Wedding Recaps - Starting Tomorrow

We made it back to Indiana safe and sound.  Tomorrow is my Birthday and on your Birthday you get to do whatever you want, so my morning will probably start with a trip to the nail salon to take these blessed acrylic nails off (they are really affecting my ability to do EVERYTHING) and then I'll be back to start the wedding and honeymoon recaps, starting wherever I left off before the wedding.

I've also been told by my photographer that she'll be texting me tomorrow with info about my proofs, so hopefully I'll have some news on more wedding photos coming SOON!

I know I've said it a million times, but if you haven't seen her blog post yet... got to Catie's Captures to see the sneak peek... I'm so in love with them and can't wait to see more!!!

Wedding Week Wednesday

We've gotten so much done this week!!!  My Mom, Aunt, Uncles and Grandma have been a huge help this week and it's making my week way less stressful than I thought it would be!  J has been great, too, but he's been really busy with his own stuff, obviously.

OK, here are some things that we've done this week.

Favors

Here's the finished product... and here's what they look like when they're all done.

They are going in the folded napkins tomorrow.












Out of Towner Packs

 J got these done really quickly and we took them to the hotel on Tuesday.

Flower Girl Basket

Side note... our TV looks really weird in this pic.
































Escort Boards

We ended up buying the cards at Joann Fabrics and printing them on the computer... the projects started getting a little overwhelming.















Surprise for the Guys


I don't think I told you about this awesome picture idea that found on Jasmine's blog and I LOVE...

So, of course I had to make it happen and had to make it cute!!!  The groomsmen are getting these at the rehearsal...

In case you can't tell, the box says "No Cold Feet"
















Marriage License


I was going to do a whole post about this, but some jerk face who was taking pictures of witnesses in court made it so I can't take pictures in Ft. Wayne's BEAUTIFUL court house... so, here's all I got  : (

... but we have the marriage license which is what matters!!!

One last thing...

J and I are not going to be together much for the next few days so before he left to go up to the lake (a.k.a. groomsmen central) we exchanged wedding gifts.  I bought his a LONG time ago and it took everything I had to not give it to him at Christmas because I was SO EXCITED!  So here's what I got him...

He went to Kansas for grad school and worked there, so I knew he would love a picture of Allen Fieldhouse on a canvas... and he did!

And I know that J and I are made for each other because here's what he got for me...

I'm a Texas grad and this is the tower at the center of campus... and he put it on a campus.  Great minds do think alike!

Coming soon... napkin folding and stuffing, centerpieces, bridesmaids gifts and getting organized!

On the Road

It's officially wedding week!!!  One week from today is the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner!!!

Sorry for my lack of blogging this week... it's been overwhelming.  A bunch of people went out on Wednesday for a "goodbye happy hour" and then my whole office when out to lunch today.  My days have been spent packing my office, throwing a bunch of stuff away, getting all important info to the person who's taking over my job in the interim and consoling some of my employees.  I have the best employees... they made me cup cakes on Thursday and they all came to see me Thursday and Friday.  Some have been in my office every day this week, sometimes crying, other times just telling me that they needed to see me every day before I go.  I also have a few of them who are coming up to our wedding... driving 16 hours because they love me that much.  I'm going to miss them SOOOOO much!

So we are all packed up and can't see out the back window and I'm actually blogging as J drives.  He rented us a broadband wireless card for the trip so we could stay connected while we drive!  We are currently about half way through our 10 hour journey to Illinois.  Tomorrow will be another 4 hours of driving on the way to look at houses and then we may drive another 3 hours tomorrow night to get to my parents' house or we may stay in Bloomington.

Our schedule is surprisingly less full than I thought it would be, but we are still adding thing to it, like a trip to our family friends' office to get our car insurance switched over to Indiana.  Oh... and we have to go get our marriage license... I almost forgot that one.  I'm going to put that on the schedule RIGHT NOW!

Once we get to my parents' house I promise there will be a lot more blogging going on, especially as I get to go open all the packages that I've been sending to my parents' house to see what they hold... not the wedding gifts, just the stuff for the wedding.  Lots of pictures coming soon!!!