Howdy gang! We're back from Bowling Green, a very nice trip. We had a chance to celebrate Mother's Day belatedly with Chris' Mom, I went to Fr Tom's ordination (he's safely a priest now!), had dinner with both sides of the family & Ralph (well he's pretty much family anyway), got a short bike ride in, and watched the dogs play until they couldn't lift their heads any more. So it was a really super weekend, very relaxing.

The Moms had a chance to talk mother-of-the dresses at dinner Sunday night. Normally this is a good thing, but apparently, in Becky's words, they've decided there's no reason that they can't be fashionable. So they'll be baring midriffs for the wedding. Chris and I have decided that they're not allowed to sit next to each other at dinner EVER AGAIN.

Another nice result from the weekend is Mom brought her choral book, so Becky looked through and found some songs that overlap between the Baptist & the Catholic traditions. When it comes time to plan the service, I plan on leaning on that list quite a bit!

And the other big check on the task list is Becky has Favazza's Rose on the Hill reserved for the Rehearsal dinner and a list of what's going to be on the menu. I'm really looking forward to that meal. For those of you non-St Louisans, the Hill is the Italian area of St Louis, and you can get some really fine meals there. Favazzas has a fabulous reputation, so bring it on! I plan to be a fat bride after Friday night! I know it's been a lot of work for Becky to put this all together so....Thank you! In case I didn't say it this weekend!

Registering for gifts is turning out to be a pain in the neck. Tried to call the woman from Kauffman's again this AM, and she won't be in until Thursday at 11AM. This week would have been bad for registering gifts anyway, but if I don't have an appointment there by the time we leave for Philly on Friday, I'll check some other store out. 2 weeks is plenty of time for this.

Hope everyone had a fabulous and safe weekend!
cb
- posted by cam @ 10:12 AM