Busy & My Computer is Down!

Well the social/dance went extremely well.  I'd love to post pics but my computer is down & Jamie's isn't the best... So we all must wait for a better update on the party.

For now we have had a busy week.  We are working on the basement again...  This is the current status:

Will post finished photos when my new power cord arrives from China...  Taking forever. 

10 days to go before the big bash!

I just wanted to say thank you to the small group of friends and family that made the trip to South Dakota for our private wedding ceremony. It was a great weekend, the weather was perfect, and everyone enjoyed the awesome dinner that followed at Roma's Italian Restaurant. We had a party into the night with friends in Deadwood, that was fun! Nicole, the boys, and I bounced around the Black Hills for a few days after the wedding, and had some fun family time, as you can see by some of the more recent posts and pics that my wife added to our blog. We all had a really great time!

Now that the ceremony is out of the way, its time to prepare for the big wedding celebration. It's been a work in progress, as you can imagine, a lot more DIY stuff, like the cupcake stand and the candy bar decor. We have some really good ideas for our table setups, it's going to look awesome! With only 10 days to go we still have a fair amount of things to get done, but like always we will knock it out of the park like rock stars!

Guest Book & Card Table...

Here's a quick look at the guest book & card table.  I still need to add ribbon to the guest book (when I buy another roll).  We did not forget the pen, it's at my parents house.  The picture frame will have a photo of us on our wedding day (if I ever hear from our photographer).  I was thinking of adding a 'Wish Bowl' where guests can write lil wishes or congrats on slips of paper.

Candy Buffet...

Well here's the general idea of what the candy table will look like.  We bought red bead garland at Hobby Lobby to fill the centerpiece.  That's my wedding bouquet.  I have one more container to wrap with ribbon (ran out of the print ribbon).  Each container will have a sign attached to the ribbon once those are done.  Excited to have at least one table done.  Next... Guest book/card table.

Candy Buffet Sign...

Time to start working on all those DIY projects.  We have two weeks & I'm super busy.  Here's the sign I made for our candy table.  I started with a 12x12 piece of MDF.  The people at Lowes are nice & cut it down for me.  Also need a plate holder. I stole this one from my parents house.

I bought a can of black spray paint that I am also using on the cupcake stand (still in progress, post to come later).  I painted the MDF with some black acrylic paint I had on hand.  The plastic plate holder was painted black with spray paint.

I used my Cricut to cut out the letters & Mod Podge to glue them to the MDF.  The final result looks like this:

Misc. Pics...

Some of you may have seen this while driving around town.  Special thanks to Butch at The Shop for the sign, we love it!

We drove through Custer Park in the Black Hills where we met this guy... He was very friendly

Well almost a lil too friendly...

We took the boys down Needles Highway. They loved the tunnels & climbing on the rocks...

The boys enjoyed playing the piano in Deadwood...

We went through Spearfish Canyon & stopped to see Roughlock Falls...

Also took the boys to a mini cave at Thunderhead Falls.  We wanted to test the waters & see how they would do on a longer tour... Maybe in a couple years, we were told it was 'too dark' over & over again...

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.