We are back! Travis and I got back to Arlington Wednesday afternoon. We had such a nice long honeymoon in Costa Rica to relax and unwind from the wedding. It was awesome! There are so many stories and I want to share them all. There is too much to say in sitting so this is the plan... when I get back to Austin, I will start writing out stories from the honeymoon by days. I will start with day one and work my way to the end. I am going to try to do a day of the honeymoon per day. So this should take a good ten days or so. There may be some days in there where I don't get to my computer or have much time to write everything down, so please hang in there with me.

I just wanted to write a little something letting everyone know that we are back and safe and very happy!

Thank you to everyone who was there to be a part of our wedding and make it such a special day!

Love all...

Sorry I haven't written in awhile...I have been a little preoccupied with wedding plans. In fact, this is probably the last entry for a long time. We are going on the honeymoon right after the wedding and won't be back home until April 1st. We are flying back in on the 28th of March and staying to go to the Mavs game on the 30th. Then we will head back home to Austin.

It has been a fun journey and now we are about to start a new adventure together in our new life as husband and wife. Wow, exactly 3 days from right now I will be at my reception! This is crazy! I am so excited and so ready! I'm ready to see my sisters and have a little bit of time with them. I'm ready to get married. I'm ready to find out where the heck I am going on my honeymoon. I'm ready to be Mrs. William Travis McHam! I'm all giddy now!!! :)

Tonight Travis and I are driving up to Arlington. He is going to drop Nikki and me off at Mom and Dad's and then head on to Dallas for work. He will be working up until Friday afternoon (just making it to the rehearsal). He was supposed to only work Friday morning and be there if we were to need anything, but his boss asked him to stay a little longer. It will all work out though...

Tomorrow I am going to get a massage and relax! I have some presents to wrap and a few last minute things to get done that will be on the to do list. I am also going to go with Sara Jane to her brother Zach's grave site. She hasn't been back since the funeral (a year ago) and I haven't been at all. It will be good to finally say goodbye. He died in a car accident a year ago March 10th.

Friday is the day for primping! The girls and I are going to get our pedicures and I am getting a manicure. We are getting all dolled up! :) Then we are off to the rehearsal and dinner. After that I have my lingerie shower...woo hoo! Lots of goodies! :) Then...lots of sleep for me!

Saturday...I GET MARRIED...to the most wonderful man ever! I am so blessed to have found Travis. I am very thankful for the love that God has allowed us to share and the life he is allowing us to live together.

I can't wait to see all of you who are planning on coming.

Love,
JK

13 Days...

Less than 2 weeks and I will be Jana Kay McHam! I am so excited. All of the plans are coming together and I am ready to see all of the people who have touched our lives gathered in one place for the special day.

Last week was my first week back in the classroom as a trainer at work. It went really well and I got some great feedback from my new boss. It felt so good to get back into the classroom. The people in the class are so energetic and enthusiastic about what they are learning, so that makes it easier.

I had so much I wanted to say on here, but honestly, my brain is fried and I can't remember any of it! So, I will try and write more tomorrow!

Love
JK

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The 1st wedding shower...

This weekend in The Woodlands we had our first wedding shower. Actually, the shower was held for me by Travis' mom's good friends! They are so sweet and wonderful. It was beautifully decorated and everyone was so generous with their gifts. We got mostly kitchen tools, silverware, backware and lots and lots of great stuff!! I'm ready to get to cooking! :)

When Travis and I got back into town we pulled up to his house and there was another package on the porch from one of my cousins. It was a food processor! Yay!

I have the day off tomorrow so my job is going to be cleaning out the cabinets in the kitchen and organizing with all the new gadgets and fun stuff. I am so excited!

AND...my wonderful fiance bought me the coolest camera ever for my wedding gift. I'm going to come back with some awesome pictures of the honeymoon!

Alright, time to stop bragging and get back to my husband-to-be...

Love,
Jana Kay

The 1st wedding present...

Travis and I got our first wedding present on Wednesday! There was a box on Travis' front porch and it was a full place setting of our china!!!! I am so excited. Travis was like a little kid at Christmas. :) We are getting so excited about the wedding and the presents act as a reality check that this is really happening!

We have a wedding shower this weekend in The Woodlands. Judy's (Travis' mom) friends are hosting it for us. It is going to be lots of fun!

Here are a couple more engagement pictures too...

The "To Do" list is getting smaller...

I have been in Arlington for another weekend of wedding planning. It has been really fun! Yesterday I got my hair cut, ordered napkins, picked the flavor of cakes, punch, and decorations. Then I finalized my bridal portrait time on February 24th. Mom and I went to the mall to shop for wedding party gifts and Travis got his hair cut. Finally, we went to Barnes and Noble and got a guest book. We actually ended up making our own. It looks awesome!!

Today we took engagement pictures. They are so good! Mom is the best photographer. The light was great. We didn't have to fight shadows or anything. It is a good thing too because it was chilly outside! I will put some of the pictures at the end of this post.

