Preps Update - 24 days to go

Time flies so fast. It's 24 days to go before our Big Day.

1. Flower Girls Gown - checked!
Supplier: Emil Ocampo of E. Ocampo Fashion House
 

Yesterday, we picked up my flower girls gown. I've always envisioned them looking like princesses while marching down the aisle, and boy am so happy with the finished product. 

my nieces - Aneko and Sachiko

Kassie

They look so fab and adorable, aren't they?


 2. Mother of the Bride's Gown - checked!
Supplier: Tita Ching of Ching's Creation

My mom's requirement: not the traditional Pina Gown and a design that will hide her tummy. So we went to her trusted gown maker for the past 25 years. She chose to have the mestiza-inspired gown in matte gold color.

during Mom's 1st Fitting

3. Groom and Dad's Barong - checked!
Supplier: Mang Rey Casedo
We already got Stan and Daddy Rolly's barong from Mang Rey. Stan loved the texture of the pure pina fabric.


So far we are on-schedule. Will post more updates on weekend. 
Thank you Lord!

Proud RF Couple

I am just so happy today despite that I arrived in the office wet because of the rain. We (Stan and I) are one of the recipients of the bagtags of our Main Photographer Atty. Raymond Fortun. We super loved his works that we changed our date 3 times so that we can get him as our main photographer.

The Bagtags

See you on our wedding day Atty. Fortun! :)

The Perfect Will

When I was young, my mom would always remind me to seek for God's perfect will in my life. This applies to all the decisions I make like course to take in college, solutions to problems, but most especially in finding my future mate.

At the age of 10, I started to pray for my future husband. All along I thought I was doing the right thing. I'm asking God for His perfect will but I gave some specifications - an engineer with a not-so-common sports, very technical guy with an artistic side, Christian  plus of course the traits of a lover. That's my dream guy. I continued praying that God will give me that person in the future.

My past relationships somehow satisfied the criteria except for one - they are non-Christians. I still pursued for it believing that it was the will for me, but deep within me, I know they're not the one. The relationships were all failures. With the heartbreaks I had experienced, I decided not to have a boyfriend for a year and re-structure my prayer. This time, I didn't provide any criteria to God. I purely trusted Him and waited patiently for His perfect will.

While waiting, I devout my time serving Him. I played the piano at church and was actively involved in our church's youth organization. I also have bonding time with my parents, sisters and friends which I have previously ignored the past years since I am pretty much occupied with my relationships. Everything went smoothly.

And then I met him, in the most unexpected way I could ever imagined. I never thought we would end up together, but we did. We are totally opposite poles but by God's grace we understand each other and we're able to have a harmonious relationship. I ask God, "Lord is he the one?" And then I checked my heart and all I can feel is love and peace within. Now I know, yes he is.

He may not be the guy I've dreamed of. He's not an engineer, he's not technical but he is a Christian. My relationship with him may not be perfect as this guy is not perfect as well. But I know he is the answer to my decade-long prayer. He is the one reserved by God for me, my perfect match, His perfect will.

Happy 3rd year anniversary Honey. I love you.
I'm looking forward to spend our years together as husband and wife.

taken from Partypics Photobooth, our Photobooth Supplier