Hey all! The wedding is two weeks away!! Now don't panic (because I'm not) it's going to be a wonderful day. I just finished my comprehensive doctoral exams and I will be flying home on Wednesday to go into full wedding planning mode.
I still have a lot to do, but if I can rock out 60 pages in 7 days finishing up wedding details should be a snap!
See ya soon!
-Kari
Monday, June 8, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
27 days to go!!
So the wedding was officially four weeks from yesterday and all I have to say about that is HOLY COW! I think we're doing pretty well with finalizing the details, still a few things to be decided and lots of small details that will be left to the 10 days I have at home before the wedding.
Things that we've accomplished:
Honeymoon!! We will be going to Secrets in Maroma Beach Cancun! It's an adult only all-inclusive resort and I'm super excited! It's got nothing but good reviews and we were referred there by our travel agent who had just returned from a trip there. They also have a swine flu guarantee, if you or your guest get the swine flu after visiting you get something crazy like 2 or 3 trips back to the resort for free.
Rehearsal Dinner!! We will be having a wonderful night of food, fun, drinks and family at The Tap Room at Waldo pizza. I'm so excited about this, several of my friends have had their RDs there and have given rave reviews.
The rose garden is whole again!! My wonderful internet friends have been keeping tabs on the Loose Park construction project for me and have updated me with pics. There is grass, roses and it looks great! Now just do a no-rain dance for June 21st and we'll be just fine.
Micheal's suit has been purchased, I've recently checked off wedding shoes and RD dress. Corsages and boutonnieres have been ordered.
I'll be taking prelims from June 1st to June 8th so all wedding planning will be passed on to Micheal and my family for the week then I fly home on the 10th to go into all out planning mode!!
We're officially up to 70 guests but are still missing quite a few RSVPs so if you can send yours in soon that would be spectacular!
Things that we've accomplished:
Honeymoon!! We will be going to Secrets in Maroma Beach Cancun! It's an adult only all-inclusive resort and I'm super excited! It's got nothing but good reviews and we were referred there by our travel agent who had just returned from a trip there. They also have a swine flu guarantee, if you or your guest get the swine flu after visiting you get something crazy like 2 or 3 trips back to the resort for free.
Rehearsal Dinner!! We will be having a wonderful night of food, fun, drinks and family at The Tap Room at Waldo pizza. I'm so excited about this, several of my friends have had their RDs there and have given rave reviews.
The rose garden is whole again!! My wonderful internet friends have been keeping tabs on the Loose Park construction project for me and have updated me with pics. There is grass, roses and it looks great! Now just do a no-rain dance for June 21st and we'll be just fine.
Micheal's suit has been purchased, I've recently checked off wedding shoes and RD dress. Corsages and boutonnieres have been ordered.
I'll be taking prelims from June 1st to June 8th so all wedding planning will be passed on to Micheal and my family for the week then I fly home on the 10th to go into all out planning mode!!
We're officially up to 70 guests but are still missing quite a few RSVPs so if you can send yours in soon that would be spectacular!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Invites are out!!
The invites went out in the mail today!! It's so exciting! Don't ask how late I was up last night finishing them...
The finished product!
Micheal casually tossing a few in
So excited!
Watch your mailbox!
The finished product!
Micheal casually tossing a few in
So excited!
Watch your mailbox!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
99 days ... this is getting real people
I'm home now for my final trip home before the wedding. So that means a whirlwind of planning and...MY BRIDAL SHOWER! :)
So on Friday I went to meet with the coordinator from the reception site and my Day of Coordinator Stephanie. Both meetings went great, and the BEST news of the day?! They are ripping out the ugly, gray, stained carpet and putting in hardwood floors!!! YIPPEE!! Those floors were the one major thing I didn't like about the venue but decided to deal with for the price. But now hardwoods - EEK! It's going to make such a difference. I also set up practice centerpieces:
My meeting with my DOC went great - she asked a lot of good questions and gave me some good ideas for how to make the day go more smoothly! I'm so glad we decided to have someone outside friends and family there the day of to help manage things.
