Last night, my fantabulous MOH, my BFF, Jenn came over. We had a little holiday celebration of our own with some champagne, Snowtinis, and yummy-licious pupus. We had jalapeno popper spread, cocktail meatballs, sangria skrimps (heehee), and fresh mozarella and avocado stuffed mushrooms... oh dear god, those were heaven. Little does Jenn know, she has to make those for the wedding... hahaha j/k! But they really were delicious and I can't wait to get the recipe. Jenn also gave us a few Christmas gifts, and much to our pleasant surprise, one of the gifts was something off of our wedding registry. WE GOT OUR FIRST WEDDING GIFT! I was so excited, that I actually looked up the registry today to see "fulfilled" next to the item. Cuh-ray-zee, I know, but HEY, it's our first registry gift, SO THERE! But, we just want to send an extremely heartfelt THANK YOU HUG to Jenn. Gifts aside, she has been a phenomenal Maid of Honor... I love you Jenn - now hurry up and buy a ticket out to NY and hang with us! =)
So, before flying off to the frozen tundra, we just want to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a FABULOUS 2009! I don't know about you, but we certainly cannot wait for 2009. After the new year, it's only four short months til the big day, and we are both so excited... we really can't stop talking about it. I have to say that I am the luckiest bride-to-be to have a groom-to-be who is as much into the wedding, the planning, the details as much as I am... maybe even more! Haha! No new updates as of yet. We have to meet with the cake people and we are scheduled to take our engagement photos next month, so we are stoked on that. We didn't want to do the typical beach pictures that most engaged couples do. We have a few ideas... mostly revolving around the Newport Back Bay area... should be fun! After that, my dress should come in, then the bridesmaids dresses, then all the chaos begins. Really, I'm not freaking out at all...
Anyhoo, again... wish you all WARMTH and happiness this holiday season and into the new year. We love you all!
Cya in 2009!
A little message from Cory:
I am very excited to spend this first of many wonderful holidays with my beautiful fiancee. And I can't wait to spend the holidays with my new and old families!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
My Brown-Eyed Girl...
I kinda sorta had an idea when I started dating Cory, that there was this whole other side to him. A side that is a complete 180 from the serious, business minded, all-about-the-company Cory Smith that we've all grown to know and love at Endologix. The day that I dared him to sing the Endologix Fight Song over the company PA system was all too telling about the man that I'm about to marry...
We had our company Holiday Party last Friday. It was in Newport Beach again, on another one of those harbor cruises. We all had a blast. We, of course, found some way to bypass the two ticket drink MAXIMUM that they were TRYING to put on us... and yes, they finally had CHAMPAGNE! This time around, we had a DJ, so they were playing some fun songs for us to shake our money makers to. Some time over the course of the party, my gorgeous fiance was able to show off his skillz as a white boy, which impressed everyone from the VP of Sales to... well... everyone. (Mind you, he was not even drunk) But even better... our CEO, found out that Cory LOVES to sing. How, I have NO IDEA, but that information some how made its way to public knowledge. And just as I thought that Cory couldn't show off his willingness to be a HAM any more... the DJ coerced him into singing "Brown-Eyed Girl"... to me... in front of the entire company. Needless to say, if I wasn't filipino, you'd be able to see some shade of red creep up my neck and onto my face. You know me, I HATE being the center of attention... I have no idea how I'm going to do this wedding thing! But in the end, it was the sweetest thing... and I'm glad that we have proof of it. (Rumor has it - there's a video running around here somewhere) Yet now he seems to think that he can headline the wedding... hm.
Afterwards, when the boat docked, we hit up the Shamrock... AGAIN. Had a BLAST!
Anyhoo... so we've slowed down a little on the wedding plans since it's the holidays. And we pretty much got everything done over the past two months. The only major things we have left are the rehearsal dinner location, the invitations, and we have to book the honeymoon. We are debating on St. Lucia or Tahiti... any suggestions? We just booked the officiant. We were pretty lucky to like the first one we met with. His name is Reverend Christopher Torres... he's got a great personality that will fit the type of upbeat, yet romantic ceremony that we want. And he also gave us some cool ideas of different things to do in the ceremony.
