Tuesday, March 6, 2012

4 Days Left!!!!!

Well there are 4 days left before Tanya and I wed.  We are soooo excited.  Yesterday was a busy day for me as I worked a full day and then drove down to Kentucky and picked up the finished projects I have been working on.  Tanya had a full day of work and then errands. 

Today was a full day as well as I went to work, Tanya was busy cleaning the house and getting it ready with Sherri for our joining.  After work I was able to get some of my clothing put away before our evening with Jennifer.  Jennifer had requested our presence for an evening and tonight was it.  We first went over to the UD softball field where she had the upper deck set up with a table for 2 including a couple wine glasses, white roses and rose peddles all around, and candles.  She had an apron on and towel over her arm as she poured the sparkling grape juice.  She presented a gift and then had pizza delivered for dinner.  While we ate she had a musician come and play softly in the background with her guitar and amazing vocals.  Once dinner was finished we went down to toss the softball around a little, a favorite past time for both Tanya and myself.  Once finished we went back to our table overlooking the softball field with line chalk showing the letter "T" a heart and the letter "D".  She had us open another gift, a scrape book showing Tanya's life.  This started with Daryl and his baby picture and a military picture and then went into the family tree and into her travels and then her softball years at UD.  There were pages left unfinished as they have yet to be written starting with how we met up until after the honeymoon.  We then were presented with our final gift of the evening, a picture with several things that will help to remind us of things to do to have a happy and honoring marriage.

Well that is all for right now.  Thank you again for following us in our journey.  We love all of you guys.

Tanya and Dave

Saturday, March 3, 2012

7 Days Left!!!!

Hello everyone!!! What an exciting time it has been for us.  I will do my best to catch everyone up.  I know I have not kept you guys up to date like I said I would so I will be doing my best to give you day to day updates up until Friday.  Once Friday hits it is going to be crazy so you will just have to wait until Saturday to find out what all is going on. 

First off we would like to thank everyone for their support and they prayers.  We feel that there could not be a more blessed couple than ourselves.  You all have truly made us feel special, loved, and cared for.  Thank you everyone for the cards and the advice you have left on our message board and emails. 

Well everyone for the wedding has been completed.  The DJ is set.  The dress has been perfected (like it needed any work other than for Tanya to put it on).  The tuxedos are being prepare.  The cake will be made this week... yes the wonderful cheesecake that everyone will get to enjoy.  I do not think we told you what flavor(s) there are going to be but... we have to leave some details for mystery.  The final preparations for decorations are ready and just waiting for Saturday to come.  The Schindler Banquet Hall is preparing as we speak... well is it Saturday at 9:49 pm so they might be getting an early night rest tonight, but tomorrow they are hitting the floors with their toothbrushes and buckets... ok maybe a mop but I like to think otherwise.  The chapel is ready.  Our vows are being finished.  I am moving most of my things over tomorrow after church and just living in a suitcase so to speak for a week.  (everyone needs to stop rhyming, I meant it.  Anyone want a peanut? - Princess Bride)  The music is ready. 

We had several wedding showers over the past couple weeks.  One I was able to attend and it was an absolute blast.  Sherri and Jennifer and so many people worked so hard to make it wonderful and it truly was.  It was the best one I have ever been to... well it is my only one but, several people stated the same thing so I think I am safe to say that.  We have been blessed by so many people and we would love to thank everyone.  We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday, or whenever they fly, drive, or transport in.  Again, thank you to everyone who has made this an amazing process and being so generous and loving. 

Please keep my grandmother in your prayers.  She recently had surgery on her back and the recovery is a long process.  We love her very much and know how hard she is working to get back in shape.  We love you grandma. 

Love
Tanya and Dave

Monday, January 2, 2012

Day 80-106

Hello everyone,
    Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year's.  It has been a very busy yet blessing time for us.  Chuck. my little brother came home and has made some great decisions and is follow Christ even more now.  What a blessing that is to us.  We have gotten rooms blocked off for 2 different hotels, one for people to be closer to Springboro and one for people to be closer to Dayton.  If you need any information relating to hotels please contact me via phone if you have my number or email at david.ghysels@gmail.com.  We have set up the majority of our gift registries including Kohls, Cutco, Home Depot, and Bed Bath and Beyond. 
  