After that I went to check out Loose Park Rose Garden and got a pretty big shock...
...man I hope they keep up the hard work and it looks much better than this on June 21st!!
Today was my bridal shower and it was awesome! I had a really good time and it was great to see people I do not get to see very often.
I'm so lucky to have these girls in my life to help me celebrate, and one in absentia whose positive vibes I could feel all day from Florida (miss you Sari!!)
Me and my mama
The highlights:
Game #1 - Cassie had a really fun idea to have people write down a memorable moment that they had with me and they would all be read aloud and I had to guess who wrote it. I only got one wrong...MY MOM! But in fairness it was something that I was too young to remember. :)
Game #2 - The infamous "gum game" - Jolene asked Micheal 20 questions and I had to guess his answers and for every question I got wrong I had to put a piece of gum in my mouth. I didn't know his favorite movie, his first pet's name and he wrote down his favorite song instead of "our" song and was wrong about who said I love you first! :P I think I missed a few more in there and ended up with a MOUTHFUL of gum!
In the second picture I'm thinking how much I didn't want to put that piece in my mouth and by the fourth picture I could hardly keep my mouth closed. About 6 or 7 pieces of bubblicious gum is way more than you think!!
On to gift opening! Everyone was so generous and my kitchen is going to be well stocked!
This is me telling my grandma to close her eyes as I opened the Victoria Secret bag from Jolene
She got me in the end though...I got to the last gift and there was a THONG wrapped around the giftcard, I told my grandma to again close her eyes and she kinda giggled and when I removed said thong it was from her!! In the card she said she got it for me to help me remember that she and grandpa were once young too. Needless to say I was shocked! But I love my grandma, she's awesome.
Jolene started my veil for me! I had attempted this once and had been less than successful - she did an awesome job!
I had lots of helpers...
Micheal's mom and sister came down from KC and I was so glad to see them!
All in all it was an amazing day and I am getting so excited for my wedding!! Only 99 days away, DOUBLE DIGITS PEOPLE!
So on Friday I went to meet with the coordinator from the reception site and my Day of Coordinator Stephanie. Both meetings went great, and the BEST news of the day?! They are ripping out the ugly, gray, stained carpet and putting in hardwood floors!!! YIPPEE!! Those floors were the one major thing I didn't like about the venue but decided to deal with for the price. But now hardwoods - EEK! It's going to make such a difference. I also set up practice centerpieces:
My meeting with my DOC went great - she asked a lot of good questions and gave me some good ideas for how to make the day go more smoothly! I'm so glad we decided to have someone outside friends and family there the day of to help manage things.
After that I went to check out Loose Park Rose Garden and got a pretty big shock...
...man I hope they keep up the hard work and it looks much better than this on June 21st!!Today was my bridal shower and it was awesome! I had a really good time and it was great to see people I do not get to see very often.
I'm so lucky to have these girls in my life to help me celebrate, and one in absentia whose positive vibes I could feel all day from Florida (miss you Sari!!)
Me and my mama
The highlights:
Game #1 - Cassie had a really fun idea to have people write down a memorable moment that they had with me and they would all be read aloud and I had to guess who wrote it. I only got one wrong...MY MOM! But in fairness it was something that I was too young to remember. :)
Game #2 - The infamous "gum game" - Jolene asked Micheal 20 questions and I had to guess his answers and for every question I got wrong I had to put a piece of gum in my mouth. I didn't know his favorite movie, his first pet's name and he wrote down his favorite song instead of "our" song and was wrong about who said I love you first! :P I think I missed a few more in there and ended up with a MOUTHFUL of gum!
In the second picture I'm thinking how much I didn't want to put that piece in my mouth and by the fourth picture I could hardly keep my mouth closed. About 6 or 7 pieces of bubblicious gum is way more than you think!!
On to gift opening! Everyone was so generous and my kitchen is going to be well stocked!
