My, oh my what a wonderful day! We had our cake tasting last Sunday, it was awesome. We got to the grand around 10a.m. and we met with MaryAnn in the lobby. We grabbed some coffee for her and colt and headed to one of the banquet rooms. Once in the room we found out that we have our own personal bakery chef making our wedding cake (we also had a personal server to wait on us as we tried each cake). Natalie our wedding chef had created 4 different cakes for us to try. She kept our “yellow and grey” theme and had a few yellow filling cakes that included lemon and lychee. She also brought out a few other favorites we had asked for like carrot & strawberry. The presentation was amazing and totally blew us away. Our chef even created a vision board of four different style cakes that she thought would match our wedding / colors perfectly. I loved all the extra attention to detail and effort especially since I am so visual. I thought I had my heart set on a certain cake I had found on pinterest but when I saw the one on her vision board I decided I might like that one better. I am not going to spill the beans on what cake/cakes we decided on because that would be no fun but I will say I don’t think you will be disappointed. It’s a great balance of island flare with elegant deliciousness.

We also picked out our food stations (each station will have a personal chef to make each item to order). The stations items are awesome and we even have a surprise! (I know the surprises are endless, isn’t that so exciting!) I also picked out some cute flare for the tables inside the ballroom. I gave MaryAnn a picture of the flowers I want for the girls and the chapel. I am still looking for my perfect bouquet. I want everything to be “less is more” since the Grand is already so beautiful in itself. I really just want a touch of color to set the theme. I have the perfect picture in my head and I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing. MaryAnn always reminds me that I cannot control every minute of every situation no matter how much we plan. I hate that even though I know it’s true. I know that there is going to be things that come up or go wrong but I also know that on my wedding day I am going to be so happy that I probably won’t even notice or care, however right now that seems like a nightmare. We have so many moving parts to this wedding and I just want to make sure that everything goes smoothly. There has already been enough unforeseen drama with friends and family and I am so over it. It sucks that for one day people can’t get over themselves and their own wants and needs and just let Colt and I have our day our way. It sucks even more that we even have to worry about these kinds of things when we are planning the happiest best day of our lives. (Well that’s kind of a lie — we aren’t really “worrying” about it because we refuse to let other people’s problems bring us down, but it still makes us sad when people feel the need to bring it to our attention).

We have lots of reply cards coming back to us! We were getting at least one a day for the last two weeks which was so exciting. So far we have 31 attendees, I am so happy most people “wouldn’t miss it for the world.” It’s funny how many texts I have got that say “so I am coming but I can’t decide on a perfect song so I can’t send the reply yet” I love that people are really putting some great thought into this. It’s going to make our day that much more special.

I can’t believe this Sunday is going to be 5 months! Time is flying. It’s going to be a real trip when May comes around and we are in Vegas (then it’s really on). Ashley texted me today that her shoes came in and they are so cute! Its little things like this that make me jump out of my skin because it continues to become more real. I love talking to Ashley because she will say things like “I can’t believe my brother is getting married” and I know that it really trips her out! It makes me laugh so hard because a normal conversation with Colt and I starts like this “remember that one time we are getting married.” Just wait until we are actually married then it will be “remember that one time we are married and you are my wife/husband.”

The next month and a half is mostly just tying up contracts and deposits with the DJ/Photographer and working out other details with our wedding party. Come May we will meet with our florist and see examples of our flowers. In June we will have our final guest count so we can determine our final budget along with table layouts, food layout, table décor, ballroom décor, bar package, up lighting, DJ run through etc., The only things we will have to do in August will be a final walk through, our marriage license, insurance for the day of our wedding and run through with our minister. MaryAnn is working on a timeline for the wedding day for us and the DJ! I am also working on buttoning up our honeymoon details so we can set up our registry as well as a list of our pre-wedding activities. It’s funny how everyone I talk to about planning things for August thinks 5 months is still “so much” time, I think they are crazy! We will be saying “I Do” at the chapel in no time….