We still have plenty to get done, but that is for next time. Now it is time for Travis and me to go home, so I am going to go pack now. In the meantime...enjoy the pictures...

Hello All! So Travis and I mailed off most of our wedding invitations yesterday morning! This is all so exciting! :)

I have great news! I got a promotion today. I am now a trainer for my company. This is really exciting for me because I loved training in Colorado and I even applied for a training job here, but didn't get it. So, I'm back in the classroom! :) Yay!

Alright, time to go grocery shopping!

JK

Just another day! Today was my Tuesday and Friday of the working week. I was so tired today! You would think that after three days of doing nothing would relax you! But Noooo!

Anyway, today was just another normal day at work. But...tonight...

Tonight is...DATE NIGHT!!! Yay!! Travis is cooking me dinner and then we are going to a movie! I'm excited!

Last night was our third meeting with Roger, our premarital counselor. He is so wonderful! We have great conversations and it is very insightful. He even asked us at one point, when talking about our conflict management and communication, "Why are you here?" Apparently, we don't need too much help! :) The advice is great though and we are having to think about and plan for situations that we hadn't thought of before. It has been very good for us.

It is less than 2 months until we get married...prayers are appreciated! :) J/K I'm so ready!!

3rd Day Iced In! It is crazy here! Even though the temperatures are slightly above freezing the ground is still icy and slushy. The weather people are saying that everyone should stay inside and not go anwhere. The driveways are slick and scary! Oh well...

Through all of this I have gotten some done for the wedding. I have gotten a few more addresses added to the wedding list, the music picked out and organized for the wedding (except what my sisters are going to sing), and I have stuffed all the invitations!

At least I have been productive and haven't been wasting my days!

Here is Nikki enjoying the snowy day yesterday...

It's SNOWING!! :) Yup...that is right...another day off from work because we are iced in and it is snowing. Everyone in Colorado is laughing at us right now!

It has been fun though. Travis and I are hanging out at his house. Here are some pictures of our walk down the street.

Iced In! So, I'm sitting here with nothing to do because the roads are icy and the weather is ridiculous! It is my day off and I have nowhere to go. They said that the weather is supposed to worse tomorrow, so I could be here for awhile.

I am just catching up on laundry and wedding planning today. I have actually been pretty productive. I worked on my gift registry. I am registered at Target, Home Depot and Dillard's. Judy (Travis' mom) has a friend in The Woodlands that is throwing us a shower in February. I got that guest list completed and sent to Judy. However, I am running out of things to do. Next, is stuffing invitations! Yay! It really feels like I'm getting married now.

Travis and I went to Arlington this weekend and met his parents up there. We got several things accomplished. We got their family dinner planned and organized. Then we got the hotel picked out for their family to stay at for the wedding. It is actually a really cool hotel (not as cool as our honeymoon suite)! Then we made some dress decisions, looked at the invitations (now I get to stuff them all) and then decided what to do about flowers. Unfortunately, the weather was starting to get bad and we had to head back to Austin last night. If we had stayed, the weather people said that we would be stuck in Arlington until Tuesday. I wouldn't have had a problem with that, but Travis has to work tomorrow and he has some pretty important meetings happening this week. I have off tomorrow so I will be finalizing the guest list and stuffing invitations. I am excited to start getting stuff done!

Okay, I have a funny story...My nephew Lafe absoultely loves Travis! Travis has become his personal jungle gym. All day yesterday Lafe was jumping on him, asking him to flip him, asking him to lift him up like he was lifting weights, etc. It was cute! This morning Travis called me and said, "My lower back hurts. My chest hurts and my abs are sore." I responded, "Why is that?" Without hesitation he said, "Lafe! Lafe is why they hurt!!" It was funny!

I'm getting organized! I am adding more and more addresses to the list and feeling a little less overwhelmed. Next weekend I'm going up to Arlington with Bill and Judy McHam. We are going to do some planning for the reception and the Harlan family (Judy's side of the family) get-together. Mom and I are going to work on getting the music picked out for the sisters to sing. I am trying to get all the recorded music together so that I can get that approved also. I'm having a hard time finding music that fits with my song for the rest of the wedding. I just want it to flow. I have to find songs for the grandparents, parents and I think I have the one for the bridal party. It will all come together. I still have to pick out the flowers and get them ordered...but we have time for that.
I scheduled my bridal portrait with Donald for February and I am so excited. I think we are going to go to the same place Lara Jane had pictures done (I hope that is okay with her)!

I have my second interview at the church for the Directory of Elementary on Tuesday and I would definitely appreciate your prayers. I'm excited about this opportunity.

Life is good. I have a wonderful Husband-to-be and the most amazing family ever! I have absolutely nothing to complain about!

