The countdown is on!

We're just 13 days away from the wedding, and less than a week away from heading home.  That's the reason for the lack of blog posts.  We are running around getting things ready.

The suitcase is out and it's filling up fast!  Really all we need is our swimsuits and our sunscreen lol.

 The RSVP's have arrived and it looks like we'll have about 120 people at the wedding.  A perfect number.

We'll see you all soon!

Let's roll

Jason and I went out with some friends this past weekend.  We did a little bowling and were all blown away by Jason's high score.  He had 11 strikes in a row!  They were split over two games.  The picture is of the scoreboard the second game...you can see all his strikes on top.  He had an impressive couple of games. We were all calling him Normie Duke, a well known bowler from the 90's.

Wedding favors

The countdown is on!!  We are now 25 days away from the wedding and I'm happy to say just about everything is taken care of.  Jason and I are finishing up a few odds and ends and my parents bought and filled a ton of maple syrup bottles for our wedding favors.  My dad came up with this idea, my mom found the cool looking maple bottles, and the two of them spent a Sunday filling 150 bottles!  The syrup comes from a local farmer that my dad knows, who makes syrup the old fashioned way.  They look great! 

In bloom

Our yard is in full bloom! (Well, it's getting there anyway.) It's nice to finally see color in the yard!

Kick off to wedding season

This past weekend Jason and I went to our first wedding of the season.  We have 6 weddings to go to this year, including our own!  Our friends Tom and Angie got married in Hastings MN, a cute country town about an hour west of the Twin Cities. 
Not only was it the kick off to wedding season, its also the first wedding we've ever been to that played polka music.  Yup, Minnesota is a hot bed for polka dancers.  It was really fun to watch.  Fortunately for Jason he danced with Angie on a non-polka song lol.

On top of that the bride, who works at a bakery, made the dessert!  She started making five varieties of cheesecake about a month before the wedding, froze them, and had each guest add their own toppings.  I thought it was nice touch, very unique.

Since it was a little ways from our house Jason and I decided to stay the night...we used it as a mini vacation from wedding planning lol.  It was a great time!  We wish the bride and groom a life of happiness! (and homemade cheesecake).