Few Pics...

These are not professional photos, just some taken by friends & family.  The pics taken by our photographer, Angela, should be posted to her website some time this week.  You can view them at www.angelapiersonphotography.com

This is the sand ceremony with the kids, thank you parasol for our thank you cards, and our wedding party.   

We Have Arrived!

Made it to the Black Hills last night.  Had a few hiccups with our room check in because they were over booked (really dont like hotels when they do that).  Everything worked in our favor.  We got a bigger room that has lots of space for the kids to run & a fridge for juice, booze & lemons. 

This morning we are going to get a marriage license.  Then we have the rest of the day to relax.  We plan on heading to Deadwood for lunch.  The boys are excited & love it here.  I can't wait to see both of them tomorrow with their tuxes on, they will be soo stinkin' cute!  I'll be sure to post pics Saturday night or Sunday morning for everyone to see. :)

Nine More Days!

Quick update on the latest happenings here...

• My dress alterations are done, it is now a floor length dress with no train.
• Jamie's ring arrived last week & fits perfect.  Thank you Overstock.com for an awesome deal!

 

• Only one of the boy's tuxes fit, the other was too big.  I have a tux on order & it should be here early next week.  

 

• Cupcake stand is at a stand still.  I painted one coat & never got to finish.  Instead I painted the guest room for company arriving in 2 weeks.  Here's a peek at the stand, will post a full tutorial when we are done. 

•  400 invitations went into the mail last week.  Now we are working on those people that were missed.  Every day a couple more get added to the list.  So glad to have the invitations done.  They were very, very time consuming.  Huge thank you to Mae & Kristin for all their help!
• Found future MIL a dress for the wedding.  Made her a pretty necklace & bracelet to match her outfit. (clear beads are silvery, flash kinda kills the bling)

•  My bridal shower was a couple weekends ago.  Good times with great people!  Got some awesome gifts & recipes.  Special thanks to my mom & Mae for hosting.  Awesome job ladies!

•  We have collected roughly 14 containers for the candy buffet.  I'm going to start cutting ribbons & making labels for everything this week.  Pics to come in the following weeks as we figure out the table layout. 

I'm sure there is much, much more to add to this list but that's all I can think of for now.  The invitations took us about 2 weeks to complete & were by far the biggest project.  Hope to post more in the next few days as we get closer to leaving for the Hills.  

Away We Go...

We just returned from a four day trip to the Black Hills.  This trip was to finalize plans, meet all the important people & have some fun with the boys.  The South Dakota weather was very non-cooperative so we decide to take our time driving South.  A drive down the Enchanted Highway entertained the boys for the first few hours...

After listening to the boys yell "I wanna go home" for a couple hours, we arrived in SD.  Our first stop was the gazebo we chose as our wedding location.  Everything was booked, sight unseen, & finding photos of this place is next to impossible...  Here's what it looks like-

Back in the Saddle Again...

Alright. We have avoided all this wedding stuff way too much.  It's been about 2 months now, or is it 3 months since we worked on wedding plans...  Now that the pressure is officially on, let's get stuff done!

While we were slacking we were having fun...  Yet another out of town trip, this time to see all of these guys:

While we were there I decided to gracefully wipe out on the stairs & injure my foot, ankle, & knee.  Nothing was broken but it did slow me down long enough to wreck Memorial Day weekend. :(

So... Now that we are back on track for wedding related stuff we are going to take a trip to the Black Hills.  We still have to see exactly where we are getting married (remember this post), meet the photographer (Angela Pierson), and meet with a hair guru.

While we are on our mini camping trip the boys will get to check out Reptile Gardens & Storybook Island.  I'm sure there will be lots about it posted later...