Sunday, May 17, 2009

Invitations!

SPOILER ALERT! We sent out most of the invitations a couple of weeks ago, but still have a few to send out. So if you haven't gotten your invitation yet because we don't have your address or you live in a crazy far away place like Japan or Germany :), don't read the rest of this post!


We decided to print our own invitations to save some money. This turned out to be a larger task than we anticipated, but we were an a well oiled, invitation-machine.


Invitation Station #1: Herbert and John printed the invitations. John and I designed the maps, chose the wording and picked a font. Then John made the invitations by working his magical computer skills and printing them on different sized cards. He even stuck on the daisies and assembled all the pieces together.


Herbert....helped....sort of...

He wore his wedding shower bell to get in the wedding spirit...and then promptly fell asleep.

Invitation Station #2: It was my job to address the envelopes with my super-fancy sharpie calligraphy skills. It took a few phone calls, mothers, grandma, and friends to complete the address list.This is what wedding planning looks like when your Maid of Honor lives 700 miles away. Jenny was on the phone (you can kind of see it between my cheek and shoulder) and we were working on the spreadsheet at the same time, miles away, from different computers. She'd add addresses to my list and I could see her working from my computer...technology is great!


I am really happy with how our invitations turned out. There were only four designs at Michael's and luckily we found one that was green and sort of fit our wedding theme. Here is the final product.

So cute :)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Redfield Wedding Shower Part 2

Here are a few more pictures of our wedding shower from my camera.
Our beautiful cake. :)

The family getting ready for food...Andrew is about to gnaw his arm off...


Here is Paul and my aunt who planned the festivities for the night! She wasn't in the other set of photos because she was taking them. :) They are reading some of my dad's candid answers to the simile game. Thanks for everything, Aunt B!!!

Get Ready to Dance!!

Nervous about dancing at the reception? Watch this video and start practicing your moves!
(Click on the bird!)

Bird Loves Ray Charles

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Redfield Wedding Shower

A few weekends ago we had our first wedding shower with the Redfield family. Everything was so beautiful and we had so much fun! We are lucky to have such supportive, loving, and funny family members. Thanks Grandma and Aunt B. for organizing the party and everyone else for filling the night with love and laughter. We had a great time!!John's parents met my dad, grandparents, and family for the first time. Everyone was on their best behavior for about five minutes...then Uncle Joe started making comments about short- armed hillbillies...
John and I wore our "bride and groom" hats for the whole evening. We were troopers. This picture is us opening our "love bugs" during the shower games.
This is the family playing a similes game. This inspired the now commonly used phrases "cool as a scooter rider" and "smart as a Redfield" and a few others I won't mention. :)
We also played a game where people could only refer to John and I as "bride" and "groom." If you used our real names, whoever caught you could take the bells from your around your neck. I was winning until my... eh hem..so-called best friend and maid of honor caught me talking about "John's" house. ;) This is me pouting and Jenny taking all my bells. She ended up winning the game by having all the bells by the end of the night...despite Uncle Rex's constant hovering and best efforts to distract her. Good job, Jen!! Grandma and her favorite grandson! :) Notice Paul in the background staring intently in the opposite direction. He's watching Jenny to try to get her bells.Opening presents...we received many thoughtful and practical gifts. Grandma gave us an antique Betty Crocker Pie book and food chopper...as well as an MSU afgan that she's been waiting to give us for years! Apparently, we're a little behind schedule with the marriage plans. :)

The Neely's still smiling at the end of the night! You can also see an empty tray of Grandma's home-made lasagna at the bottom of the picture. The food was great!!

John and I next to our BEAUTIFUL daisy covered cake! Every detail was so thoughtful. Thanks again to everyone for a memorable night!

Tux Fitting

With the family in town for my dad's birthday and our wedding shower, our devilishly handsome bridal party ventured to Men's Warehouse to try on their tuxes.
They look thrilled don't they? :) I have a feeling not many tuxes will remain fully intact by the end of the evening...especially considering the wedding is in the middle of July! Just make sure you find all those tux pieces by the end of the night, gentlemen.
And I still like the yellow...even if it doesn't go with your eyes... :-P