Food, glorious food!

Friday night was the big food tasting at the Ashton Depot, where the magic is going to happen on July 2nd.

So at the very least, we can now say that, no matter what else might happen that evening -- family drama, cold feet, poor dancing, electrical blackouts, hail of locusts -- no matter what, we will be eating GOOOOOOOOD in the neighborhood.

We were presented with several different menu items -- appetizers, salads, entrees, and hors' d' ouevres. All of which were awesome, but we had to narrow the selection down. It was hard to choose, but we ultimately accomplished our goal, and had fun getting stuffed while doing it.

To all of you who are coming to the wedding, just be prepared to do a LOT of dancing, because you'll need to, just to work off all that food!

4 Months To Go!!!!

So last week was a huge success! Mother and I were able to pick out all the linens and decided on a date for our big food and drink tasting at the Depot. It will be a big event since my dad will be attending and he has not met John's family. John's dad talks quite a lot and my dad, not so much. Mix in the martinis we will be trying and it could get very exciting!
Mother and I were also able to get our florist. She was a suggestion from my future sis in law, thanks Heather! I have even managed to begin our registry. It started out as putting a few things online, and now we are pretty much registered. How did we do anything without the internet?
John is continuing his second career as a house painter, and I am continuing to be his little helper between naps and time on the computer! We are getting his house ready to put on the market. Then we can begin our search for our perfect house together in Dallas.
Last night we went to see The Phantom of the Opera. It was my Christmas gift from John, and I loved every minute of it. Thanks Baby!!!

The venue is set, the date is switched!

We can now officially get married. Sure, we had the church reserved, the priest in place, the wedding party ready -- but until we had that reception site, things were still up in the air, don't ya know...

As of this weekend, though, we are locked in. We will be having our reception at a lovely place called The Ashton Depot in Fort Worth. This is an old train depot that has been renovated and restored into a beautiful banquet hall complete with marble floor, tin roof, and stained glass windows.

The depot was already booked on Saturday, July 3rd, so we have moved the wedding date to that Friday, July 2nd. This date is now solid.

One of the best perks of the Ashton Depot is that the bride and groom apparently have a personal butler that attends to the couple's whim all evening. John will most likely be calling this butler "Alfred" all night, while Tamara (not getting the Batman reference) will just think it's funny to hear the name "Alfred" all night.