The Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa is our first stop on the year long honeymoon. It is located outside of Palm Springs. It is a hotel Jenn and I have stayed at before for our 2nd anniversary. We booked a jacuzzi suite and spa treatments. This is also the hotel…
Many people have been asking us “Where are you going on your honeymoon?” To which I reply: Jenn and I are not going on a traditional honeymoon. Because she is a teacher, she does not have PTO like I do. Her vacations are timed with the school schedule. We will…
With 11 days until the wedding, the website has been picking up steam. I have noticed a steady increase in visitors this week as we get closer and closer to Oct 16th. There have been 481 visits in the last 30 days, we average about 16 visits a day. Each…
Rumor has it I’ve been slacking on the posts, so I’m going to just say a little bit about my 2 parties. First, Kelli and Laura threw me a dessert shower at our apartment where I was truly showered in sweets! We all had a great time with silly games…
I would like to share with everyone some answers to common questions that we have been getting about the wedding. Also below are some things guests might want to know about the ceremony site or reception. 1. The ceremony is going to be on grass, so ladies please be mindful…
One week, ah ah ah. Two, two weeks, ah ah ah! Three! Three weeks left, ah ah ah. The count and I have something in common, we like counting up and down. The other thing we have in common is that we both like the color purple. With 3 weeks…
*In a mad scientist voice* It is done! It is alive! The St. Petersberg Cathedral wooden puzzle stands tall on my kitchen table! It is now time for me to take over the world!
I have ordered 300+ cups of rose petals for the ceremony from a company in New York. Petalgarden.com. They will line the walk way for 20 feet with a 6 inch wide pile of petals. At the head of aisle there will be a circle where Brother Jon Peters will…
The bachelor party was awesome this last weekend. It started about 7pm at Joseph’s house. We ordered 2 cabs, one came much later, and headed out to Huntington Beach Beer Company for dinner. The food was great and the waitress was so nice to all 8 of us there. We…
Is it just me, or does it sound crazy that in one month I’ll be a married woman? That’s right men: off the market, all his! Lets be real I was all his the moment I laid eyes on him. What a man I have. I’m actually excited. I keep…
For the ceremony site, we are going to have two rows of rose petals one on either side, to denote the aisle. Now there have been any debates online about fresh rose petals vs freeze dried. I would like to heard from those who have used rose petals before, what…
So the bachelor party is going to be the following Friday. The tentative plan is to go to dinner somewhere on Main Street in Huntington Beach, hit up a few bars and then go back to a friend’s house for more drinking. The house is taken care of, the alcohol…
This whole week I have been working on the largest, most detailed and most complicated of all of our centerpiece puzzles. The St. Petersberg Cathedral in Russia is the largest at 18 inches by 20 inches by 25 inches. The intricate pieces require you to glue other pieces onto them. …
We are now at 50 days and counting until the wedding. It is starting to hit me as getting close. After our friends Ryan and Kelli got married in Colorado I have been refocused on our wedding. There is a lot to do still including the smaller parties for Jenn and…
In the last few weeks we have been getting packages from friends and family for the wedding. Let me first say thank you to all of you who have. Jenn and I have been filling out thank you cards left and right. The most common scenario is that UPS leaves…