     We got to spend Christmas with my family here in Ohio and Jan came in to visit with us.  It was a great time to get to meet her and to be able to get to know her a little.  We were very blessed with people being so generous with their gifts, many of which are helping out with the wedding.  Thank you everyone.  Our honeymoon is being planned and my grandparents are sending us to.... well Kaua'i, HI.  We are very excited about this.  We got to spend some time with the Hart's which was wonderful.  They truly are a family that opens up their home to me and have taken care of Tanya for so many years.  I am so grateful for this. 
   
    We will be sending out the invitations here shortly.  I know I said we were going to send out the save the dates but my delay on the subject has pushed us past the point of sending so please forgive me.  We you do receive your invite please just go to the website, I will unlock the RSVP page, and register there.  This will just help us to have a quick and accurate account of all who will be celebrating with us on this special day. 

    We spent the New Year with Jodi, Sherri, Johnie, Danny, Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, Dad, and Chuck for a little, he had previous plans with his friends.  It was a great night filled with lots of food, games, and fellowship. 

    We have also picked out the tuxedos for the wedding.  I am really excited to wear it but you cannot tell Tanya because then she might get the idea that I enjoy dressing up, which is not the case. 

    I am sorry it is short but I must get some more stuff done before Tanya gets off of work.  We love you guys and cannot wait to celebrate with you guys.

Love
Dave and Tanya

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Day 61-79

    Hello again everyone.  Very sorry for taking so long to post a new blog.  Life has been crazy busy.  Ok enough excuses.  We have been learning more about each others' hearts and continue to grow closer to Christ.  He is so amazing and just keeps blessing us in more ways than we could ever know.  We had a cake tasting tonight and it was wonderful.  Grandma came along with us and helped us in our discussion.  We have decided where we are going to get the cake from and what kinds... yes there will be more than one kind.  We are very excited about it.  No I will not tell you what kind it is because were is the fun in that? Ha ha.  Yes though it may be cruel, I just cannot ruin the surprise.  We continue to get closer and closer to the day God has for us to become one and to be honest... I cannot wait!!!!  We had Thanksgiving in Kentucky with my Aunt and Uncle and cousins, Grandma and Grandpa, and the next door neighbors whom I have known for several years now.  It was a wonderful time and Uncle is helping me out with my project.  Speaking of... ok well I enjoy talking about it so I will... I am now almost 73% complete.  I have found a new element for the project that, I think, is making them turn out even better.  I am very excited to see where God takes me in this project next. 

    On a side note I would like to thank everyone for your prayers for Roxie and our friend.  Roxie had her surgery and is making a great recovery.  She is a determined person and stays bubbly with her perspective and outlook. 

    After making the trip home from Kentucky I went to battle the crowds on Black Friday as it is something I enjoy.  The fighting of the crowds the finding of deals and the accidentally telling of my fiance what I got her... Yes I pulled a Blue Jacket* on the issue.  Well, all is well.  Just a reminder to everyone.  Tanya will have a birthday on Saturday.  If you see her please be sure to say hello.  Thank you in advance.  The are some big plans for Saturday but I can't just tell you guys because.... well, it is a surprise for Tanya and well, I think she reads this blog.  Sorry guys but feel free to ask later... like say Sunday. 

    Grandma flew in from Michigan and spent the week with us.  It was so nice to see her.  We got to spend a little time together which was AMAZING.  We had our company Christmas party at Sycamore Creek Country Club and it was great to see everyone just enjoying everyone and there was singing of carols and drinking of coffee.  If anyone would like to know they have a pretty good black coffee.  Not sure if you would go there just for the coffee but I felt like it deserves mentioning.  On Saturday there was a small Tea at my parents house for Tanya.  She got to meet my mother's circle of friends minus Cindy who deciding to be out of the state at the particular time.  Ha ha.  Yes for some reason Florida sounds pretty good this time of the year.  They will have to catch up later.  All I really know about the Tea was that there was a lot of story telling... I think they said about me... not sure how I feel about that but she is marrying into our family so I am glad everyone got to know each other better.  While the Tea was going on, Grandpa and I were golfing up in Xenia.  Yes it was a great day to play and I shot my par... I enjoy the game a little more than most and therefor like to shoot a little more.  So basically, my par is a little higher than most.  If I could work on my short game and tweak my drives I think I could get a little closer to everyone's par. 

    Well great news, one of my best friends that was married back in June is now pregnant.  So happy for them both.  He said they heard the heart beat for the first time.  It is so amazing how God constructs His creatures and how He molds us into the people we are today.  He truly is and amazing God. 

