This blog is moving!!

In an effort to keep up with the blogging, I'm moving this blog to a different address. This is mostly because the email address that this blog is attached to is one that I don't use anymore and it's annoying to have to remember the password! Anyway, check out our new blog at:

http://brianandteagan.blogspot.com

I'll be deleting this one eventually...

birthday and stuff

it's been a month, so i guess it's time to update the blog. last Thursday, I (Teagan) turned 30! I had one of those great birthdays where the day is drawn out into days of celebration. We had a party at my parent's lake house this past weekend...so, so fun! I'll post some pictures:

Christi, Jen, and Me...I am blessed with amazing friends.

Brian looking very at home on the boat.

the Sweets.

there were more pictures...I'll figure out how to post them.

You know, all week people have asked me how I feel turning 30. To be honest, I feel fine. I am very happy with where I am in life. God has been good to me. If anything, I feel officially grown up...which feels solid to me. I praise God because He has been so faithful these 22 years that I have known Him and I know He will continue to be so.

Moving Day!

We're all moved in to our new home as of last Sunday. As for the unpacking...not all done yet, but it's coming along. Eventually we'll even have furniture in every room :) Brian is eager to set up the surround sound on the TV in the bonus room. And we are finding joy in taking care of the house and encouraging our lawn to grow (with turfbuilder). Although I've only used it once, I REALLY love our bathtub. Here I'll give you a recipe for a great bubble bath: 1)run water with bubble bath. 2) turn on the whirlpool jets. It makes mountains of bubbles. Here are some pictures from moving day: Friends eating and enjoying our great big kitchen!

Here's Otis enjoying the screened in deck.

We're Big Kids Now

Brian and I closed on our house yesterday! We are so excited and wish we could just snap our fingers and be all moved in. Yesterday, we went over to the house and used our garage door openers...it's all so official. Here are some pictures of the closing:

Apparently I'm a little slower to sign than Brian.

Brian with the keys :)

Wedding Pictures!

hello again! just a little update to let you know that Brian's brother, Nathan, has set up a server with our wedding pictures. you can get there by following this link:

http://gallery.mac.com/nathanroz#gallery

hope you all enjoy!

So Much!!

I am not much of a blogger these days, am I? Shortly after I got out of college, several of my friends got married. They seemed to drop off the face of the planet for about six months after they got married. It was a very curious occurance to me. Now I understand, somehow marriage...or getting used to being married, takes A LOT of time. But it's a good time and probably a natural part of "cleaving" to your spouse...like glueing two pieces of wood together and sticking them in a clamp to set.

Anyway, I just thought I'd update the faithful few who still check this to see if I've posted anything new. We finally got our wedding pictures! We'll be sending a copy to Brian's brother, Nathan. That way, he can put them on a server and everyone can access them. Our videographer emailed me today to let me know that the DVD will be in the mail this weekend. Beware if you live nearby, we might make you watch it!!

And last, but most certainly not least, we are buying a house!! Thanks to some serious generosity from my dad and stepmom...it is so pretty. I'm attaching a picture of the front of the house. We close on April 15...which happens to be exactly one year since our first date. It's ridiculous what God can do...I am amazed. We are truly blessed.

Much love to all of you!!

It's Been Awhile

Sorry it has been awhile since I last posted a blog. Close to the wedding, life was like a race to the finish line. But we made it! And now we've had a couple of weeks to relax. We're still organizing everything and trying to figure out where to put all our stuff, but it's coming along. I'm working on changing my name to Teagan C. Rozmus.

I went to our videographer's website just to see and he has a few pictures from the wedding posted on his site: http://www.ryansproduction.com/ I'll post my favorite here for you to see:

Hopefully, we'll hear something from the photographer soon :) Love to you all!

Bachelorette Party

My two best friends threw me an AWESOME lingerie shower/bachelorette party this past Friday night.


This picture was taken before everyone got there. It was a Pretty in Pink/80s themed party. Everyone did such a good job dressing up!!


Here are my hostesses,Jen and Christi. God has blessed me with wonderful friends...these are two of the greatest a girl could ever have!

We're Licensed!!

Now that we are within 30 days of the wedding, we decided to go ahead and get our marriage license. So, we headed down to the Anderson County courthouse in the booming metropolis of Clinton, TN.



We were impressed with the convenience of being able to get your marriage, boat, and fishing license all in one place. Too bad we only needed the one.

Here's us...officially licensed to wed! Don't worry...we'll wait for you to see us actually get married :)

Looking forward to seeing you all in 18 days!!!

Engagement Announcement

Our engagement announcement was in Teagan's hometown newspaper, the Oak Ridger, this weekend. Here's a link to the online story...

http://www.oakridger.com/stories/122107/ann_227503799.shtml

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!

Pre-marital Counseling

We had our final premarital counseling session on Monday. Here we are with Randy, our officiant/youth minister/really great guy.

We spent time during this last session planning the ceremony. It's going to be great! We can't wait to share it with all of you!!

Little Details

Here's a picture of Teagan modeling the amazing shirt that her mom got for us. That's right, Brian has one too!

Lately our wedding planning has been that of taking care of details. We got the artificial snow for throwing in last night. We are shopping for attendant gifts. Brian is taking care of the engagement announcement in the paper.

