Back from France

I am now back from France and once again focused on the wedding. I have never been so excited to be home and sleep in my own bed. After having been gone from James for 2 weeks, I appreciate him even more and I cannot wait to be his wife in 5 short weeks!! I love having him there for me whenever I need a hug. Below are some pictures from a day trip we took into Marseille, France.
And a sample of why I am so grateful to be eating American food again. For those with "mature" tastes, these foods may look good, but they weren't appetizing for me.I know what you are thinking, it's a salad, how bad can it be. I'm not sure what they put on it, but it was EXTREMELY strong and made the salad impossible to eat. And I don't know about you, but cheese wrapped in cucumber is not my cup of tea. And the duck below, no thanks.

Shower

Thanks to everyone who came to the shower. It was great to see so many people that I don't get to see regularly and to realize how many people are excited for me and James. A big thanks to Lisa, Beth, mom and Heidi for organizing/throwing the shower. As many of you know, Heidi flew in from Tulsa and completely surprised me at the airport when I flew in. That was awesome. It was great to spend a couple of days surrounded by family and friends.

And if you haven't heard the bird story, please do ask. It was perhaps the highlight of the weekend ;)

James and I also bought ourselves a wedding present yesterday. An Infiniti G35 coupe.

We figured we would enjoy a sports car while we were young and buy something practical later.

2 months and counting!!

Today marks only 2 more months until the wedding. Both James and I are very excited for what that day will mark for the rest of our lives.

Everything is done for the wedding!! All the vendors have been booked and the honeymoon booked. We will be going to Cancun for a week of relaxation : ) Also, we picked out the tuxes yesterday at Men's Warehouse. See the link below for a preview of the tuxes.

http://www.menswearhouse.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10051&storeId=10601&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10732&top=10651&partNumber=8854BGCLO&swatchRequest=Y


We also picked a location for our rehearsal dinner. It will be at Firebirds restaurant at the Northlake mall.

Other things going on include the bridal shower at home in California this weekend and my trip to France September 12-26. It will be hard to be away from James for 2 weeks, but I'm looking forward to visiting a new country and learning new things for my job. Mom come's to visit the first weekend in October to help me with final vendor appointments before the big day.

The wedding is just around the corner, so I hope you are as excited as we are!

Wedding Dress!!

Just to let everyone know, the wedding dress arrived this week! Right size, right dress, I'm pretty impressed :) I will be going with Kari to get it altered sometime in the next month or so.

Also, we have our second cake appointment on Wednesday and will be able to pick a baker by the end of the week!

Mostly we are focused on the new rental house. We get the keys on Monday, so we have been packing James' stuff up like crazy. We are so excited to have a place to settle in for a few years when we are married.

dresses and invitations

As most of you know, I flew home for the holiday weekend to go wedding dress shopping. The trip was an absolute success!! The bridesmaids dresses are clover and can be seen below.

I also bought my wedding dress, but the only thing I'm going to tell everyone is that it is white ; ) I look forward to showing it off at the wedding.

Our invitations also came in today. This is a sample of the invitation.
We recently registered at both Target and Sears and had a lot of fun playing with the scanning gun : )

November 2, 2009

Today we booked the ceremony and reception locations for our wedding. Our wedding is Monday November 2, 2009 at 6 PM. The ceremony will be held at Historic St. Mary's Chapel in Downtown Charlotte.

The reception will follow at the Birkdale Golf Club in Huntersville.

We are very excited to have finalized a date and location. We look forward to celebrating our big day with all of you!

Close to decision

We have narrowed are venue selections down and should be making a selection on the location soon. We also have asked our pastor to officiate the ceremony and he said he was honored to accept. Once the location is finalized, we will let everyone know what the date is.

Here is a great picture of the ring and wedding band!! I'm one lucky girl :)