Tasting Wedding Grub

Today we loaded into our boats and floated to Grand Prairie to try the food for the wedding. Here's Chris and my mom dining together.



Yummm...snails and octopus.



Mom and I happy to be eating.



If Julie Smith would let me put her picture on here I would. But I think she'll kill me if I do so I'll refrain.
But thanks Julie. Thanks for feeding us and making sure we have awesome food to chow down on the day Chris and I first dine as husband and wife.

Dilly-Dash Down Greenville

Yesterday started as a very chilly, windy day, but ended full of sunshine, smiles and pancakes.

Chris and I finished (note the lack of the verb ran) our first 5K.

We had the great honor of experiencing the race with both our parents. They are quite the troopers!

Early morning, bus riding, volunteers handing out beer instead of water along the race route, one of the "volunteers" proudly sporting the shirt "I'm STD free", the parents smiled and laughed and we were so happy to have them there.

As Chris notes, we only forgot a couple of things...

Here's our best 5K ever.

7am Dart:


The men-folk:


The Speedo-folk:


Team Wehkamp:


Team Mathis:


Team Mathis/Wehkamp:


Success!!!:

99 Days of Engagment on the Wall, 99 Days of Engagement...Take One Down, Things Start to Mound, 98 Days of Engagment on the Wall

Well, we're at 99 days now until our wedding day.

Into the double digits, and into the nitty gritty.

Photographer, Videographer, Music, Location, Food...check, check, check, check, check.

Now we're down to dealing with 1/8cm letter stamps.

Here is Chris the other night trying to carefully remove the letters necessary to make my name and address so that we might stamp that name and address onto 100+ reply card envelopes.



Steady hands.





It's hard work, but no one's got to do it.

Moving Day

After bartering with an Israeli, serving cinnamon buns to three Mexicans and yelling at a few innocent Verizon service reps in India, my parents have successfully moved to a new home.

It truly takes a village.

Thank you so much to everyone who came out and helped.

Ros, Jay, Stewart, April, Emily, myself...

You really know how to make a house start to feel like a home.

Congratulations Mom and Dad!!



















More pics after the Mr. and Mrs. have had time to settle in.