It's Just the Beginning...

As probably everyone who will be reading this blog knows, we've recently moved to Tallahassee AND are ENGAGED!!! Yay! We got engaged on June 28th, 2009 and moved 3 days later on July 1st! This is the beginning of a whole new chapter in our lives, and we couldn't be more thrilled!















We are starting this blog to keep all our families and friends up to date with what's new and going on in our lives!! This blog is beneficial, obviously for those who don't have Facebook, and even those who do- some things we put on here we won't necessarily post on Facebook, and we can also explain in more detail on here! So, bookmark this web address and dont forget to comment!! =)

We've been asked this a lot by many different people... when is the wedding date?? We aren't setting an exact date as of right now. Here's the deal: we are engaged, we love each other and will be getting married. Just not in the "typical" get engaged and start planning wedding for 10months-1year down the road kind of way. #1 as much as I (Brooke) wanted to be engaged it was a definite surprise (I had sort of resigned to the fact that he wasn't going to pop the question until some time after we moved...). WELL, Aaron certainly had other plans, yay for that! SO, we weren't exactly prepared to answer the "when is the wedding question". We do not know what the next year(s) will have in store for Brooke with starting grad school, Aaron is still on the job hunt and we don't know what's in store for him over the next [at least] year. Now, we've both talked about it (together and with the parents of course). And the conclusion is: we will go through this year (happily engaged) and see what it has in store for us... and around this time next year we will actively look into setting an exact date. With that being said, the tentative time frame is to have our wedding in December 2011. Brooke will be more than halfway through school, and we will have a better grasp on what Aaron will be doing. Oh, and December because we both love the weather in Orlando in December, and how pretty would a FL-winter wedding be!? We got a couple wedding planning books as engagement presents (thank Mom and Aunt Kim!!) so, there will be some collecting ideas and semi-planning over the next year... of course. Again, this is all a new and exciting time-- and most importantly, we look forward to what God has planned for our relationship and lives! Fr. Steve (our priest at CtK in Orlando) told us a funny, but very true saying about planning: "Want to make God laugh?? Make plans."

For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:11-13

^ Now, that's a good plan!

The next few posts will have pictures of the new place, some ring pictures, and eventually some pictures from around Tallahassee and FSU (specifically, the building and lab in which I'll be working!) And... whatever else we come across that's worth sharing with everyone!
We hope you have as much fun viewing the blog about our lives and adventures as we will have posting it all!! WE LOVE AND MISS ALL OF YOU!!

PS. Regarding the title of this blog "Bear Business"... for those of you who don't know... we have a slight obsession with calling each other 'bear', even in public, I think randoms might actually think Aaron's name is bear when Brooke shouts that at him across a store or wherever haha! Anyway, blog title= all about the business of these two bears!! =)

Brooke, Aaron, and the newest addition to our family... the ring! =)