We finally found a place to have our outdoor wedding! The Umlauf Sculpture Gardens has just what we were looking for. It's small enough for us to hold a wedding of only 12 people and not feel swallowed up. It'll be private in the evening for the event. There's two backup places in case of inclement weather. It's very romantic in the Spring with the wonderful plantings and sculptures. And it's not too expensive.

So, we're *finally* ready to set some things in stone!

This Sunday is the Bridal shower, and it's being organized by some friend's of Jeff's family. In case anyone is interested, we're registered under my name at: Bed Bath and Beyond, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, and Amazon.com.

We close on the house April 18th, and spend most of the rest of April painting, sanding, cleaning, installing flooring and some appliances. Oh, and then I take my final exams!

After my finals, I'm going to head to Houston and I and my sister (and probably my soon-to-be-sister-in-law) will go and get Mehndi done on our hands. We'll pick up Indian sweets for the reception, and then head back to San Marcos.

Monday, May 5th will be the wedding - immediate family only - at the Umlauf Sculpture Gardens. A friend of mine will do the photography if her nasty boss will let her off that day. We'll have a small catered dinner there at the gardens. We're still working on the actual ceremony, but a JP will preside.

The next day will be the reception in San Marcos. One of the women I work with does wedding, quinceanera and other special event cakes, so I'm going to have her do the wedding cake. (Italian cream, with cream cheese frosting in a basket weave. Two layers. With fake flowers - Texas wildflowers - and those Hobby Lobby feather "butterflies" on it.) There'll be food, desserts and music, lots of flower decorations and probably about 60 to 70 people. (Maybe live music if I can hire a student group from the University.)

And that's it! With the house stuff we've decided NOT to go on vacation to Victoria, Canada right afterward. (We'll be moving into the new house instead and I don't have that much vacation time.) We will be goign back to Victoria/Vancouver, but either later in the summer, or then at the same time next Spring.

Whew. Now that we've moved from one building to anotehr at work, I'm ready to get cracking with the rest of this planning and "to do" list.

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