Menus & Hummingbirds

We're down to 17 days until the wedding, and people start coming into town in 13 days. Until that time, our calendars are completely booked in the evenings except for one day. The weekends have at least one thing on the calendar each day, so I can't say our life will be boring over the next couple weeks lol! Tomorrow is our final meeting at Aldea. We'll go over the final details with Evelyn and who knows what else. After the meeting at Aldea, we have our second-to-last dance class.

I worked on putting the finishing touches on the programs tonight, and once everything's proofread and double-checked, those can be printed, folded and put together pretty quickly.

The menus are finished! A menu will be tucked into the napkin of each guest at their seat, and my mouth is watering just looking over the list of food for dinner.

I finished the seating chart, and the wire escort cards are written out except for 3 or 4 names. I'll be printing out tabs with first/last names & the appropriate table number - to be attached under the name's base. I still want to make a seating chart to use as a visual to be displayed next to the escort cards, and I need to assemble the table numbers onto a base of some sort. That's hardly anything that's left!

We've had a few new additions to the backyard... A table/chair set and a bright red patio umbrella! We had about 8 friends over this weekend, and we got to use the grill & patio! It was kind of our (scaled-down) trial run for the rehearsal dinner, and I think it went as well as possible.

This was our setup with the additional table. The umbrella can tilt to block the sun, and I love how the color pops. I had only thought of getting a neutral-colored umbrella until we went to the store and saw this one; at that point, we both knew it would be perfect.

When we were working on the yard earlier that day, Patrick called me over to show me something. He had found a couple little lizards, and I was able to catch one! This proves that we have wildlife in the backyard. ;)

Over the last week and a half, we have had a couple of hummingbirds come to our feeder on a regular basis. One of them is by far the coolest and most playful hummingbird I've ever seen. Patrick and I were standing in the kitchen and looking out from the sliding door.

The hummingbird flew right up to the window and hovered a couple inches away from the glass - and stared at us! Since we were pretty close to the glass, the little guy was at most two feet away from us, and we all stood there looking at each other for probably 15 seconds. I've always thought that hummingbirds bring luck and are a sign that everything will work out, and I LOVE our hummingbirds.

A little while later, we were playing fetch with Chance and a tennis ball. On one throw, the hummingbird flew out of nowhere and divebombed the ball. I really think he (I'll refer to the hummingbird as a male) just wanted us to know he was there and wanted to play, too!

- Lisa