    We went to Bed Bath and Beyond for our gift registry.  I will try to upload today or tomorrow.  That puts us at 3 places: Bed Bath and Beyond, Home Depot, and Kohl's.  Home Depot you have to actually go in and ask them to print off the items which is kinda funny to me but if anyone knows how I can link it to the website I would be more than happy to.  All the registries will be on the registry page, minus Home Depot unless someone can assist me with that. 

    Thank you all for your prayers and your patience with me and my heavy delays in blogging.  Please continue to pray for our friend battling cancer.  May God bless your days and show you Him every day.  Thank you all who have been helping us.  We love you all

    Tanya and Dave

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Day 52-60

    Well hello everyone out there.  Sorry I am a little late tonight getting the blog up... I was working on my special project for the wedding.  Only 14% complete now.  God has just been doing wonderful things in our lives.  Personally I have asked someone to become my accountability partner, someone who will ask me the questions I do not want asked and to help me stay on the path that God has for me.  He is helping me to become the man He has designed me to be.  This week He is working on my heart and some things that I have been holding on to as trying to take care of said things myself.  He has complete control and I need to continue to give things up to Him so that I can become more like Him. 
    Well I think we found the cake the we are going to have at the wedding.  We went to Eber and Rebekah's wedding this last weekend and it was wonderful.  Totally God honoring.  At the wedding we saw people we have not seen in forever which was great.  We also found the cake there.  It is going to be great.  We are also putting together the save the dates which we hope to have out by the first week of December.  The wedding dress still has not arrived and we are getting a little worried but all in good time.  We are getting ready for Thanksgiving and seeing where God has us to be as there are several options out there for us.  We have completed 2 gift registries and I get a little excited because I love planning what our future is going to be and look like.  We talked about our next house a little bit and now I just need to get on the computer and design some possible floor plans that we would be interested in.  Yes I shall do this in my spare time between working full time, going to school, working on the special project, being engaged, and all the other planning having to do with the wedding.... oh and the holidays of course.  We have selected a DJ for the wedding and God put him right in our laps thanks to Pricey. 
    God continues to show His hand in our lives as He bring people into our lives and how He takes care of us.  We are so grateful for all those people who are helping us with the wedding and to become the people we need to be for each other and for others.  Tanya had a record breaking day as she saw 30 patients in one day this last week.  I cannot imagine what that must be like. 
    Please keep Roxie and our friend in your prayers as they continue to battle the recovery from surgery and cancer.  Please continue to be in prayer that we can show Christ to those around us and let Christ mold us into the people that He has designed us to be.  Please also pray that we can get some time to just hang out.  I feel that it has been a while as we are constantly planning for our future, the wedding, and just trying to get everything done.  We want this wedding to shine Christ in every way and also to be enjoyable for everyone.  We thank everyone again for your thoughts and prayers and help.

Love
Dave and Tanya

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Day 38-51


Hey everyone.  Once again I am sorry for taking so long to get the update up.  Wow it has been just crazy busy and crazy blessings all over the place.  God is so good and takes care of His children so well.  We have been busy just getting to know each other and becoming the people God has us to be for each other.  We are getting the save the dates together and they should be out before next Friday.  If anyone receives a call asking for your address then that is what it is probably for unless we already have it.  I know I need to get on that a little so I will probably be calling a few of you this week.  I don’t know if I mentioned yet but the dress has been bought!!!   We are running a 5k pre-turkey trot in a couple weeks, “we” are very excited about.  (the “we” meaning she is and I am just looking forward to spending time with her even though I will not be able to breath the entire time and probably have to have the EMS come pick me up)  We are getting ready to spend some holiday with my family and then rush back for Black Friday.  Well some of us will be working or sleeping before work and some of us will be battling for a couple items for the workshop and house and just enjoy the company of a few hundred thousand people crammed into small areas of business.  
               
     We are very blessed as we had a scare this past week.  Newdell seemed to be very sick and we both were worried she might go on to be with Jesus but thankfully God wanted Newdell to grace us with her presence for a little while longer.  It looks as if she just had a virus of some sort and with the proper medication, she is back to her loving self. 

I am still working on my secret project.  It is moving along and I have gotten some additional assistance to help complete the job.  I am still excited about the project and only had a small set back but ready to take it on in the next couple days.  I am a little nervous as this project is time consuming and I know it will probably take up until the wedding to complete.  I know God has everything under control, still just want to make sure I am using the time He is giving me wisely.

