Dusty and Marlina

Last Sunday we had our engagement announcement in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil newspaper. The countdown has started and we are counting everyday until the big day. For those who don’t get the Nonpareil we posted the big announcement.

Marlina Howe and Dustin Davidson would like to announce their engagement and approaching wedding.

The future bride is the daughter of Gary Howe and Suzane Merit, both of Council Bluffs.

Marlina graduated with a master’s degree in communication from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is employed at UNO as an instructor of communication.

The future groom is the son of Dean Davidson of Minneapolis, Minn., and Jane Davidson of Council Bluffs.

Dustin graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Iowa State University in Ames. He is employed at C&A Industries as a software developer.

Dustin proposed to Marlina on June 23, 2006, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The couple plan a June 23 wedding in Omaha.

We received our engagement picture proofs a few weeks ago. It was very difficult to pick out the best one but we finally decided. Douglas Gunder is our photographer and he has done a wonderful job. We couldn’t have picked a better person to take our most important pictures. We liked so many of the engagement pictures that we decided to get all of them in low resolution files so we could share them with everyone on our website. The digital images from Douglas Gunder are on our photos page.  Don’t forget to check all of them out.

The past several weekends have kept us very busy. The first event, a few weekends ago my bridesmaids threw me a bridal shower with all of my girlfriends. It was so beautiful. The shower was at the Upstream Brewing Company. There was great food, flowers, cake and friends. It was so nice to have so many friends there.

The following weekend my sister, Jodi and my mother, Suzane threw me a bridal shower for my family. The shower was at our house. Jodi and my mom prepared a wonderful brunch and led everyone in small game to test their knowledge of Dusty and I. Everyone had a great time. It was so nice to have so many family members and future family members there. We are very lucky to have such a supportive family.

We took so many memorable pictures at both showers that I have added some of them to the Photos page of our website. Please check them out to see more of the details.

I would like to thank everyone for coming to both showers, especially those people that traveled and had so many other things going on those same days. I would also like to thank my bridesmaids, especially Keely, Kristin and Jodi, and my mom for devoting so much time and energy to these showers.

The showers reminded me of how close the wedding is to being here and how many wonderful friends and family I have, supporting Dusty and I as we begin our new adventure together. Thank you to everyone!! See you at the wedding.

Everyone who attended the Friend Bridal Shower