Met with florist and photographer candidates

Saturday, December 10 was another busy day of wedding preparation:

In the morning we met with florist candidate Linda Baca of A Floral Affair. We haven't booked her yet, but Ann is impressed.

In the afternoon we met with photographer candidate Mark Baltzley of Mark Baltzley Photography & Design. We haven't booked him yet, but we are both impressed.

We had also hoped to meet with photographer candidate Sarah Winston of Sarah Winston Photography, but she was ill with the flu. Perhaps her illness has cost her a gig?

-Scott

Reception site decided... finally!

After spending all weekend calculating the cost of holding the reception at the Airport Hilton or the Argosy Casino, we decided that the winner is the Argosy. Every way that we sliced it, the Hilton was significantly more expensive than the Argosy, so the decision was an easy one in the end.

-Scott

Picked up the rings

When I proposed to Ann in September, I gave her a rather nice "rock" in a temporary setting. Shortly thereafter, we went to the jewelry store together to order our wedding bands, as well as a permanent setting for her engagement ring. Now that the rings are in, we just picked them up from the store. This photo doesn't really do justice to her engagement ring, but at least you'll get the idea.

BTW ladies, when it comes to "rocks", I've learned that size (carats) doesn't matter nearly as much as the other 3 C's (cut, clarity, and color). So, don't even bother asking us about its size, because it's big enough!

-Scott

The PREPARE marriage prep results are in!

Ann and I met with Father Karl on Halloween to review the results of the PREPARE premarital inventory that we had taken last month. The purpose of this inventory is to identify potential sources of conflict in our relationship. Fortunately, the results confirmed what we already know: there doesn't seem to be any major area of potential conflict. So, Fr. Karl gave us the green light for the next step: participating in a Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend in early 2006. In the meantime, we need to book a reception site, photographer, and DJ.

-Scott

Oops! RSVP's are coming in already!

I inadvertently activated the online RSVP feature on our wedding web page http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/AnnHeinze&ScottHeider. Luckily, only 2 groups of guests responded before I inactivated the feature. I'll activate it again when we mail our invitations in the spring of 2006.

-Scott