The biggest accomplishment of late...and you should already know about this...is that we mailed our invitations last week! We are SO happy with the way they turned out...thank you Marta for your amazing design skills.

Our First Shower

We had our first bridal shower this morning. What a blast! It was given by Kim Llanusa, Pam Bakker, and Wendy Patterson. The food was amazing, it was fun...thank you guys so much! Thank you for proving Brian's wrong when he said "I will never, ever go to a bridal shower." :)

Here are some pictures from the shower:

Here's Brian showing off his beer mugs that he will actually use to drink milk. That's right, he's a wild man!

Food Storage!!

This is my "are you sure you want ME to cut the cake?" face. Brian is checking me out.

Scariest Bride and Groom ever!

Engagement Pictures

We took engagement pictures about two weeks ago. They have been posted online on the photographer's website, but we got the disc yesterday, so I thougt I'd post a few for those who read this blog to see. I must say, we were both having a great hair day :)

Great personality shot :)

LOVE this one!

This one won't due for an announcement because we're too far away, but we love the reflection in the water.




I love this one because it looks like Brian might hurt the photographer if he doesn't stop soon.

There are 145 pictures, so I won't be posting all of them on here. Anyway, we are soooooo happy with our photographer, as you can see. We can't wait to see how our wedding pictures will turn out!

Another Busy Day

At this point, I should probably just go to bed...I'm exhausted, but here I am...at the computer.

Here are some of the wedding planning highlights we hit today. Went to the reception site to give them the contract and plan how we want the tables and dance floor set up (that's right kids, put on your dancin' shoes!). Stopped by mom's house...she gave us shirts with cartoon renderings of ourselves on them. They say "We're tying the knot!" I'll have to post a picture later...I haven't taken one yet.

We ran by the church so I could take pictures (for the florist) and pay the deposit.


After that, we met with the caterer. Brian, being the good man that he is, took charge there and basically made out our menu. Then we made for the mall and picked up Brian's wedding band. I'm posting a picture of Brian giving what he calls "wedding finger."



Following a brief break to catch our breath, we met with the videographer.

Both of us realized that the wedding-planning advice other couples have given us is valid: we have to set aside a day where there is no planning allowed. That will be Wednesday for us...and we're excited about doing nothing!

Brian's comments :)

Brian added some comments to another post, but I wanted to make sure everyone got to read them. Eventually, I'll give him the password so that he can make posts whenever he likes :) p.s. this picture of him is from April.


Yes I did it!! But I sure did not think of it all. I enlisted the help of Teagan's 2 best friends.... Jennifer Loveday and Christi Noe. These fabulous and intelligent ladies helped me plan "Operation Engage" with precision, but most importantly with love and tenderness. I give a huge THANK YOU to these, my two compatriots, I will plan an operation with you any time.

The "Ownage" himself
Brian Rozmus

To my boys.....
words can not explain. I love you all. TAROwnage!!

Pics and Planning

Here are a couple of photos of "station one" It was dark outside and my best friend took these from the balcony of the Sunsphere...I didn't even know she was taking them!




And here is the best picture I have of my ring yet. I love it.



We have had BUSY days this past week. While still enjoying the novelty of being engaged and getting used to saying "fiance" instead of boyfriend/girlfriend, we have jumped full throttle into wedding planning.

On Tuesday, we registered for gifts (thank you, Target!), decided on a church for the wedding, scouted out hotels for those of you who will be travelings, and picked up a contract from the reception site.

Yesterday (Wednesday), I picked out a bridesmaids dress with the wonderful help of my best friend, Christi. Brian and his boys made tuxedo arrangements. We also reserved the restaurant for the rehearsal dinner and picked out Brian's wedding ring.

Whew! I think we are both a little relieved to be going to work today! :)

Here are some more photos of engagement. These are some that were taken with my camera. I have yet to collect the pics from the other cameras involved. Brian is so good and thoughtful to have planned to have someone taking pictures all along the way.

This is station two....Chocolate covered strawberries. Check out my prissy face in the second shot! :)

Here are the guys (and girl!) that helped Brian pull it all off!!! Thanks a ton!

Proposal

So, we're engaged!! I thought I would tell the proposal story from my (Teagan's) perspective as a first post.


Brian took me to dinner at The Butcher Shop, which is a steak restaurant where you get to pick your own piece of meat for them to cook. The restaurant is just adjacent to The World's Fair park, so Brian suggested that we go for a walk after dinner.
When we got to the Sunsphere, two of Brian's friends were waiting there. One had a bouquet of roses and the other was taking pictures. Brian read a card to me about Beauty and how unlike the flowers my beauty is both inward and out. Then he read from 1 Peter 3:3-5. After that, we kept walking.
A little further along, two more of his friends met us and handed us a Godiva box. It had chocolate covered strawberries that were all together. He told me they were to represent two becoming one and talked to me about how each is good on it's own, but the combination is better than the ingredients apart...and he read from Ephesians 5:31.
Then we walked a little further and met two more friends of Brian's. He just took something from them and we kept walking right to the middle of a bridge. He had gotten a Bible and read to me from 1 Cor. 13 and Song of Songs 8:6-7. When he was done reading, he turned the Bible over and showed that he'd had it engraved "Teagan Rozmus" Then he got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife. Through many tears, I said yes!