March Birthdays!!

Hi everyone!! Hope you all are doing well today! Before the month of March gets away from us, we wanted to wish a very happy birthday to all of the March birthday family members. I'm sorry that these wishes are belated, but we hope that you all had great birthdays!

Sunny Day = Cake = Happiness

Happy Monday, everyone!!! Today is a beautiful day in Topeka, KS! March gave us two whammies on Saturday: a big snow storm and a tough loss for KU basketball. Today, March is making up for it's temperamental behavior by giving us an absolutely glorious sunny day! Ahhh, makes Monday so much better!

Maybe it had something to do with the cheerful sunshine, or maybe it was because I didn't eat breakfast this morning, but I decided that today would be a great day to tell you about our yummy wedding cake baker.

A few years ago a cupcake store opened here in Topeka. It was right about the time that the whole cupcake craze was getting started. Being one to follow trends, and loving cake and frosting (FROSTING!!!) as much as a person could possibly love them, I immediately started patronizing said cupcake store. Frequently. They make absolutely delicious cupcakes!! The name of this wonderful little piece of heaven in Topeka, KS, is Daddy Cakes.

Here's a link to their website: http://www.daddycakescupcakes.com/. I do caution that if you choose to go to their website you may start to drool. At least if you like frosted baked goods.

Now just to be clear, we are going to have an actual cake at our wedding and not just cupcakes, although I've seen lots of people doing that lately. We're very lucky that this sweet little joint bakes cakes as well as cupcakes. They also make the MOST AMAZING butter cream frosting ever. So much so that they actually sell individual "shots" of frosting in little cups at the store as well as cupcakes. (I'm practically drooling right now just thinking about it!!) We're really excited that Daddy Cakes will be baking our wedding cake and that we'll get to share this little Topeka gem with YOU! Until then we hope that you enjoy the website. Happy drooling!!:)

Where We Work: The Kansas Statehouse

Hi everyone! I hope that everyone is doing well! Stuart and I have been busy this week with work as usual during the months of January through March. The Kansas Legislative Session runs from January to May in a normal year, but we get a little break in daily legislative action during the month of April. Although we're really busy from January through March the weather is generally too cold and gloomy for us to do much outside of work anyway. The picture above is of the building that we spend most of our time in during these months: the Kansas Statehouse. It's actually a pretty nice place to work although it looks like a prison with all of the fencing and barbed wire surrounding it. The Capitol has been under renovation for about 10 years now. A lot of the renovations are done and look terrific, but there's still a lot of work left to go. I took this picture when I was walking into the building the other day. I thought that you all might like to see the place where Stuart and I sometimes spend more time at then we do at home during the legislative session. On the top of the dome is a statue of a Kansa Indian warrior called Ad Astra. He's the representation of the state's motto: Ad Astra per Aspera-- To the Stars Through Difficulties. If you're interested in reading more about the renovation project here's a link: http://www.kshs.org/places/capitol/renovation/index.htm.

We hope that everyone is having a great week. We're also getting excited here for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. If it weren't for our KU Jayhawk basketball it would be really hard to get through the winters here! Don't forget to fill out those brackets! Rock Chalk!!

Six Months To Go Until the 11th of September, 2010!!

Hello all! How is the Albuquerque gang enjoying all of the snow today? As of today we are exactly six months away from the wedding!! Very exciting and kind of overwhelming when I think about all of the things that Stuart and I still need to get done. That isn't to say that we haven't been getting a few things done up to this point. In the spirit of keeping you all informed about our exciting wedding plans without giving too much away(!!) we wanted to give you a quick update on our progress.

As you probably know by now, Stuart and I will be getting married at a location called Stony Point Hall, which is about 20 minutes from Topeka. The reception will be there also. Here's the website again in case it's been a while since you've looked at it: www.stonypointhall.com, and the picture above is another shot of Stony Point.

In early December I found my dress at a little wedding dress store in Kansas City. My mom and I had gone dress shopping while she was in town in October, but it took a little while longer for me to find what I was looking for. No pictures of that though because I want it to be a surprise:).

After much deliberation, Stuart and I found our wedding photographers. We will be working with two gentlemen who own a company called KC Wedding Pros. Their website is: www.kcweddingpros.com. They have some really great pictures of their work up there and I think that some of the pictures that are up right now might have been taken at Tamaya, on the golf course. Anyone recognize the scenery?

And some of our most exciting news: we have a wedding cake baker!! We will be having our wedding cake made by a yummy cupcake store here in Topeka, called Daddy Cakes. More on that to come......

Lastly, we found a stationer in Oregon who is going to make some save-the-date cards and wedding invitations for us. We are in the process of getting those made to send out to all of you, but for now we hope that this blog post will serve as a reminder of our wedding festivities next September. We know that people have started to think about travel and hotel arrangements and we will be reserving a block of rooms for our guests with the Capitol Plaza Hotel here in Topeka. We've got a few special activities planned for our out-of-town guests here in Topeka before the wedding.

And with that I think that I'll sign off for now! We hope that everyone is doing great and we're looking forward to celebrating with you in six months!!

Greetings from Topeka!

Hello all!! Stuart and I want to welcome you to our blog!! We are putting together a blog to keep everyone updated on our wedding plans and share some of the things that have been going on in Topeka this spring. We'll try to keep this as current as possible with our busy work schedules. We hope that you enjoy it!!