February 24, 2009
One photo so far
the happy couple
This is the only photo I’ve seen so far but it’s a good one! Thanks Rodger!! He was roaming around taking photos and Stringles and Courtney had set up a photo booth kinda thing and took everyone’s photo with this big red heart balloon as they walked in. So sweet!
It was a great night, it was so nice to have all of Mike’s fanily there and so many of our close friends in one place together. Mike made some yummy food and the night ended up with a So You Think You Can Dance-off. haha..
The next day was Franziska’s B-day so I managed to get out and go to TropFest – a short film festival with her. Epic weekend..
February 21, 2009
Engagement party
The party will be on this balcony
Today is engagement party day, YAY!!! We’re one coffee deep cooking away. I’m about to head out to pick up a few things and get some photos printed out. Stringles gave me 4 CDs of images yesterday that he had of mike and I and has beautifully edited, cropped, and truned them into black and white. Not exactly sure yet how I’m going to display them but I’ll think of something 🙂 I’ve recruited 3 girlfriends to help me set up the surf club at about 2. Dianne and the rest of the Newcastle family are coming at 4 so they can help with food setting up stuff, and then party starts at 6. Yay!!
February 15, 2009
apple pie for dinner
Sometimes you just have to do something a bit naughty like eat apple pie for dinner! It’s been a rainy lazy snackin-around kind of day. Right now while I’m watching Dance, working on my wedding monogram, shopping for a dress for next weekend, looking at Etsy (i’ve had a renewed obsession with necklaces lately), and salivating over how amazing the apple pie smells that mike is making. Tonight we’re the guys that all our neighbors are jealous of as soon as they walk in the building.
For valentines day we played Midi’s Wii all day and then watched a movie at home. He and Stringles came over on Friday night and the 4 of us played Wii until 2am and Midi left his Wii for us in thanks for him crashing on our couch a couple times lately. Score!
February 11, 2009
I want a dog!!!
I want a dog!!
Maybe not this one although I do think Boston Terriers are cute and hilarious. Lab (my faves) or a Staffordshire terrier (mike’s faves) would do or we may end up getting a Ridgeback. But we’d have to move out of our place first and we can’t find anything comparable for what we pay so we’re here still for a while.
Wedding planning is going well. I’ve mostly been working on the engagement party planning so far but they’re both coming along. We’re THISCLOSE to nailing down the venue spot – Algonkian Regional Park in Virginia. It had a brand new events center and accomodation right there as well in the form of cottages along the river. There are lots of activities there such as boating, kayaking, golfing on the golf course, swimming in the pool, and it’s right off route 7 to easily scoot into DC for some urban action as well. Big round of applause to the parents who have done such a great job alread in helping sort all of this out. Yes!! It’s gonna be rad!
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