something about you: We have both been planning this wedding while in school - I'm getting my Masters, he's getting his Bachelors.
And, we have a mutt named Lucy who is afraid of everything, including but not limited to bicycles, water, squeaky toys, other dogs, tall people, car rides ... she's a mess. But cute.
And for fun, how did he propose?  On our anniversary, we had dinner at the Hoffbrauhaus in Newport, then walked out on the Purple People Bridge. When the fireworks went off after the Reds game, he got down on one knee and popped the question. And to top it all off, he had all of our family and friends gathered at my parent's house to celebrate - everybody knew what was going on but me!

wrightd1

Names: Dawn & Nathan
Wedding date: September 25, 2010
Wedding locations: Xavier Univ. Bellarmine Chapel & Newport Aquarium Currents Ballroom
Something about you: We just bought a house in Mason 6 months ago and we are college sweethearts!

And for fun, how did he propose? He proposed at my hometown while we were on a walk along the river.  We went out on a boat dock and he told me how beautiful I was and then he got down on one knee. 

courtzf

Names: Courtney & Justin
Wedding date: 12/31/10
Wedding locations: Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Fairfield and Receptions North in Fairfield
Something about you: We have a boxer named Milly, and we just bought our first house that we've been renovating for 2 weeks now
And for fun, how did he propose? Last year on Memorial Day he told me he needed to go with his Mom to get my birthday present (my birthday was 4 days later). They were gone for hours, and I was sitting at his house bored watching TV. Then he wanted to go back to our apt so we could go to Hyde Park Tavern, and I was whining the whole time because I didn't want to go there. He made me go anyways and kept disappearing once we got there. I kept asking if we could leave, and he said we could at 7:30. Turns out he had made plans w/the manager to bring the ring out on a plate w/whipped cream and strawberries at 7:30pm. The plate came out and I was like what is it??? Then he took the ring out and I hit him in the arm and said "you f**ker!" Ha so romantic!  

muamanda18

Names: Amanda and Brian

Wedding Date: March 5, 2011

Wedding Locations: Ceremony and Reception are at the Golf Club at Yankee Trace

Something Fun: We live in Toledo but are getting married back in my hometown area...from Kettering but getting married in Centerville. We have a 6 year old dog, a Shiba Inu named Tucker.

Proposal: I went to college at Miami University and it is one of my favorite places on earth. We were down there so I could show him around and go to a Miami playoff hockey game. He proposed under the Upham Arch. Perfect.