We are heading back east for the holidays! Supa excited! We are doing the big meet of the parents... meaning, our parents are meeting each other for the first time! We're still trying to figure out where, but it will most likely be somewhere in Little Italy. We're flying into DC/Virginia to spend time with my family, then we'll head to Elmhurst and have Christmas with the Smith's, then head to NY for the Meet The Parents... then my aunt is throwing us an engagement party! YAY! Oh yeah, and somewhere in there, we are going to a Christmas party back in PA so I can meet all of Cory's friends! It'll be a busy trip, but fun and well worth it.
We look forward to seeing all of you this holiday season. However if we don't, have a wonderful Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Christmukah, Festivus, Holiday Season... and a prosperous, healthy, and Happy New Year... YEAH 2009! We love you all!
PS - only 4 1/2 more months to go... HOLY CRAPBALLS! =)
Keep checking our wedding page for updates on the big day!
We've added information on hotels... so definitely check that out. Temecula is a small area with limited hotels, so please make your arrangements as soon as you can!
http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/AnnalizaVictoria&CorySmith
We had our company Holiday Party last Friday. It was in Newport Beach again, on another one of those harbor cruises. We all had a blast. We, of course, found some way to bypass the two ticket drink MAXIMUM that they were TRYING to put on us... and yes, they finally had CHAMPAGNE! This time around, we had a DJ, so they were playing some fun songs for us to shake our money makers to. Some time over the course of the party, my gorgeous fiance was able to show off his skillz as a white boy, which impressed everyone from the VP of Sales to... well... everyone. (Mind you, he was not even drunk) But even better... our CEO, found out that Cory LOVES to sing. How, I have NO IDEA, but that information some how made its way to public knowledge. And just as I thought that Cory couldn't show off his willingness to be a HAM any more... the DJ coerced him into singing "Brown-Eyed Girl"... to me... in front of the entire company. Needless to say, if I wasn't filipino, you'd be able to see some shade of red creep up my neck and onto my face. You know me, I HATE being the center of attention... I have no idea how I'm going to do this wedding thing! But in the end, it was the sweetest thing... and I'm glad that we have proof of it. (Rumor has it - there's a video running around here somewhere) Yet now he seems to think that he can headline the wedding... hm.
Afterwards, when the boat docked, we hit up the Shamrock... AGAIN. Had a BLAST!
Anyhoo... so we've slowed down a little on the wedding plans since it's the holidays. And we pretty much got everything done over the past two months. The only major things we have left are the rehearsal dinner location, the invitations, and we have to book the honeymoon. We are debating on St. Lucia or Tahiti... any suggestions? We just booked the officiant. We were pretty lucky to like the first one we met with. His name is Reverend Christopher Torres... he's got a great personality that will fit the type of upbeat, yet romantic ceremony that we want. And he also gave us some cool ideas of different things to do in the ceremony.
We are heading back east for the holidays! Supa excited! We are doing the big meet of the parents... meaning, our parents are meeting each other for the first time! We're still trying to figure out where, but it will most likely be somewhere in Little Italy. We're flying into DC/Virginia to spend time with my family, then we'll head to Elmhurst and have Christmas with the Smith's, then head to NY for the Meet The Parents... then my aunt is throwing us an engagement party! YAY! Oh yeah, and somewhere in there, we are going to a Christmas party back in PA so I can meet all of Cory's friends! It'll be a busy trip, but fun and well worth it.
We look forward to seeing all of you this holiday season. However if we don't, have a wonderful Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Christmukah, Festivus, Holiday Season... and a prosperous, healthy, and Happy New Year... YEAH 2009! We love you all!
PS - only 4 1/2 more months to go... HOLY CRAPBALLS! =)
Keep checking our wedding page for updates on the big day!
We've added information on hotels... so definitely check that out. Temecula is a small area with limited hotels, so please make your arrangements as soon as you can!
http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/AnnalizaVictoria&CorySmith
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