Anyone still read this?

In case by chance anyone is still checking in to our blog, I thought I would post something since it has been far too long since I was able to do so.  The final weeks of wedding preparations took over and our blog was, unfortunately, the last thing on my mind.  I know many of our friends and family kept up with our plans through our posts, but I just couldn't keep up by the end.  Thankfully, Jack seems to balance an awful lot really well, so I am glad he kept the blog going while I was entrenched in the details.

In the end though, it all paid off.  We had a truly amazing wedding weekend!  The weather was fantastic, all of our family and friends got to and from Chicago safely (as far as I have heard), my brother was out of the hospital from his lung surgery that week in time to still be with us all day and it seemed all my nitty-gritty planning worked because our day went without a hitch!  Jack and I were so overwhelmed and excited to have our family and friends with us on this day. (And thanks to those that stuck around - you turned a great day into a great weekend)! 

And although it is the guests' duty to say nice things and extend congratulations to the bride and groom, I truly felt like I was in a room packed that people that could not be more genuinely excited for Jack and me.  I don't know that I could put into words what that felt like exactly, except to say that I felt surrounded by love and support.

I told Jack that now that the wedding is over, I want to keep blogging, so we are going to figure out a place for us to continue to post as we begin our married lives together.  If you do still check this, add a comment to let us know so that we can be sure to send a link to our new blogging spot (once we figure that out).  Until then, I'll try to keep posting here for a while.

We Did It!

Well, our wedding weekend has come and gone.  I don't think we could have asked for it to go much better than it did.  We had so much fun with everyone, and everything went so well.  Thank you to everyone who came to share in this amazing day with us. 

We've asked that anyone who took pictures please submit them on my photo sharing website, GPUDS.  If you don't have access to it and you took pictures, please let us know!  Once we get them all, I'll post a link for people to view them directly off of this site. 

I Think We're Ready

I'm sitting here at home, just waiting until it's time to get the ball rolling.  Most of our friends and family are in town or will be shortly.  The excitement of already seeing out-of-town friends has me almost bursting at the seams.  I cannot wait to see everyone tomorrow as Mary and I celebrate.  Thank you everyone, especially our parents, who have helped get us to this point! 

Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

By now, everyone in the wedding party should have received an invitation to the rehearsal dinner to be held at Pazzo's.  The rehearsal will be at St. John Cantius at 7:30pm on Friday 9/26.  Don't be late!  Immediately following the rehearsal, we'll be going straight to Pazzo's.  If you have any questions or feel you have mistakenly not received an invitation, please let us know right away!

Rehearsal Dinner Venue Selection

After some initial disappointments in finding a rehearsal dinner location, we finally committed to a restaurant (not a moment too soon, eh?).  The restaurant has three different locations, one of which was the location for my sister's wedding reception.  The dinner will be at Pazzo's Cucina Italiana at the corner of Adams & Wacker looking out onto the Chicago River!

Of course I am looking forward to enjoying the evening with our families and our wedding party, as well as the great location, but I'd be lying if I wasn't also really looking forward to the food.  Pasta station...here I come!

A great big thanks to my parents for scouting the location and hosting the event!