JGCT building project blog!

The official JGCT building project blog is up and running!

We'll need lots of volunteers to help with the construction over the summer, so if you have some spare time, stay tuned for details on how to come help out!

Medieval Valentine's

Instead of celebrating Valentine's day on February 14th, Kevin and I celebrated on Saturday with my sister and Quang...and we went to Medieval Times!!!

The chicken was a little dry, but otherwise, it was good food and fun fighting. It was slightly disturbing to me that we (in character, of course) were cheering for duels to the DEATH, but I guess it's all part of the Medieval experience. It also bothered me a bit that our red knight was kind of a goof and didn't really pay attention or seem to be trying to hard at the games. Didn't he know how competitive we were?!

And, do either the red and yellow knight or the black and white knight always win? I kinda think so. The other knights got shafted, I think. At least our red knight was the cousin to the secret traitor. Oh, oops, just spoiled the surprise story line. Eh, actually, you probably would've figured it out in the first little bit, anyway.

Overall, fun times with serfs and wenches and sawdust and the cutest (can I say horses are cute?) horses ever!

Mission accomplished, prayer answered!

So WHO knew how ridiculously ridiculous it would be to find a wedding dress. I was definitely not one of those lucky gals who walks in and finds the dress right away. It took FOREVER. Thank you to my lovely and devoted bridesmaids (especially my sister) who trekked across the city to help me find it! I was getting so stressed out! Who KNEW there were so many shades of white in so many cuts, with so many sequins and lace and buttons/no buttons, pick-ups/no pick-ups, sleeves/no sleeves....etc. etc. etc. Phew.

While many bridal salons had pretty white concoctions, none had them in the price range or style I wanted. I have to say that The Brides Project was great great great, although I didn't find my dress there. The proceeds go to cancer research, and some gowns even come with notes from previous owners! Miles of trekking later, I found my gown at Best For Bride for SOOOOOOOO cheap! UNDER budget! Thank heavens for Ava and google. So yes, another detail in the bag. I was praying SO hard for a dress...ahahaha, now I have to start praying I'll still fit into it properly for the wedding! :)

So what does it look like? Ahahaha, can't tell, because Kevin reads this and doesn't want to know. All I can say is that it's very "me". Whatever that means!