Bridesmaids Dresses!

Hi all!
So, I finally picked a Bridesmaid dress, I looked at so many, it's nice to have finally just decided on one. It's hard to pick one dress for 6 different girls! Lindsay, Nicole, & I went to a bridal shop & they tried on a few of my favorites. I really like it! It's a Dark purple color. Check that off the list :)

On to the next thing! Finishing our website! :)

288 days!



This ISN'T the dress...but was one of the choices!

Invitations

Hi all,
we haven't been up to too much lately, just enjoying being home for a weekend. Brent's good friend from HS, Chris Pranger (actually our Best Man!) drove down from Sioux Falls, SD, to spend a few days visiting. I think they had a good "boys" weekend, golfing & watching sports :)

Themography, letterpress, embossing, die cuts, double backing, ribbons, gems, bows, vellum, flat printing, envelope liners, monograms, RSVP cards, menu card, table numbers, place cards, programs, thank you notes.....Yes, I started meeting with invitation people last weekend. Saturday, I met with gal for a few hours, scouring through books of invitations to order. I also took a "class" on Tuesday night - learning about do-it-yourself invitations at a local scrapbook store....Not a chance I am making 170 Wedding invitations myself, but there's a good chance Jan & I could be making the rehearsal dinner invitations :) It was fun to see at least what kind of paper & supplies are available! Then last night, I met with another invitation gal at the plaza, who is a computer graphic designer in downtown KC and designs invitations on the side. She does everything from scratch & will design monograms/designs or anything else we could ever want (& she was really pretty reasonably priced too), she's going to design 4 different invitation styles & we will meet again & see how much everything would cost & figure out what we're going to go with! :)

I also started shopping around for wedding shoes!!! :) no luck yet....but I should have plenty of time here...

We also got our Save-the-Date Postcards back, so we will be sending those out sometime soon!

Not too much else! We're excited for the upcoming weekend trip to Chicago over Labor Day with our good friends Matt & Brittney!!! We're going to a Chicago Cubs game! :)

296 days! yay!

2 Weddings & Some Engagement Pics

It seems like we've been going to a few weddings lately, 3 weddings in the last 5 weekends! It's a lot different going to weddings now that we're planning one of our own! I am noticing a lot more details on things, & really appreciating how much work goes into a wedding!

We drove to Scottsbluff & Alliance, NE for my cousin Teresa's wedding. We got to see lots of family over the weekend: my mom's side of the family, Brent's parents & his dad's side of the family for his Grandma Mona's 90th Birthday party. Lots of fun seeing everybody, but it was a long 10 hour drive home!
(My grandparents - Bud & Betty Thompson)

We were very excited to be in Kansas City for this last weekend! Brent's college friends Brett & Kelli got married. It was a fun & beautiful wedding! & nice to be home this weekend!
(The Softball boys - Scared Hitless team)

We also got all our engagement pics back, they turned out great! I'm very happy with them, Rachel, our photographer did a great job! :)

& P.S. My brother & Katie got engaged on July 28th, in Colorado, while they were visiting the cabin, so it looks like there will be TWO Thurman weddings in 2011! :)

307 days!