let's go blues

Last March Kevin, Chris, Beth and I started a little tradition of going to the Rangers vs. Blues hockey game at Madison Square Garden.  Kevin bought the tickets this time around and they accidentally got sent to his house in St. Louis.  His dad opened the package and saw how "crappy" our seats were so he then asked his friend (a former Blues player) to hook us up with better seats... boy did he deliver.  We sat in section 133 behind the net!  It is so incredible to see a hockey game from that close, the players are huge!

Guess what... the Blues won!!!  They also won the last game we went to see.  It seems Kevin and I are bad luck for the Rangers, hehe.

 After the game was over we hopped down to boards to get a look at the rink from up close... it would be amazing to see a game from these seats.

Woot woot I can't wait for the next game!

a family weekend

This weekend Kevin's parents and my parents came to visit us.  It was the first time our parents have seen each other since Kevin and I graduated in 2007.  We had a wonderful weekend full of eating, eating and more eating along with some walking, museum exploring and marathon cheering.  Oh and we discussed the wedding a little, haha.  

Overall it was a wonderful weekend.  I always love to spend time with my parents and my soon-to-be inlaws.  Both sets of parents got along so well!  I am so lucky to have the most amazing family and to be be joining another wonderful family:)

Of course I didn't bring along my camera for almost the entire weekend, silly me but my dad did snap a couple shots of me with my two mamas at Genesis.  Marty and Mark got both mamas flowers, they are so beautiful!

 We even took some "girly" shots, yum:)

I really wish I had gotten a picture of all of us together, oh well I will just have to do it next time.

lust list

I have been seriously craving some major shopping but the emptiness of my wallet and the extra weight I have managed to gain have held me back... I am actually quite proud of myself for not shopping recently (let's just ignore the fact that I bought a dress at H&M yesterday, hehe).  

Since I can't do much real shopping I have decided to creating a little list the items I have been lusting over...

Frye Boots

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Pretty Dresses

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An Olive Green Jacket

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Shoes, Shoes and more Shoes

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Hopefully I will find some extra cash soon to purchase something from my list:)

jagger photography!!!

OMG I am so thrilled to share this news... I have booked my dream photographers for my wedding... Heather and Grayson of JAGGER PHOTOGRAPHY!!!  Below is a picture of them on their wedding day:)

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Anyone who knows me well knows that I am casually obsessed with looking at wedding blogs and gathering wedding ideas (yes I did this even before Kevin and I got engaged).  When I started seriously looking at wedding blogs and collecting inspirational photos I would take note of the real wedding photos I liked a lot and check out the photographer's blog.  I have probably looked at over 70 wedding photographer blogs and have compiled quite a list of all my favorites (if anyone needs some ideas just let me know, haha).  

Jagger Photography has been on the top of my list since I first came across their work.  Not only do they capture the most beautiful wedding moments but they seem like such a kick-ass and fun couple to work with.  I really wanted a wedding photographer that would make Kevin and me feel comfortable and who I could trust to capture the perfect memories of our wedding.  Neither Kevin and I are super comfortable in front of the camera but I have a feeling that Heather and Grayson will become our friends instantly and they will make us forget how awkward we feel posing.

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I could really go on and on about how freakin' excited I am to have booked them for my wedding.  It is a dream come true and I still can't believe it's really happening.  Here are some examples of their work... if you don't love it then we just can't be friends anymore.

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Do you see why I just had to have them for my wedding?  They better make me look as pretty as these brides:)  Seriously, I could look at their work all day long!

wedding venue... check!

I realized that I have been pretty quiet about wedding stuff since I announced that Kevin and I are engaged, hence the wedding date post earlier.  We have booked our venue for the ceremony and reception -the Sagamore on Lake George!  Having that booked really is such a relief.  Kevin and I had already discussed getting married at the Sagamore before we were engaged so when we got engaged there we knew it was the place we wanted to get married at.  It has everything we were looking for in a venue.  It is in the Adirondacks, the scenery is gorgeous, we can have an outdoor ceremony and there are plenty of activities to keep guests entertained.  

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Here is the ceremony site:

Isn't it gorgeous!  I love that we can be married outside with Lake George in the background... the weather better cooperate (fingers crossed!).

The reception will be held on the Shelving Rock Terrace... I didn't get any pictures of it when we were there and there aren't many good pictures online so I will just let you all imagine how glorious it looks, haha.

A major bonus in choosing the Sagamore is that the food, booze, tables + chairs, linens and a wedding cake are all included in the package!  It is so nice to not have to search around for a caterer or find someone to rent chairs from.  I am all for finding the simplest ways to accomplish stuff for this wedding.  It is so easy to give yourself too many decisions to make. 

Kevin and I will be making a couple more trips up to the Sagamore before our big day to get a better idea of what everything looks like/how our day will pan out.  I am not complaining at all:)

So there you go... wedding ceremony and reception venue booked, check!

a PHISH halloween

This past Sunday Kevin and I hopped in a rented car and drove to Atlantic City to see PHISH!!!  Phish is Kevin and my favorite band to go see live... ahhhhh they are amazing.  Last year we went to 7 shows!  This year we have only seen 3 but we are planning to go to see them 3 nights in a row at MSG for New Years.  

We stayed at Caesars right next to the Boardwalk Hall (the venue).  Amazing view! 

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It was so much fun to get dressed up in costume for the concert.  Kevin went as David the Gnome (anyone remember this Nickelodeon show?).  He even had his trusty friend Swift with him.

I dressed up as Peter Pan.  It was a repeat costume (I was Peter Pan in college) but it was a fun and easy costume to throw together.  The only thing I was missing was a dagger, oh well.

I made my hat, yeah that's right I made it:)  I used poster board to make the shape and then covered it in green fabric.  I used a red solo cup to make the feather.

Halloween is a very special Phish show because they play 3 sets and for the second set they always cover another band's album all the way through... in the past they have covered The Beatles, The Who, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground and The Rolling Stones. This year they covered Little Feat's album Waiting for Columbus.  Though I am not familiar with Little Feat is was an awesome set complete with extra percussion and a horn section.  

Phish really raged the whole show.  I even got to hear my favorite song Harry Hood.  The show started at 8:15pm and we didn't leave until after 1:30am.  It was a long but totally out of this world night.  I am so happy I got the chance to see a Halloween show.  Kevin and I are both pretty sore after over 5 hours of dancing our butts off.  

 Now the countdown to December 30 (our next Phish show) begins... 

wedding date... check!

Kevin and I have set a date!  Well we have had our day set for about a month and I am slow on sharing the news here.  

We will be getting married on September 17, 2011.  September 17th is Kevin and my "dating anniversary" and now it is the day we got engaged.  I can't wait for that day to become our wedding anniversary!!!