Busy, Busy, Busy

I have decided to be the guest blogger for this edition since Kyle is busy blogging for the Wizards as they are in the middle of their season.

We have all sorts of things going on lately with both of us moving out of our apartments, trying to get the house in living condition (there is still no toilet) and continually doing wedding planning.

I can't believe we are almost in August! The wedding is only 137 days away. We have the first of the wedding showers coming up in just a couple of weeks, and we are working on pulling together details tomake December 5th a great night. We are both growing more and more excited to join our families together. This past weekend our families got together to celebrate my 26th birthday, and I fear that the combination of our fathers sense's of humor and a little bit of Pisco will make for a fun and entertaining wedding!

We have completed our wedding registries and you can find them at Target, Bed Bath and Beyond and Crate and Barrel. I have never had so much fun. There were a few times where I feel we may have gotten a little carried away with the scanner, but we laughed a lot and really enjoyed ourselves.

**Update...Kyle snuck in here and put links to all the places we've registered on the right. Feel free to point, click and buy gifts :)

The house is coming along and we will be moved in by the end of the month. For my birthday I recruited a few friends and celebrated by having a Priming Party. It was a ton of fun and we were able to knock out a few rooms and really help speed up the process. We are on our way with the bathroom as well. We have stopped ripping things out and are in the process of putting things back together. I project that we will have the necessary pieces in there by this time next week.
*The gas station around the corner will be losing a lot of business when that happens!

I am so grateful for our parents and brothers who have spent many nights and weekends with us helping to make our house a home. We definitely couldn't do all of the work without their support.

Hope everyone is having a great summer, and I will try and keep you posted.

You Voted and We Won/Musica

That's right, you voted and we won. Since you picked Target, we win fun presents from that store (assuming we receive any presents)! This is definitely a fun decision because we are both big fans of Tar-get (enter cheesy French accent here). The next three you chose (Crate & Barrel, Home Depot and Bed, Bath and Beyond) are also favorites of ours. Don't be surprised if we also register at a couple of these places.

On to another fun topic: the reception. We'd like to hear what songs all of you want to hear at our celebration. In thc comments section (that place below that too few of you ever click on), let us know what your first dance was, what our first dance should be or what song you really want to boogie to in December. All stories and suggestions are welcome. PLEASE COMMENT PEOPLE!

Where do You Want to Shop?

Now it's your turn to help us make a decision. It's about time for us to choose our registry locations. We've got a pretty good idea of some of the places we'd like to register at, but since you guys are the ones making the purchases(hopefully :) ), we thought we'd let you pick a place as well. The choices (with links to their registry pages in case you aren't familiar with some of the companies) are below. Vote for your top three to the right. We'll close the poll on May 1.

-Target
-Restoration Hardware
-Bed Bath & Beyond
-Pottery Barn
-Crate & Barrel
-The Home Depot
-CB2 (Crate & Barrel spin-off)
-Macy's