Last Pre-Wedding Post

As we draw to a close this will be the last chance to post before the wedding. Tomorrow morning will begin around 7am and should end sometime around 12pm on Sunday. We have a full list of must dos to complete before we see all of you at 3:30 on Saturday.

Tomorrow will begin with a final trip to the florist. After that Keith and Alan will load the truck with everything for the chapel. Then it's off to pick up their tuxes and get the room at the Eden. After unloading everything that stays there it off too the chapel to begin the decorating.

Meanwhile back at home the girls will be finishing the floral arrangements. After that it's off to do whatever girls do to get ready. We will all meet up for the rehearsal at 7pm. Then back to the hotel for any final projects. From what I can tell Saturday will just be a blur. I am glad there are lots of friends around to help!

We hope you all have a safe trip and look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday! Till then....

Less Than Three Days

Today we took all the decorations and favors to the Eden and completed the final arrangements for the reception. This has given us over half of the spare bedroom back. On Friday the rest leaves for the chapel and the room will be empty!

Kris printed the programs today and tonight they were folded and are now ready to go. One more last minute item completed. Tomorrow we start on the flowers. This is the last major project that needs to be done!!!!!! I'm loving it.

Keith arrived home about 7 PM. But don't worry he will not be sitting around with nothing to do. We have him lined up to help with the flowers tomorrow, chapel decor Friday and other little things on Saturday morning. In fact we have many friends set to help with last minute items on Saturday. Without them we would indeed be going crazy.

Still Not Completed

Just when I was thinking that everything was completed some last minute changes caused some last minute work. I guess I can't complain since I was the one who came up with the idea. Well with this completed I hope we are now ready to take everything to the Eden tomorrow. I sure in my old age I will forget something but at least we will be making that trip a few more times before Saturday.

I also have to stop at the bakery tomorrow to drop off some supplies for the cake. We are sure it will look great and take it from all of us it will taste wonderful. I think we all had more than enough samples of her work before we made the decision.

I also will be making a stop to drop in on Mom and make sure that all the arrangements are in place to get her to the wedding. The Home has arranged to have her transported to and from the chapel as long as there are no health problems that day.

I am sure after tomorrow there will be things to add to the list but we will deal with that when it happens. Till then it time to relax for now.

List Gets Smaller

As the weekend gets closer the list is somehow getting smaller. Today I finished the last decor item that was waiting for me in the shop. We have also started to pack up everything that has been stored in the spare bedroom for the last two years. Tomorrow many of these things need to be taken to the Eden when we have our final reception meeting. The rest will go to the chapel Friday. We hope to have all the decorating there completed before the rehearsal that night.

Guests have begun arriving in the area as early as today. Ryan is flying in this afternoon from California. Keith will be leaving Columbia tomorrow morning to drive home. And some friends have told us that they have begun packing for their travel this week. We are all excited to see everyone and wish you all a safe trip.

With all the people who are arriving early it looks like the party may get started Friday night. We plan on meeting everyone who is in town at Wedding Central (our hotel room) that night after the rehearsal diner. A good time should be had by all. We look forward to seeing all of you this weekend.

Almost Ready

More details were completed today as we had our last meeting with Rev Ronald Lausch before the rehearsal on Friday night. Alright it was more like Easter dinner at Uncle Ron's but we did get some final details completed. The service is set and the programs are now ready for Kris to print. Our next big day is Wednesday when we have meetings set with a couple of vendors to finalize there roles for the day.

As we close in on the last few days we want to again thank all our family and friends who have helped bring all this together. Many of them will be taking care of the little details on Friday and Saturday that you just don't think about when you start the planning. Without them our stress level would have been much higher. As it stands now we know we will all be able to just enjoy the day. Now if I can just get the on-staff hair designer to come up with a new way to do a comb over my day will be complete!

Sneak Peek

Since we are less than a week away from the wedding we decided to give you a sneak peek into the decor. Like the frogs we posted earlier this year you need to look around at the ceremony and reception to find out where they are used. Hope you enjoy the peek into the wedding.

What? Did you really think I would put entire pictures up for you to see? Were would the fun be in that?

Enjoy The Feast

As we approach the final days of the wedding planning many final decisions still remain to be made. One of those is completing the arrangements for the reception including the final guest count and menu selections. After the final guest count was completed we decided to add a little to the evening's celebration. We have decided to enhance the Hors D’ouvres, add something special to the traditional Wedding Toast and give guests more than just Wedding Cake to finish off their meal. All in all it should be a great time for family and friends as they share in our joy.

The seating arrangements have been completed with very few problems. Although we have all heard horror stories about not being able to place some guests at the same table or even at adjacent tables we have no problems like that. In fact in our case our only problem was most of our guests could all be placed at the same table. This should make for a great party!

Off To Europe

Keith has been informed that he will be spending 60 days in Italy beginning sometime in April. He has not received the exact dates yet but at least it will be after the wedding. He will be assisting in some upgrades to F-16's based there. He is hoping that he will have some time to travel to France, Switzerland, Germany etc as they are all a short train ride away. It sure is a great opportunity for him to see thing that most of us can only dream about.

To add a little more one of his buddies from SC is going there as well. This will give both of them someone to travel and hang out together with while there. Although I am sure they will make new friends it nice to have someone you know with you as well.

Getting Closer

It's getting close to crunch time and we continue to both get things completed and add to the list as well. Over the weekend Randy and Deb came to the house to take pictures of all the decor items that have been created over the last two years. This will give Kris and Charlie a permanent record of everything they had for the wedding. After they finished that we spent the rest of the afternoon finishing up some small floral projects.

This week is being spent finishing up the plans for the reception. We have been going over the RSVP's to make sure that we have everyone listed and the right meals in place for everyone. We than have to get all the table cards created using this information. Hopefully the few missing RSVP's will show up this week which allow us to complete this task.

For those of you who were keeping score the Petite has won by about 3 to 1 over the Salmon. I was thinking about getting one of each for myself just to make sure they are both good. But I guess that might be a little much!

Back To Pezing

Among all the wedding planning we can not forget to keep up with the new Pez releases. In February we were hunting for crystal hearts and found all but three of the 39 we needed. Today we received all 7 of the new MLB releases. These include the BOSTON RED SOX, ATLANTA BRAVES, CHICAGO CUBS, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, LOS ANGELES DODGERS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES, & NEW YORK YANKEES. Now my only problem is that we have all these Pez, along with some NASCAR from last year, that need to be entered into the data base. Hopefully I can find time between the RSVP's and the last of the craft projects to get this completed. One thing is sure, this will put Keith collection at over 1000 dispensers. It's a good thing the wedding supplies are leaving this month because at this rate we will need to expand the Pez Museum into a second room.