This is me telling my grandma to close her eyes as I opened the Victoria Secret bag from Jolene
She got me in the end though...I got to the last gift and there was a THONG wrapped around the giftcard, I told my grandma to again close her eyes and she kinda giggled and when I removed said thong it was from her!! In the card she said she got it for me to help me remember that she and grandpa were once young too. Needless to say I was shocked! But I love my grandma, she's awesome.
Jolene started my veil for me! I had attempted this once and had been less than successful - she did an awesome job!
I had lots of helpers...
Micheal's mom and sister came down from KC and I was so glad to see them!
All in all it was an amazing day and I am getting so excited for my wedding!! Only 99 days away, DOUBLE DIGITS PEOPLE!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Registry Information
We are registered at:
The link below will take you directly to all three registries, if you purchase online through Wedding Channel they will make a donation to St. Judes Children's Hospital - which was the charity of our choice.
Bed, Bath & Beyond - Crate & Barrel - Macy's
One thing I have noted about being registered at Macy's - their sales fluctuate wildly! So far everything on our registry has been significantly on sale at least once in the two weeks since we have been registered. So my tip is - if it's not on sale, wait until next week and it likely will be!
The link below will take you directly to all three registries, if you purchase online through Wedding Channel they will make a donation to St. Judes Children's Hospital - which was the charity of our choice.
Bed, Bath & Beyond - Crate & Barrel - Macy's
One thing I have noted about being registered at Macy's - their sales fluctuate wildly! So far everything on our registry has been significantly on sale at least once in the two weeks since we have been registered. So my tip is - if it's not on sale, wait until next week and it likely will be!
Hotel Information - Marriott Downtown KC
Hey all! It's been a little while but now the updates should be coming fast and furious! Here is the info for the hotels where we have blocks of rooms reserved at a group rate.
The Q Hotel & Spa
To make reservations call 1-816-931-0001. When you call you are booking a room for the Morgan-Struemph wedding, we have rooms available on Saturday June 20th and Sunday June 21st. These rooms need to be reserved by May 19th or they will be released back for general booking.
Our group rate is $105 for either two doubles or a queen room.
Space is limited at this hotel so if no more rooms are available we have an additional block at:
The Marriott Downtown KC
To make reservations you need to call 1-800-810-0850 or 1-816-421-6800 or at http://marriott.com/mcidt once I get the group booking code. When you call you are booking a room for the Morgan-Struemph wedding, we have 20 rooms blocked on Saturday June 20th and Sunday June 21st. If for some reason they run out or you have any problems please let us know!
Our group rate is $139/night for either two doubles or a king.
All reservations must be made by May 30th - after this the room price and availability cannot be guaranteed. Right now the rooms are booking for about $225 on Hotels.com so make sure to get booked by May 30th!
Alternative hotels are available in the area - if you want to search hotels.com near the reception site, the address is 1522 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO.
Can't wait to see you!!!
The Q Hotel & Spa
To make reservations call 1-816-931-0001. When you call you are booking a room for the Morgan-Struemph wedding, we have rooms available on Saturday June 20th and Sunday June 21st. These rooms need to be reserved by May 19th or they will be released back for general booking.
Our group rate is $105 for either two doubles or a queen room.
Space is limited at this hotel so if no more rooms are available we have an additional block at:
The Marriott Downtown KC
To make reservations you need to call 1-800-810-0850 or 1-816-421-6800 or at http://marriott.com/mcidt once I get the group booking code. When you call you are booking a room for the Morgan-Struemph wedding, we have 20 rooms blocked on Saturday June 20th and Sunday June 21st. If for some reason they run out or you have any problems please let us know!
Our group rate is $139/night for either two doubles or a king.
All reservations must be made by May 30th - after this the room price and availability cannot be guaranteed. Right now the rooms are booking for about $225 on Hotels.com so make sure to get booked by May 30th!
Alternative hotels are available in the area - if you want to search hotels.com near the reception site, the address is 1522 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO.
Can't wait to see you!!!
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