It all went well..... mostly......

Well, we survived it anyway.....

We did have a few hiccups.... bride in the emergency room the day before the wedding (severe abdominal pain that turned out to be cysts... the doctor was nice enough to send me home with pain pills and the threat of pending surgery, rather than just toss me into the OR and a hospital bedside wedding setting)

The wedding itself started late... the bride and family were scrambling at the last moment on the last minute touches and then I had to run and shimmy into my dress and curl my hair (and pop a pain pill!) This wasn't so bad though, considering guests were still arriving at 20 after the hour!

The weather was GORGEOUS! I could not have asked for a lovelier day for an outdoor wedding.... the decorations turned out rustic and fit us perfectly. (Thank you many times over to everyone who helped!)

I am, however, still kicking myself for not remembering to grab the maple pumpkin mints that I spent hours making.... they are still sitting in my refrigerator at home. I will have to freeze them for some future occasion....they can be tucked in next to my wedding cake.

I was given the gift of a honeymoon night up at Daniel's Summit Lodge.... with dubious directions that had us about 20 miles in the wrong direction! Still, we made it there and had a lovely evening.... my pains didn't kick in again until the middle of the night, but after a few hours I was able to get back to sleep. The next morning we had a nice drive in the mountains on our way back to "civilization" and to where my (I mean our) family was having a get-together BBQ.

I should have pictures in a week or so and will upload them as soon as they are available....

More later!

How casual is casual?

I have been asked by a few people about this one.... so let me clarify....

Wear what you would like... so long as its modest and in good taste.... I reserve the right to march you off the property if you show up in a tube top and hot pants!

As for the bride and groom? I will be in a tea-length dress and sandals (I'd go barefoot but apparently the fall weather has brought out some snails in the yard).... Richard will be in jeans, button down shirt and sports jacket.

Our decor includes haybales.... maybe that will help clarify things.

Ties are not necessary.... or suits.... or even dresses.....

I just want everyone there comfortable and having a good time....

See you there!

HOORAY!!!!!!

Saturday Sep 24

Sunny (Clear) Hi:82°Lo:64°

Sunny. High 82F and low 64F. Light winds. Air Quality:NA, UV Index:NA

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Weather

The long wait until I can check the extended 10-day forecast finally ends tomorrow! Though weatherbug currently says that the week leading to my wedding will be sunny and in the mid to high 70s (perfect fall weather!)

Fingers crossed everyone for good weather next weekend!!!!!!

Cake

Okay.... slight change of plans. The cake flavors have been decided.... and the lions share of the cake will be chocolate pear, with a slightly smaller carrot cake layer, and the lemon raspberry being the smallest (but there still should be plenty for anyone salivating over it!) We only had to make one batch of the chocolate pear and oh. my. holy. heck. For a gal who isn't the biggest fan of chocolate cake (or cake in general for that matter) this was about the best thing I'd ever eaten. The pear really just knocks it out of the park. I'll have the recipe available later for anyone who is interested, but its really a simple thing to make.

Update

Well, by now everyone should have received their invitations.... consider yourself invited!

These last two weeks have been a pill.... not only is my co-worker still on vacation (she had a month off and won't be back until Monday), but my boss is at a trade show, so I am pretty much holding down the fort here in the office.... which makes for some insanely busy days (yesterday I was here for 11 hours and could have easily done another hour in order to get things caught up). Add to that the fact that Richard and I have been passing the flu back and forth to one another these last two weeks hasn't helped. Neither of us feels great.... and just when we think we are starting to feel better, it whaps us upside the head yet again. Its enough that I've put a stop to kissing for a few days.... long enough I hope that we can shake this off. I am tired of being dizzy, having chills and cold sweats and severe cramping! It certainly doesn't get me into a "lets get stuff ready for the move and for the wedding" mood.....

Speaking of move.... I need to call my Relief Society President this evening and see if I can arrange for the Elders Quorum to show up next Saturday and move the lions share of my stuff over to the apartment. I need to get it over and done with so its one less thing to have to worry about.

I am taking next Friday off of work so Richard and I can go get our marriage license, and then I will be spending the rest of the day making sure all my stuff is ready for the move. It drives me nuts when I've helped people move and they still haven't even finished packing.... and I hate the idea of doing it to someone else. I would rather have everything in a pile, ready to be walked out to the truck, than to still be tossing stuff into boxes when the help arrives.

Tomorrow I am heading out to Cynthia's to nail down cake recipes and what is going where.... and then I need to spend the rest of the weekend getting the wedding favors done. I haven't found the box with all the tulle and stuff from Y&Ls wedding, but I will give it one more look around tonight, and then will just suck it up and go to the store for tulle and ribbon if needs be.

Still haven't done the bouquet..... but I have the idea finally in place for the table centerpieces and will be working on that through the week....

There are never enough hours in the day....