First Gift!!

Kevin and I received our first official wedding gift in the mail over the weekend! So exciting! The day is coming so quickly now and it is finally hitting us that we will soon be husband and wife. Thanks to our friends and family for the continued support... and of course the gifts!

Our first sets of wedding China!! Can't wait to bust this out and host a meal... The picture just doesn't do it justice. The pattern is bEEEautiful!!

Trial Up-do!

This past weekend I met up with my pal Morgan. She is a fantastic friend who just so happens to be an amazing hair stylist. How handy!?! We were long over-do for a little QT so I headed to Eau Claire on Sunday morning to catch up.

Upon arriving I 1) realized how much I LOVE EC! 2) how much I MISS EC and 3) how much I miss my old roomie. As some of you may know UWEC is my alma mater. I had an amazing college experience and every once in awhile I feel a little "ting" of wanting to go back to school. Then I realize that going back would be no where the same. Like the say... keep the past in the past!

Anyway, Morgan and I went for a 3+ mile walk, made a little lunch on the grill, and then got to work on my hair for the wedding. I did come prepared with a few pictures and suggestions, but I try to let the experts be experts. And I sure as h-e-double hockey sticks am NO expert in the hair department.

This girl blew.my.mind. See for yourself...

So... I get home all excited to show Kevin a little sneaky peak and he is like... "Am I supposed to see that? Shouldn't it be a surprise?" Um... no Kevin, and besides, you've already seen my dress. Now, he hasn't seen me in my dress yet. But come on, it's pretty hard to keep secrets being that we live in 2 bedroom townhouse.

1 YEAR!!

We have been engaged for 1 year today!! And only 54 days until we are hubby and wifey! We are having such a fantastic time preparing for our wedding weekend. The RSVP's are rolling in and we are receiving many special notes from friends and family. We are so lucky and so happy!!

Happy Birthday Sissy!!!

Have a great day Sister!!! LOVE YOU LOTS!!!

The whole family came to Eau Claire to celebrate with Alli! She is loved :)

The Great American Past TIme

Kev and I have spent the last two weeks at two different baseball parks. A couple of weekends ago we headed to Mil-rockie to check out a Brewers game... oh, and visit my friend Kaitlin for her birthday! We pre-gamed with bags, ML's, and jello-shots (I know... totally un-necessary), as well as a little tippy-cup with our neighboring tailgaters. We had such a fun weekend and scored great on the weather. Thanks for letting us come visit Kait!

Wisconsin takes tailgating to a whole new level!

See... we're good at this whole sports thing.

Words cannot describe.

Really Kevin?? Lock it up...

Keeping in the baseball spirit, last night we headed to Target Field for the Twins v. SpankMe's game. This was our maiden voyage of the new park and it is fricking AMAZING!!!! I am finally proud to say I live in Minnesota! Despite the rain, we still had a fantastic time.

Snack time! Rippin' some nachos!

Fancy Scoreboard.

The sky is starting to look a little dark :(

Rain Delay

We don't care... we still had an amazing time!! Can't wait to come back again in August!!

Fore!

When Kevin found out he won the "pool" for the Final Four bracket he played, instead of buying his lovely wifey-to-be a gift he took the money straight to Dick's Sporting Goods and bought a new set of clubs. Although I like the first option better, this has caused us to get out and play a little more golf than usual. Some quality bonding time I'd say.

The first time we played it was a little windy, but we walked the front nine at the Cumberland Golf Club. As you Cumberland natives know, that front nine is nice and hilly. A GREAT workout!

The second time around... not so much. It rained, and rained, and rained... and finally I gave up. And we took a cart. I realized that the game is not so engaging when we are cruising around in a cart. I much prefer carrying my clubs. And I don't feel so guilty celebrating with this afterwards...

Breakfast of Champions!!!

Hilltop Wedding

Last weekend we hosted a private wedding at the Hilltop. This is the second wedding we have done at the restaurant and it went great!!! The B&G were very happy... and very low-key. I hope I can keep it as cool on our day.

Homemade wine!!!

I looked at this as my trial run. Now if only I can guarantee the "well pump" won't go out...