KU football

The past couple weekends we have had a house full of guests. Last weekend we had Brian's college buds come down for Homecoming and party in Lawrence. It was a good weekend. Now, if we were to have 5 boys, I know what my life would be like being the only woman in the house! haha.

This weekend was the Kstate vs KU football game. Our families came up on Friday for a dinner at our favorite restaurant Pachamama's. Then Saturday was an early start for tailgating. It was so fun to have the fam and our friends to the tailgate. (even though the game was a blow out..sorry wildcat fans!) Gotta love football season for great tailgates and great football!

Happy Birthday Brian Thomas!!!

Today is Brian's 36th Birthday! Thank you for always making everyone laugh and being the life of the party!! I am so lucky to have a comedian for a husband, who knew?! I mean, seriously, just look at that pic! That says it all! I laugh every time I see this photo! Hope you have a wonderful day and fantastic year! I love you very much!! xoxo

Honeymoon at the Sun Palace

We just got back from our Honeymoon and had a fabulous time. We got there Monday and immediately started on the frozen yummy cocktails! It was so nice to just relax and sip a Miami Vice. Our room was amazing with a perfect view of the ocean and pool.

The whole week we just relaxed, got some sun and drank. It was fun and relaxing until I got food poisoning on Wed and body decided to get rid of everything I have had to eat or drink so far. Lets just say it was a long 12 hours of bonding with the porcelain king and I won't eat eggs for quite sometime. On Thursday, late afternoon I was finally starting to feel like myself again so we went back to relaxing and treating ourselves to lots of spa treatments.

We were lucky enough to miss the hurricane, but caught the edge of it with a huge thunderstorm! The clouds were amazing with 15ft waves. We had never seen anything like it. It was cool to watch from our room safe and sound.

Overall, it was a perfect way to relax and kick off our lives together. Now we are ready for football season and tailgating!!! Beak em!

Mr and Mrs Abbott

Well, we finally made it to the 23rd! The weekend was a blast starting off with friends and family gathering at rock a belly deli, we had drinks, shots, and yummy sandwiches! It was a great way to kick off our wedding weekend. Following our long night at the deli, we had the Kassie B invitational! It was a scramble at Colbert Hills, with lots of laughs and drinks!

That night we had our rehearsal at the Abbotts house. It was a not your average rehearsal, but reflective of Brian and I. There was trap shooting...which everyone enjoyed. Especially my mother, who I never realized was such a good shot! We also had four wheelers, which was personally my favorite aspect. Everyone got to ride around on the Abbotts huge piece of land! To top the whole thing off, we had our very own personal cook..Mr Tom Abbott!!! Hats off to him and the amazing meat he cooked in the HUGE smoker!! It was so YUMMY!! We also had Coco Bolo's cater some side dishes. (which is Brian and I's favorite restaurant in Manhappy!!) It was so generous to let the Abbotts invade their house with our family and friends! We had an amazing time!

Saturday was the day!! I was a little worried when i woke up and saw that it was pouring rain! People kept saying that if it rains on your wedding day, its good luck! Well good news for us...cause it poured for hours! We have all the luck in the world...not that we needed it. My Aunt Mary Ann and Cousins, Jenni and Lindsay, held a bridal brunch for me at MCC. It was a wonderful way to kick off the day...nothing like a little food and champagne to get ya going!!

While the girls got pretty and ready..the boys got to hang out at the hotel bar and relax. They do have it so easy! Then came time to see my soon to be husband! The only part I was anxious about...but as soon as I saw Brian, everything was perfect and my nerves were gone. We had such a good time taking pictures with our family and spending time together before the ceremony.

After the ceremony, Brian and I took a golf cart to the country club. We thought it was very fitting, since my husband LOVES golf, and it gave us a few minutes to spend some alone time together. The reception was a blast! We had great food, amazing toasts, drinking, and lots of dancing! It was the perfect weekend! Thank you to everyone who made it so special for Brian and I. We love you all! WE ARE HITCHED!!! YAH!

Its the final countdown!!

Let me guess, your starting to think of the famous song by Europe? I do every single time Brian talks about being the final countdown. Well, we are in the final stretch! I can't believe that the 23rd is only 9 days away! Brian and I are ready to see all of our family and friends to celebrate our marriage. It seems like yesterday, we just got engaged.
Brian has been such a great trooper through all of the planning. So, thank you Brian! Thanks for being you. I never would have thought in a million years that i would be marrying someone who was basically right in front of me for most of my life. We have one of the greatest stories I have ever heard of. Thank goodness you decided to eat lunch at Henry's T's that day and thank goodness I just happen to be there.I'm looking forward to our wedding day, but more excited about sharing the rest of our lives together! Experiencing more great memories along the way. I'm so lucky to be marrying the most amazing man i have ever met! I LOVE YOU!

The Final Trip to Manhappy

 This last weekend, Brian and I loaded up the hounds and headed to Manhappy for the last time before our wedding. It was crazy to think that the next time we will be in Manhattan is for the BIG DAY! The last few months have just flown by!! We meet with Dallas at MCC to go over final touches for the reception, I had my practice up do for the wedding, and the Abbott gang was working hard on getting their house ready for the rehearsal dinner on Friday! On this trip, there wasn't much time for R&R, which we usually are able to fit in, but I'm sure we will make up for loss relaxation in Playa! We are just trying to piece all the last puzzle parts together before the 23rd!

Bustin a Move

Today, my dad and I went to a dance lesson in Topeka. We thought it was a good idea to refresh our dances moves before the big day! It was so much fun! We just laughed and laughed! We had a great instructor to help us too, which is always a plus! I believe we are going to do the lesson one more time before D Day!! My dad was a great sport! Im so lucky to have such a fun, amazing dad!

Update

We have sent out our invitations and check the mail daily to see who is attending our wedding. We are anxious to see who will be there to celebrate the big day with us! We can't believe in just 4 short weeks that the day will be here! We have gotten a lot done this week...I had my first dress fitting, trial run on my makeup. We also picked out our wedding bands and got our marriage license...things seem to be coming together just great and surprisingly smooth!

Mr and Mrs Betty Crocker

So, As most of you know..B and I love Chocolate! We decided to try out our baking skills Sunday to make our very own barefoot contessa chocolate cake we had received as an engagement gift! With the items we had already received from the shower, we had everything to pull it off. It was definitely a team effort! The cake turned out perfect especially with the chocolate butter cream frosting we put on to top it all off! It was very yummy!! Our bellies thank mama ruth for the great gift!

Bridal Shower!

Sunday was my first bridal shower...and man, let me tell ya..i got a lot of good stuff! I was so excited to open my gifts and see everyone! My mom's best friends put it together for me in Manhattan. I was so appreicative of everyone making it there and helping our registry get smaller! We drank champagne, (which I will never turn down!) ate some yummy food and talked wedding! I can't believe that the big day is less then 8 weeks away! Im getting more excited each day!

honeymoon! yeah baby!

Well B and I booked our honeymoon trip to playa del carmen! im soo excited! A full week to relax, (I'm sure we will visit the spa here and there!!) play a little golf, and do a little partying with the man I love the most!! We are staying at the Sun Palace..the views are absoultely gorgeous and has PERFECT written all over it! I can't wait to be Mrs. Abbott, laying in that lounge chair right there!!!
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Little Apple Trip!

This weekend we headed down to manhappy ville to do more wedding details. We booked our ceremony music which will be a brass ensemble, they sounded great! We had a meeting with our pastor to go over the ceremony. Then, we booked our wedding cake designer, this has been Brian's favorite part by far! Any of you that know B, know that he wouldn't miss a chance to eat cake for the world! He definitely got his fill...eating his and also helping with mine! haha. Even though we weren't in manhattan very long and had lots to do, we did find time to relax and play with the muts. Lets just say they had a good weekend too..they haven't moved all day from their beds, typically sunday at the abbott household!

Painting!

Not only are we getting things checked off the list for the wedding, but we are also checkin things off the list for our house. On Memorial Day we woke up and decided..."hey, lets the paint the 2 bedrooms downstairs!" So we did the whole home depot trip to pick out paint colors, got the rollers, paint brushes, etc...That afternoon was dedicated to re-decorating our basement. It actually looks pretty good! I'm very happy with it!

Checking Things off the List

Things are finally all starting to come together! We went to Manhattan last weekend to lay out options for the wedding and reception. The Country Club is getting remodeled and its beautiful! I'm so excited that we are having the reception there. We booked our photographer, Florist, and just received our save the date cards...which is very exciting! The ball just keeps rolling along. Its all going surprisingly smooth. Just another few short months and the day will be here!

A bit of a change

so, as most of you know Brian and I like things simple and easy....so instead of tryin to plan a wedding a few states away, we decided to get married in our hometown..Manhappiness. We are getting married in my grandma's backyard where my parents were married which is awesome! Not only did we change the location, but also decided to bump up the date a bit...so now we are getting married August 23, 2008. After we decided on the biltmore we realized that it was a big football game for KU and KSU, and since 100% of our guests are football fans, we thought that might be an issue. We are very excited to have it in our hometown and have it be more meaningful and special to the both of us!

To My Surprise

Well, to my surprise we got a TON of stuff done in Arizona for the wedding. We decided on a date, November 15, 2008 at the Arizona Biltmore!! I'm so excited! While we were there we also got a Photographer, Florist, and Rehearsal dinner figured out. To my surprise it was soo easy and simple, which is definitely the way i like things to go. The Biltmore is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! It couldn't be more perfect..it also has special meaning because that's where the family went for G.B's 70th birthday celebration and most of the architecture is done by Frank Lloyd Wright, which is Katie's favorite architect. We had a great time staying at Stewy's house, seeing some friends, and also had some time for a little R&R...GOOD TRIP!

On the Road

Well Today we are heading down to Arizona to look at venues and check out some photographers! hopefully we find one that we like and the ball can keep rolling! Keep your fingers crossed...i will let you know how it goes!

MY RING!!!

Even though we have been engaged for a couple weeks now,We decided to design a ring together. I just got my beautiful ring yesterday afternoon... its perfect! i love it!

Ready, Set, Plan!

well, the planning has begun...its only been a few weeks and i never realized how much work it took to plan a wedding! WOW! so far, we have the ring (check), decided on Scottsdale, AZ for the location (Check), planned our first trip down to Scottsdale(check), and lets see umm....yup, that's basically it! haha. I think i have been playing phone tag with every venue for the past week and now have their number stuck in my head (permanently)..haha. Even though its a lot of work, I'm enjoying it...a lot! I went dress shopping with my mom on Friday, and to my surprise i found THE DRESS! which I'm totally excited about. I just didn't want to take it off..its BEAUTIFUL!! well thats it for now..i will keep you posted on more planning!!