We just arrived in New Orleans for our final visit before the wedding. Our agenda for this weekend is action packed- cake tasting, flower picking, rehersal dinner finalizing – you name it we are doing it, all with help of our fabulous wedding planner, Jennie Keller. We also happen to be here for one of the first parades of the Mardi Gras season on Saturday night. What a funny coincidence!
Today also marks 100 days till the wedding. This is a perfect time to check out the Accomodations section on the website if you haven’t made your plans already. Feel free to Contact Us if you have any questions with your travel plans. Just a reminder, if you stay in one of the recommended hotels, a rental car is not necessary as we will provide transportation on the day of the wedding.
Have a great weekend and I’ll be sure to catch a bead or two for everyone!
Go Saints!
Tom
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the year of our wedding! Last year, we got away brushing off the wedding by saying “oh it’s next year”. But now the date is rapidly approaching and is only 3 months away. Yikes! This is my first official post (i.e. Christina’s way of getting me more involved in the wedding planning)
Christina and I spent our last holidays apart as single adults. I went to Northern Virginia (NOVA) to my parents’, and Christina went down to Houston to her sister, Anne’s, place. Family time was needed this year more than ever.
For New Years, we took a vacation to Whistler, Canada with Steve Pinder, best man, and his wife Anna. Groomsman, William Youngk, drove up from Seattle and joined us. The ski park was awesome – including a one-of-a-kind Peak 2 Peak gondola that went between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. There was a ton of Olympic buzz, Canadians, and Canadian beer to go around. With skiing being one of her favorite sports, Christina had the opportunity to ski down one of the Olympic runs. So when you’re watching the Winter Olympics in a few weeks remember that she dominated those slopes…with maybe a fall here or there.


A critical wedding update: we have finally chosen the colors for the wedding. Christina has been battling with this decision since the day of our engagement. Because of my keen fashion and color sense, I took on this challenge using my previous experience in determining trend colors for some of the leading retailers. I had to break out my spectrophotometer to make sure the colors matched perfectly.
Totally kidding. Christina chose the colors and I get the privilege to blog about it. Aren’t they beautiful and match the vintage theme perfectly?

Left to Right: 1) Faint Moss Green 2) Champagne 3) Barely Peach
Coming soon – updates to the site on location attractions, area map, and highlights from our couples retreat. Yes, we talked about feelings…with other couples.
Tom