We are in the process of reserving a block of rooms at Lake McDonald Lodge. But this means deciding how many rooms, what room type (and rate), and for what dates we need to hold the rooms. Figuring this out is more difficult than you might think.
We have a guest list that tops out around [...]

Filed under: Accomodations on November 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Unfortunately for my bridesmaids, I found the dress I wanted them to wear before I even got a chance to formally invite them. This is a bit distressing to me because I wanted to do things “the right way,” but it’s not a huge problem because they all knew they were going to be in [...]

Filed under: Dresses, Wedding Party on November 19th, 2007 | 7 Comments »

An engagement photo teaser from Nicole Tavenner of Piknik Studios. Click for large:

Filed under: Photos on November 16th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

As an FYI, I am having Katalin work with the Lake McDonald Lodge and Belton Chalet to secure a block of rooms for wedding guests. I emailed and called them about a month ago but hadn’t heard anything back… it’s nice to be able to set someone else to the task of phone tag. [...]

Filed under: Accomodations, Announcements on November 9th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I spoke with Katalin (the wedding planner) this morning about how ideas are progressing. Basically, everything is going smoothly, despite the loss of one potential cake baker. The bakery in Polebridge, at the moment “for sale,” has apparently been trying to sell for years– to a very carefully chosen buyer. It is likely they will [...]

Filed under: Cake, Venue, Wedding Madness! on November 9th, 2007 | No Comments »

We had it all figured out. Mikie, of Mikie’s Cheesecakes in Kalispell, MT, was going to design our wedding cake, but yesterday she called to announce that her son has decided to get married on the same day as us. So obviously, she can’t bake us a cake. Well, it looks like we have to [...]

Filed under: Cake on November 6th, 2007 | 2 Comments »