Honeymoon!

The flights have been booked! The weekend after the wedding we will be going to Paris, Torino, and Zurich! *Made completely possible by Bic's parents* We will fly into Paris early in the morning, spend the day, night, and most of the next day. Luckily my friend lives there right now and can give us some suggestions on where to stay and things to see :D Then, we will take the train (through the Alps!) to Torino, Italy where we will spend most of our time. Bic has a family friend who is letting us stay in his villa! Luckily, we will have a local to again give us some guidance on things to see before we take the train to spend one or two days in Zurich, Switzerland! All very exciting. I have never really been anywhere (I got my passport for this trip) so I am extremely excited about all three of these destinations! Hence all of the exclamation points...

Now let us all take a moment for some picturessss...

MAP OF OUR TRAVELS

PARIS

TORINO

ZURICH

Needless to say, it will be pretty depressing returning to Newport News!

First Dance

We pretty much have a song picked out for our first dance, but during the search I found a few that I really liked. Here they are!

Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing

Adele - Make You Feel My Love

and the one we agree upon most and will probably dance to...

Dave Matthews - You and Me

Comment if you have any other suggestions! These will all be on the wedding playlist.

Ties!

Well, the ties have arrived! The groomsmen will wear different colors...

and gray for the groom...

Catering

I hope everyone loves Panera Bread! Not a typical wedding caterer, I know, but we figured it would fit in with the rest of our wedding. We didn't want to have anything too heavy since the wedding will be outside in May - with *hopefully* warm weather. I think that salads and sandwiches will be a great alternative to a carving station or pasta dish. So, get ready for tables full of greek, classic, and caesar salads, chips, pickles, baguettes, and sandwiches! An assortment of Bacon Turkey Bravo, Italian Combo, Asiago Roast Beef, Mediterranean Veggie, Ham and Swiss, and Napa Almond Chicken Salad to be exact. I am hoping this will be very kid friendly, as well. Not to mention less expensive and Panera will deliver and set everything up for us. :D

Addressing Invitations

Well, I am almost done addressing all of the invitations! Although, I still need to make sure each one has directions, etc. in it. Hopefully I'll get them all out in the next week! I did them by hand, so I apologize in advance if anyone's name or address is not completely centered :)

Rhubarb

So, I had no idea how hard envelopes were going to be to find. No luck at Office Max, Wal Mart, etc etc. Long story short - I ordered some rhubarb colored envelopes from Paper Source. Our invitations are about 5.5x7.5 so I just ordered their "outer envelopes". I won't need inner envelopes because I am asking people to RSVP to my cell or email address. The envelopes have shipped, so I'm hoping they will arrive in the next few days and I get get them sent out as soon as possible!

Finished Bird Nest

So, I finished Noel's "ird's nest" as she calls it. I always like to ask her if she remembers what she'll be carrying in my wedding - her answer is "ings" (rings, of course). I just added a bit of moss and took a few pics with my rings in it for now.

Woooord. Also, we got our invitations printed today. Just need the envelopes and I'll start addressing them. I'm also almost done with the groomsmen's boutonnieres. It's nice to keep crossing things off the list!