Progress Report

This past weekend we drove down to Portland to take care of wedding business. It was a most productive and fun trip. We are about five months out at this point, and things are picking up steam.

We drove down early Friday morning (we had the day off thanks to Good Friday) as our first appointment was at noon. We met with our photographer to get to know each other and to discuss what sort of feel we wanted from our wedding photos. We both liked him and felt comfortable that he would be shooting our wedding.

Later we did a tasting at Portland Style Cheesecake where we picked out the flavors we wanted and put down a deposit to reserve their services. I've designed the cake myself, keeping it simple but tying it in to the somewhat loose theme we've got going on for the reception. I'd put up my sketch here, but I don't want to ruin the surprise.

On Saturday we met with our coordinator from the Edgefield to have a look at the space and discuss the questions we had about various things. I think we've got a clearer idea now about the way things will run and the time line for the wedding itself. So good progress there.

Later that day we met with the guy that will be catering the Friday Night Welcome Dinner. He had prepared a miniature version of his proposed menu for us and it was all incredibly tasty. Including some of the best baked beans I've ever had.

We have also contracted with the woman who will be making our wedding rings. She made the rings for our friends Will and Jalene (if you click the link you can see their rings). I've designed my own, and Irene is having something similar to Jalene's in finish but with a unique design. We are very excited about them.

I'm working on the invitations and we'll probably send them out in a couple of months so we can start to get an idea about how many people will be coming. If you haven't booked your hotel yet we still have five rooms available at McMenamin's (make sure to say you are with the Matern/Broman wedding as the rest of the hotel is booked solid). And as ever, there are still plenty of rooms at the Sheraton. See the About Hotels page for more information.

That's all for now.

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