I'm back and I'm a Mrs.! Our wedding was great and I came home with a wonderful husband. I still can't believe how perfect our day was. When I say 'perfect', I don't mean there were no mishaps, but those mishaps made the day even more memorable (or at least funnier).

A short post I know. But for now, I'm going to leave you with a few photos of the day while I go and cuddle with my husband!

surprise bridal shower

Well last Thursday sure was interesting! My work got me good with a surprise bridal shower!

For the last few weeks, we have been planning a retirement party for a co-worker going back on retirement. The office thought it would be fun to have a full Mexican themed party with taco bar and everything! We were even going to dress to the theme.

Thursday morning, Doreen forgot a few of the supplies and asked if I could run to pick them up. She told me to go to Market Place and take my time. I thought that was pretty great, there is nothing better than grocery shopping at 11:30 on a Thursday morning. It was dead and I had a great selection to choose from.

When I got back to the office the back table was all set with food and goodies. But, the strange thing was they had also decorated with all sorts of wedding decor. Streamers hanging from the ceiling, diamond rings scattered across the table, and mini champaign flutes filled with wedding mints. Clueless me asked "who's getting married" and they told me that besides being a retirement party it was also going to be an anniversary party! I thought that was cool and very nice of us :)

It was not until Mary brought out a veil and tried to put it on my head did it finally start to sink in. I had been fooled! This was a bridal shower for me! I was totally shocked, dumbfounded, and blonde!
It was a wonderful shower! They invited a few of my previous co-workers and it was amazing to see them again. We had my friend Michelle Greenway, Julie Bruggenthies, and Mary Jo Pittman!

mr. starter

WIAA STATE TRACK & FIELD

Last weekend my dad was one of the officials and starters for the 2010 WIAA State Track & Field in La Crosse, WI.

Mom and dad went down Thursday afternoon for his begining meetings, while Jill, Cambell and I followed suit on Friday afternoon. It was hard deciding when to go down because the entire weekends forcast predicted rain. And since we would be bringing Cam with us, we could not go if there was rain. But we decided to chance it on Friday afternoon and boy am I glad we did, the weather in La Crosse was beautiful, sunny and warm!We were even able to find an area at the end of the track with a small bleacher for everyone to sit, Cam's stroller could be parked right next to us and we got great shots of dad!

parties

BRIDAL SHOWER AND JOINT BACHELOR/BACHELORETTE PARTIES!

On Saturday, May 22, 2010 my friends threw me a bridal shower and Chad and I had our joint bachelor/bachelorette parties! Of course the day started out with rain - what does not start out with rain lately :) But, it cleared up beautifully by the time the parties started.

We all met at my friend Holly's house which had a perfect layout for this party and a brand new deck for everyone to hang out on! The theme of the day was Black & Bling. Actually the full title was "Sonja's Wedding Fling - Wear Your Best Black & Bling!" And everyone looked great! We were an eye catching group when we went out later!

The shower portion of the day was a wine tasting party. All of our wine was from Wisconsin since Chad and I got engaged in Door County. Our friend Andy was even our wine sommelier!

(Andy and I)

(Back Row: Holly, Andy, Kendra, Sonja, Sally and Doreen

Front Row: Amanda, Mary, Julie, Syren, and Jill)

(Our Party Crew)

(Biff, me, & Tena)

engagement photos

HERE IS A SNEAK PEAK AT SOME OF OUR ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS!

Suzanne Wynveen did a fabulous job! We had a great time with her, even though the weather was something to be desired! Can you believe it was only 47 degrees this day!

Chad and I tease that this one looks like a country music album cover! I pretend I'm Carrie Underwood :) (If only)...