Love...JK

Wow, so, I didn't realize exactly how much stuff needed to be done for the wedding since I was so focused on the holidays! I am starting to feel a little more stress with the planning. It isn't bad, just enough stress to get me motivated to move! :)
I have been working on updating the guest list, so Travis and I have been on the phone and checking our email constantly trying to verify addresses. I think we are almost done with that. The invitations have come in so we are getting prepared to get them all addressed and ready to go out.
Travis and I have had some problems getting in touch with the guy who going to do our premarital counseling, but we finally got it all set and we start next Thursday. We are going to meet every Thursday after work. I'm pretty excited to get started.
That is about it for tonight. I'm tired!

Love...JK

Well, Christmas is over and the New Year is about to begin! I hope you all had a great holiday season.

For Christmas, Travis and I headed to Arlington to spend a day with my family. Then we headed to College Station to spend the day with Travis' extended family (the Warden side) and then ended up in The Woodlands (Houston) for the rest of the weekend. It was so much fun! We got a lot of great presents and he has already made himself a work bench in his garage with all the tools he got for Christmas! He is super excited about building a bunch of stuff...I guess we need to invest in a shopvac now...right Dad?! :)

The wedding plans are going very well. We almost have all the names and address together to get the invitations addressed and sent out. Apparently, the invitations came in, but weren't printed right, so we had to send them back to get reprinted. Hopefully they will be there by Tuesday. Anyway, the cakes have been picked out and Mom has been hard at work on the dresses. I getting really excited!

Not a lot is happening other than wedding planning and settling down from the holidays. I am going to the store now to get some Tenderloins...that is right, I cook! :)

Love...JK

For those of you who need a reminder of what Travis looks like, here is a picture...don't worry...he hasn't changed a bit!! ;)

Texas is not supposed to be this cold! Wow! I sure am pulling out all my coats. I love this weather because you can build fires!! :)

Anyway, Travis and I are at his parents' house in The Woodlands in Houston. His mother's birthday was yesterday so we came down to celebrate with her and her friends. It has been a good weekend. We are getting ready to head to church, but apparently I get ready faster at other peoples' houses than I do at my own. I have time to kill!

I don't have much to update on really. We are heading back to Austin this afternoon after we go see a movie with his parents.

I hope you are all having a great weekend!! :)

Love to you all...
JK

It has been a very productive past few days!

Friday at work we moved offices. We moved from the third floor to the first floor. The work that we do is sensitive information and compliance related. So, the big wigs thought we needed more security. Therefore, we moved to a more secluded area of the building. At least we have plenty of people in our department to keep us entertained.
Then our softball team had a game at 6:30pm. We won! We have played three games and won two of them. It is great to get back into the game. Our team is a small group from church and it is just fun to get out there and have fun with a bunch of other Christians! I have met some great people through the group.

Saturday Travis and I went shopping to get most of our presents purchased. We pretty much finished off our lists! It feels so good to get the shopping done and out of the way instead of waiting to the last minute. I do have some more people on my list to buy for, but I haven't quite decided what to get them yet.

Speaking of which...check out giftduck.com! It is an awesome site where you can build a wishlist all year long (so you aren't trying to remember everything you wanted at Christmas time) and only those who you have invited to your Friends list can see it. It sends reminders about birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Check it out!

It was good to have a weekend without travel. Just time to do whatever was on my to do list. It is nice every once in awhile to just be able to come and go as you please without any thoughts of timelines or obligations to be anywhere.

Still trying to fight a cold that I have had since Thanksgiving. Other than that...life it great!!

Love,
JK

Today was a hard, long day at work. Since my promotion I have spent more time putting out fires and in meetings which has kept me in the office well after 6:00pm. It has been fun though!

Travis and I are decorating his house for Christmas. For the first time ever...I have Christmas lights! :) This is my last Christmas as a Bridgwater and my first to spend with my future husband.

We are making the wedding plans and time is quickly slipping away from us! It is 3 and a half months away. We finally picked out the invitations and should have those soon. We also picked out the cakes! I'm so excited! Mom has done a great job of getting the dresses started. She is such an amazing woman. After 4 weddings she has this routine down! :) I have picked out most of the music, but there are a few songs I am stuck on. I keep forgetting about all the parts of the ceremony where you usually have music. Ugh! I'll get it together before the day of...hopefully. I am beginning to have dreams (nightmares) about the wedding. Mostly about the day before or hours before the ceremony. I really don't think about it much and I haven't worried or panicked over anything so far, so I'm not really sure where these dreams are coming from.

Travis and I are about to head out to dinner with our good friend Larry. So, I better get off Travis' computer so we can go.

Love you to all!

JK

So, it has been a really long time since I posted anything on here. The biggest piece of news is...I'M GETTING MARRIED!!! Yup...that's right. I am going to be Jana Kay McHam. The wedding is set for March 17th, 2006 in Arlington, TX.

Don't really have a lot to say right now...I'll try and keep posting. :)

Love...

JK