By Aunt Gayla's Request...

Aunt Gayla left a message stating that she was curious what kind of flowers I was going to go with. So I got onto my favorite wedding planning website - TheKnot.com - and thought I would post a few samples of some of my reception ideas. Nothing is set in stone, but I really love the hydrangeas and the way they are displayed in this first picture. It would be very simple, yet elegant, which is what I like.

This next picture is something I just found today that I thought would look really cool if I chose to go with round tables. I like how the tablecloth is gathered around the middle with the green fabric.

And finally...I love the idea of using green apples in a tall vase as another table decoration idea. I am not going to be accenting with pink like they show in this picture, but I still think it would work out really well.

This is truly the fun part of the wedding planning to me. I really enjoy decorating, so hopefully I won't become too stressed out with this aspect.

Last night we spoke with possible photographers...I really liked them and the pictures they showed us looked very nice and fit what I'm looking for in a photographer. It is a young married couple (they are probably right around my age). They both are photographers, so I think it will be great to have two people taking the pictures. Hopefully this will be one more thing checked off the to-do list. Their website is www.breathoflifephotography.com They don't have a ton of pictures shown on their website, but it kind of gives you and idea of what they do.

Fall Foliage

Here are just a few pictures I took near Washington, Missouri. It was very pretty this fall with all the leaves changing colors along the hillside.

Chicago

The first weekend in October I had to go to Chicago with my office for a seminar. We flew from St. Louis to Chicago and then took the L (Chicago's finest public trasit system) from the airport to our Hotel right in downtown Chicago. (picture from left to right - Linda (Dental Asst.), me, Trudy (Office Mgr.), and Carol (Dr. Moorkamp's wife))

The weather was absolutely perfect that weekend which made for a nice time in downtown Chicago. We walked down to Navy Pier one night as the sun was setting. They had a haunted house set up at the end of of the pier called Navy Fear. Along the pier there were people dressed up in costumes that scared people who walked by. Dr. Moorkamp suggested I should get my picture taken with one of them. This guy was very creepy, mainly because he looked like Michael Jackson! :) He would run up to people walking by and eject the fake person out of the wheelchair at them! It was so funny!

One night I got to pick where we would eat and of course I chose the place that brought back memories from my childhood - The Rainforest Cafe! It was pretty fun and we all got our picture taken by the gorillas. (from left to right - Dr. Moorkamp, me, Linda (Dental Asst.), Trudy(Office Mgr.))

Kaiya's First Sleep-over!!

At the end of September Kaiya had her first sleep-over at Aunt Bekah's house. Rachel had a conference and Tony was gone, so I had the opportunity to watch her. We had a lot of fun staying up late (actually just waking up every few hours), playing with our toys (including the mirror which kept her entertained for hours! she just can't get enough of the cute little face staring back at her!), and taking naps with Ziggy (who apparently feels that when she is at his house he should be able to sleep on her blanket). Ziggy is really good with her - and actually a week ago Kaiya was petting him and I swear she giggled and said Ziggy. (which breaks Rachel's heart cause she still hasn't said mommy yet!! :))

Bridesmaid Dress

Well here is the bridesmaid dress I chose. I am really happy with my decision. My colors are going to be primarily green and white...maybe accenting with some yellow. I love this dress - and both Rachel and Ruthie tried it on and said they liked it the most (out of all the dresses they were nice enough to try on for me). I think that it will look very nice with my wedding dress. I am still debating on hair styles for the girls, but I think this picture is probably one of my top favorites. (I like the style of the girl on the far right) So far I have really enjoyed planning my wedding. There have been some stressful points...but Brent has been really good about calming me down. It makes it easier having a groom that really doesn't care much about the wedding details (one less person I feel I need to please).

Engaged!

Well, it has been way too long since I have posted anything on my blog. I'm sure most of you have probably even quit checking it! :) I just wanted to let you all know (in case you weren't already informed) that I am officially engaged. It happened on November 11. I've been crazily planning and finally put together an informational web page through TheKnot.com where you can find out a little bit more about the wedding. Our wedding web page is: www.theknot.com/ourwedding/rebekahhaun&brentkindle
I hope you get a chance to check it out and as plans become completely finalized I will add more details.

One of these days I will get caught up and post some pictures from this past fall.