Dave 'n' Jenny

I took some vacation time from B&N this past week, so Dave and I went to Omaha for a couple days. We plan on moving to Omaha around the time of our wedding (no final official decision as to when, and I haven't talked to my managers yet), so we wanted to look at the brand new apartment complexes that are being built in central Omaha, and we needed to do some wedding planning stuff. So we drove up early Thursday morning. My best friend/maid of honor, Kaitlin, came to town from Wisconsin, so I was able to see her (yay!) and she lent us moral support in our endeavors, hehe.

Jenny and I went to three places recently to scout out possibilities for our wedding ceremony and/or reception. You can view the pictures of all three at http://flickr.com/photos/davereid20/sets/72157612372737873/show/.

Location 1: Magnolia Hotel
Pros: Very pretty, super-awesome honeymoon suite (it has two floors!), close to everything in downtown Omaha, nearly everything is included
Cons: Very out of our price range

Location 2: Durham Western Heritage Museum
Pros: Very pretty and classic, within our price range, close to everything in downtown Omaha, Jenny's favorite museum (she stayed there overnights as a girl scout)
Cons: We'll have to rent our own tables, chairs, linens, etc. and do our own decorating

Location 3: A View at Fontenelle Hills
Pros: Cute, cosy, very pretty views on a golf course, everything included, you basically get a wedding planner included
Cons: It's in Bellevue kind of out in the middle of no where (harder to get to for those traveling and in bad weather), not as handicap accessible, it just opened up in November and hasn't even had a wedding there yet, just a tad out of our price range

So far we're leaning heavily towards the Durham Western Heritage Museum, but we're still considering any other options. Have any comments or options? Comment!

At five minutes past midnight on today, December 24, I finally popped the question and Jenny was foolish enough to say yes. :) We'll post both sides of our story shortly on http://davenjenny.com/wedding/engagement (yes, I'm a dork and we'll have our own wedding website coded by yours truly). But I'll just say I was very sneaky, very nervous, and she nearly couldn't wait for me to finish the question before she said "yes."

Jenny had to work a short shift at work today, but our day has been otherwise filled with sharing with friends and family, calling all the best friends, and treasuring in the moment. We are tentatively planning for a wedding sometime in early 2010 and we couldn't be happier. We've both been smiling out of control today. :) There's a slide show of more pictures in the full post below or you can go look at the photoset on Flickr.

I love my fiancee. :)