Our First RSVP!

Our invitations went out this week and we got our first RSVP back already. Travis's grandparents, Connie and Gary, were the first to reply. It was so fun to see it in the mailbox. I actually ran back to the house to show Travis. We were both very excited!

Family Reunion Fun!

Sarah and I just got back from a nice - LONG - Memorial Weekend! We spent it in Morris for the Felstul Family Reunion (her mom's side of the family). We got up to Morris Friday night and had some fun out at the farm playing Wii and hanging out with Sarah's parents and her brothers. It is always so nice to see everyone!

On Saturday, we woke up slightly tired but ready for golf! Sarah and I are not big golfers, but it was a beautiful day and we had a great time golfing with Sarah's uncle Bob and aunt Geri! 

After the golf outing we joined the rest of the family at Wells Park for a picnic! We ate, drank, and had a great time! Sarah's brothers led all of the kids in a rousing game a kickball...which was super fun to watch...lots of laughs! 

On Sunday, we all went to church and then Sarah's aunt Barb and cousins Kristie and Lisa threw us a wonderful entertainment-themed wedding shower. My parents and brother joined us and it was a nice afternoon. I don't have any pictures yet from the shower, but when we get some...we will post them. Sarah and I really enjoyed the weekend and thought it was super cool to have our two families together! 

To finish this post off...I thought I would post this picture of our new place settings that we got at the shower from Sarah's family. The table looks great!! 

My First Shower

This past Saturday I had my first bridal shower. I'm fortunate enough to come from a small town, and my home town church hosted this shower for me. It was wonderful to be surrounded by my family, friends, and neighbors. Many of the guests watched me grow up and it was so special to spend Saturday morning with them. Everyone was SO generous. Even people who couldn't be there in person dropped off a gift. It reminded me of how lucky I am to have grown up in a small town. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

My bestest friends from high school! Suzi, Marisa, and I had a nice time catching up. I'm so excited to celebrate with them at the wedding!

Family, friends, and neighbors

the wonderful hostesses

Mom and me

The table cloth was the PERFECT color! I just LOVE green!

Wedding Website

Our Wedding Website is officially done! For those following us on the blog, we wanted a spot for people to go to get all of the information for the wedding day...including what to wear, how to get there, and all kinds of little details! The address will go out in our invitations, but you can get a sneak preview by clicking here!

I encourage you to check out the "What to Wear" link! Sarah and I had tons of fun posing for the pictures. 

Studio 6 Rocks

Yesterday afternoon Travis and I had an appointment to look at table linens. We were SO impressed and pleased with Jean at Studio 6. She really "got us". Travis and I are very laid back and want a casual reception. Jean was totally on board with that and gave us some great ideas to make our theme and "color branding" carry through. We are so excited to see how the rich chocolate brown with the bold splashes of apple green will look in our reception/dance space at the Arboretum. The details are really coming together! And in 80 days all of our friends and family will be able to enjoy those details with us!

Coloring Books and Shopping

Sarah and I got a ton more done today!

Sarah spent some time assembling an activity/coloring book for the handful of kids that are coming to the wedding. They are really cute with some mazes, wordfinds, coloring pages and a scavenger hunt. Sarah has spent hours and hours working on it and it turned out nicely...so many hours that she will be collecting them at the end to make sure the kids used them and she will spend our honeymoon grading them.

We also spent some time at Michael's picking up random stuff that was on sale: random glass bowls for the candy buffet, ribbon for the cake, ribbon for the goodie bags, lots and lots of ribbon. 

We made our final stop to Archivers and I think we actually have everything we need to finish our invites. We are waiting on two addresses and then we can seal the envelopes. Mind you, we are not sending out our invites until the end of May, but it feels good to be getting things done! We are getting to the point where all we do is eat, work, sleep, and wedding. Yes...I am using wedding as a verb meaning anything and everything to do with the wedding! But we are really having fun with it and that is all that matters!

Happy Trails!!

Travis