We love you. And no, we're not ignoring you.

Please bear with us.

If you are reading this, you are probably feeling like this blog is your #1 (or only) source of communication between yourself and us- and it might be driving you crazy cause we "haven't told you anything." But it's meant to be (not to drive you crazy, but to be your source of up to the minute news of Joe and Marisa).

We have decided to take everyone's advice in all their cards and emails: "Enjoy this special time together. It goes by fast."

How I look at it is, this is our time that is meant solely for us to enjoy and for us to share as we choose to unfold it. As crazy as it might sound to a lot of you, Joe and I really haven't gotten many chances (if any) to do something, or anything, for just us. Literally, every "vacation" Joe and I have taken together has been due to a wedding. We can proudly say that we have celebrated with all of you, ten weddings since we've been together, over half of which one or both of us was in (or photographing) and more than two thirds of we traveled out of state for. We love you all and are so happy to have been a part of each of your days. So now, we are enjoying ours.

We do understand that everyone wants and needs to know the date and place. We have some important decisions to be certain of and a couple people to run it by before we start calling the press, but as soon as things are in order, we'll let you know. We have had a lot of options to weigh before finalizing a date. Despite what we may have told anyone when put on the spot about a date or month or time of year, we've been doing a lot of thinking. We assure you, it will be special, and we will tell you ASAP.

And if you're reading this and still want a phone call, that's ok, but please remember that everyone close to us wants that phone call too and if we stayed on the phone with everyone that wants to talk to us for as long as they wanted to talk about every detail that we've addressed, we'd both have to quit our jobs, which I don't think is the wisest decision if we plan on having any funds for our wedding.

That is why we (Joe) created this blog for all of you. Because we love you and want to be able to follow us as we go through the excitement and escapades together. We don't want you to have to play phone tag with us. We want you to be able to go into work, go to "joelovesmarisa" and waste a good half an hour or so a few times a week on reading up on us, right here.