We are just about ready to jump into the wonderful world of gift registry stuff.  I say stuff because I am not really sure what all it entails.  We are looking forward to it to get to know each other better and to be able to see what the whole process is about. 

We are still working on the transportation, meaning limo and looking at different possibilities there.  If anyone has any advice on said subject please feel free to email me at david.ghysels@gmail.com. 

We are meeting with Mike, the DJ, someone who we believe God has laid in our path to fill this position tonight.  We will go over songs, length, and general information.  We WILL be having people dance so please start working on your moves for the dance and if anyone claims they cannot dance, just watch me and know that it is impossible to do worse than me, all that to say please enjoy and we look forward to seeing you on the dance floor.  I will tell you that… wait nope, I am not going to ruin any surprises…. Just come ready to have a good time and enjoy what Christ is doing. 
       
     **** Special note: Dad aka Boss aka Tim will be making his way out onto the dance floor ****

We will be celebrating at Eber and Rebekah’s wedding this weekend.  What a great story of Christ working in another couple’s lives. 

Please be in prayer for Roxie as she is having surgery on Tuesday 11-08-11.  She is a dear friend and many of you know her.  Ok well, some of you may know her but the great thing about prayer is that it does not matter if you know the person or not.  God works in wonderful ways through prayer.  Please continue to pray the God ties our hearts together and prepares us to be the people for each other that we need to be.  I don’t know if I am allowed to share whom this person is but please pray for a dear friend of ours who is battling cancer.  They are very strong and we just want to keep them in our prayers. 

Monday, October 24, 2011

Day 24-37

Hey everyone, sorry it has been so long we have just been busy.  So to update everyone we did get our engagement photos taken and we are going to be going tomorrow to pick them up in a digital form.  From what I have heard from the people who have seen them, they are pretty cool.  I know Tanya and I are waiting with baited breath to see them and I cannot wait to see her beautiful face and to see what Kort has done with the photographs.  They were at Cox Arboretum if I did not mention it before.  The great thing was that it was supposed to rain all day Saturday but God had different plans and the sun was shinning and it was beautiful.  I should have the pictures uploaded within a couple of days.  As you know I have class on Wednesday and Tuesday is our date night so it might be Thursday before I can upload them.  Life has been going well.  God continues to bless us in so many ways.  We have done some shopping and have gotten a few things for the wedding... I will just have to make yall wait to see what it is.  It is pretty cool.  Tanya is so amazing at what she does it still takes me by surprise.  We have asked someone to do a reading at the wedding and I and very interested in hearing what advise and knowledge this individual is going to share.  This person is a very Godly person and is a wealth of knowledge, humor, and I am proud to know this person... Yes I am not saying he or she because I would like you all to guess or just wait and find out.  We do not know what said person is going to say in the least so it will be more fun this way and more meaningful. 

I continue to work on my secret project for the wedding and am making good progress.  Nothing to show yet, and even if I did, I would not be able to show anyone as it is a secret... sheesh.  Ok I know I am more excited than probably anyone reading this but that is ok.  As for wedding plans we have brushed through the budget a little again and have begun getting decorations and working on centerpieces.  Debra aka Da Bomb Mom is heading this up assisted by Trish aka my grandma.  Lana Knecht will be our wedding day planner to make sure that everything goes smoothly.  We debated just doing it ourselves but due to many people saying otherwise including my mother, grandmother, and basically everyone we know we have asked Lana to help us.  We are looking into cakes and designs and going to be doing some taste tests here shortly.  My grandmother is helping us a lot with that aspect.  Eber and Megan are helping us out with the design and printing of our save the dates which should be in the mail here within the next couple weeks.

I know this does not have anything to do with the wedding but I thought I would share with you guys anyway.  My grandparents are going to be sending us to Bali Hai, Hawaii for our honeymoon.  We are very excited as neither of us have been to Hawaii before. 

I am probably missing a few things but my mind is drawing a blank.  We would like to ask for everyone to keep us in their prayers.  Please continue to pray that we grow closer to the Lord every day and that we seek Him out in an intentional way.  He has been so good to us and continues to show His love and mercy to us.  Please also be in prayer that we are able to get done what is needed when it needs to be done.  Thank you everyone for follow us and keeping us in your prayers.

Tanya and Dave