A weekend in St. Louis

This past weekend John and I headed down to St. Louis for some cake tasting and the cardinals game.  It was a quick weekend but a ton of fun.  I think we have decided that we are going to do cupcakes for the wedding cake.  They were delicious!  After the tasting we headed out to Chandler Hill Winery so that John could see where we were getting married.  I was so relieved when he said he loved it!  Here are some pictures from our trip!

The actual spot where we are tieing the knot

Mom and I at the winery

Go CARDS!

Summer Projects

John and I (okay mostly John..okay all John) has been working hard outside this summer creating a great space for us to use for entertaining as well as a cozy spot to drink coffee and read the Sunday paper....hmm at what point in my life did that become one of my favorite things to do?  John used pavers to more than double the space we had.  I absolutly love it!

John also built me a great raised bed garden.  It is just big enough to plant tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos, onions, green/red peppers, lettuce, yellow squash and finally asparagas.  It is so great being able to make a salad by simply walking in the backyard!  So now that these are through you may wonder what will keep John busy the rest of the summer? Well he has dreams of a parking pad next to the house for hopefully a boat someday and a shed in the backyard.  We'll see if we get those done..... so stay tuned!

Let the wedding planning begin....

Wedding planning is in full force!  We have selected a date, venue and band so far which I have to say I am pretty proud of us considering we have only been engaged for a month and we are both horrible at making decisions!

The date is set....drum roll......CINCO DE MAYO 2012!!! 

We are going to get married at Chandler Hill Vineyard in Defiance, Missouri.  It is the perfect spot for John and I.  We are really wanting an outdoor wedding and something more intimate than your typical banquet hall.  I was so excited that they still had openings in the spring! 

The band we are booking is called Boom!  Kind of a fun name don't you think?  They play just about everything from country to motown!  I am excited to dance the night away :-)

Now on to photographers.....cakes.....flowers......THE DRESS....etc.