Engagement Pictures

We just got the pictures from our engagement session taken by  Aaron Draper of Draper Photography.  We had them taken at Lake Gill, a small irrigation lake that is owned by Borra Winery.  My parents are good friends with Mike and Gina and they allowed us to hang out and take our pictures there.  It was hard to get shots of us by the water because the sun, but we did have some fun in the vineyard and around their place.  It was so hot the evening we took our pictures with the temperature pushing triple digits.  Poor Brett was melting!   Here are a few that I was able to take from our disk. 

We Have Pumpkins!

Last weekend was a busy weekend.  On Saturday my mom and I went down to pick up our invitations from The Paper Habit in Modesto.  The outer envelopes were printed and ready to go.  We had the addresses printed in script to match the font on the invitation itself.  Kathy, the lady who works at The Paper Habit, is so nice and helpful.  Now the next step to finishing the invitations is to have my mom hand write in calligraphy the inner envelopes.  We have about four weeks until the invitations need to be assembled and sent out.   I'm hoping to have everything finished before I go back to work on August 1st. 

We finally found a dress for my mom for our big day.  It will fit her nicely and it is such a relief to have something picked out.  She tried on several dresses and finally found one that didn't show too much "old lady cleavage" as she calls it.  We ordered her dress in Kahlua, which  is a chocolate brown.  It ties at the waist with a black belt of flowers.  Everything will tie in nicely with the bridesmaids dresses. 

We also headed over to the bridal store where I bought my dress to order my wedding veils.  Yes that is plural.  If you are wondering, you will just have to wait and see at the wedding!

Sunday morning we spent getting the pumpkin beds ready.  We decided to border the back lawn with pumpkins to give some distance between the guests and the sunflowers.  We planted over 120 plants of many different varieties from "Jack Be Little," to several different white and orange varieties.  I need well over 200 mini pumpkins to use during our wedding reception.  They will be used for name cards to be tied to.  I hope we have enough!  We are also going to use pumpkins to line the aisle for our wedding ceremony.  We are going to have pumpkins everywhere!!  At the end of the day we were so sunburned and tired.  Good thing we have a month before the sunflowers will be planted. 

While my mom and I were busy planting the pumpkins and getting other garden beds ready, my dad was working on putting in the new window/door into my old bedroom.  They tore out almost the entire wall to put in a french door and window.  Wow, what a difference.  My poor old room used to be so cold and dark.  Now the new doors will let so much more light into the space. 

Heather was also out at the parents and brought the kids.  They played in the pool and boy did that cold water feel good on my burned skin!  Lauren helped me plant some white zinnias in the front triangle by the driveway.  We didn't quite have enough to finish, so we need to work on that this week.  While planting the flowers, we uncovered a buried treasure!   One of Lucca's metal tractors was buried in the flower bed.  I mean it was down there!!  We are not quite sure how long it had been down there, but we cleaned it off and he had fun playing with his "new" toy. 

On Monday I picked our first large batch of veggies from our garden.  I took a picture and sent it to Brett.  I'm sure he wishes he was home to enjoy it all.  This week I will be grilling up lots of fresh home grown veggies for dinner!

This weekend we are heading to South Lake Tahoe for the 4th of July!  We are all so excited to relax and hang out together.  Mimi and Tina will be joining us too and I'm super excited to take them to one of the dog beaches near Camp Richardson.  I'll make sure to take some pictures. 

Next month I need to start working on wedding programs, seating cards, menus and favors.  All before school starts!! 

Happy 4th everyone!

~Nikki