9.15.08

One of the coolest gifts we got for the wedding was from my parents (as if they didn't get us enough). Early in the summer, they came up to Madison for the annual Art Fair on the Square. We visited many artists, but one in particular caught our eye. His name is Geoffrey Aaron Harris and his pieces were mostly renderings of vintage toys, advertisements, games, etc. The quality of his pieces were amazing and I couldn't stop staring at them. I was attracted to one image in particular though. I chatted with him for a short while, got his business card and decided to think about it.

Fast forward a month later....

I woke up on the day of our wedding, went to the bathroom, and when I returned to my bedroom there was a gift on my bed from my mom and dad...and guess what it was???

Yup, it was the print that I loved! (along with a super nice card that made me cry) It was so thoughtful...and now when I look at it, I will always think of: my parents, our amazing wedding, and of course our awesome Vegas honeymoon.

lunchtime

I had a very exciting lunch. I only live about 2 miles from work, so I tend to go home for lunch. Today was much more exciting that other days though...

We got our first responses for the wedding! 7 of them to be exact.

AND

I got 2 packages delivered from UPS! One I was expecting, but the other I was not.

So fun this getting married thing :)

shower time!

Saturday morning I was showered with love, laughter and gifts. Kind of cheesy, right? Seriously though, it was tons of fun and I felt very loved.

We had a nice brunch spread along with my favorite dessert to eat and Gina also put together a fun game to play. She asked Jon and I separate questions and video taped our answers and had a little multiple choice question and answer game. It was cute!

I saw a lot of friends and family that I don't get to see very often and I got lots of great stuff! There were about 40 people at this shower and the only drawback was that I wish I could have talked to more people for longer periods of time. I felt like I was jumping from table to table spending just a few minutes with the different groups of people that were there. They were all so generous to take time out of their day and bring me a gift and I just felt bad. I hear this is only a precursor for the wedding day.

When I got home and started unpacking everything, I sort of felt like I has just been to Oprah's favorite things or something. It was so exciting!

Here I am in action:
yummy buttercream cakes
with some of my best girls - Meghan (BM), Shari, Andrea (BM), Molly, Me, Dizzy (BM)

Mom and Gina (MOH)
...and with my ribbon bouquet.

Here are some things I/we got: