Monday, October 12, 2009

Wedding Party

Maid Of Honor Tammy Bliss
Matron Of Honor Vicki Lenhard
Bridesmaid Becky Schermerhorn
Bridesmaid Katelyn Schermerhorn
Bridesmaid Crystal Jewett
Best Man Eric Bauer
Groomsman Chad Lenhard
Groomsman Ryan Clement
Groomsman Mike Scudder
Groomsman Pete Haarala
Usher Nick Kammer
Usher Jeff Carpenter
Usher Paul Reed

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Practice Cake

On Wednesday, Oct 7th (my birthday!), we completed a four tier wedding cake that we baked for a senior citizens ball. The cake was a simple white cake/ white frosting combination, and was our first practice attempt at making our own wedding cake. The cake did not turn out perfect, especially the bottom tier, but all of the participants thoroughly enjoyed the cake. We learned a lot of lessons on this cake and surely the next cake will be much better. We figure this cake took us about 20 man-hours of work, and fed about 200 people.The cake took 12 boxes of cake mix, and over 30 cups of homemade frosting, as well as 15 pounds of marshmallow fondant.

Date Set!

Last Saturday, Oct 3, Brent and I took the official Castle Farms bridal tour. We have reserved a room and date for Sept 25, 2010. We are planning to hold the ceremony outside in the Knights courtyard at 3pm followed by a cocktail hour from 3:30 to 5pm. The reception will be in the Knight's Castle following the cocktail hour and will run from 5-11pm. The Knight's Courtyard is equipped with an excellent stereo system, and we had the wedding planner crank up the volume so we could hear what we would be dealing with! Below I have linked pictures from the tour, so that we can start to come up with decorating ideas.