Beerfest Survival and Recon Mission

Hi Everyone,

I hope all is well with all of you. All is good here.

Several things have happened since my last post. Mom and Aunt Mimi did a bit of a recon mission at the ABW (Allentown Brew Works) Bridal show. Since I wasn't able to go, they decided that they would check it out. They did tell me that they had a great time and that the food was very good. They also did find some vendors that might prove to be useful.

The second bridal show, at Stabler, was ok. Mom, Dad, Chris, Tim and myself all went. Before you feel entirely bad that Tim went with us keep in mind that he had some awesome meatballs, delicous cake and was able to check out some of the models. (Plus we also paid him in beer afterwards). Overall though, Chris and I were able to make an appt for Village bakery & florist for our cake and flowers. We also found some cool ideas for invitations. Despite Mom's hard work in collecting all of the vendor signatures on my card, I didn't win any of the prizes in the drawings that they had. "E" for effort Mom!

This past week we did meet with the Garden of Eden as a florist. They were very good and nice to the both of us. However, the best part was thier parrot. Yes, I did say parrot. As you walk in the door, the parrot says "Hi" to you. As we left to go to the other room to for our consultation, the parrot says "Bye-Bye". During our consult, the parrot had a mind of his own. Sadly, with being in the other room, Chris and I couldn't figure out what he was saying but it sounded funny.

Chris and I have recovered from our AC Beerfest excursion this past weekend. We had a blast. Between, beef jerky, good music and lots and lots of beer, it was awesome. We were quite partial to the music as Toga Party (the band playing at our wedding) was one of the bands playing. They were so nice... They even dedicated a song for Chris and I at the Beerfest (Sadly, I don't remember what the song as that was hour 3.5 into the beerfest -- awesome).

Also, wanted to give a shout out to my cousin Gina to recently got engaged. Congrats!!!! Let the fun begin....