The Party's Over...

It's time to call it a day... Ok, that is a vague musical theater reference! But alas, the wedding is over and we are back in Minnesota and we truly did have the time of our lives!!! Everything went so well, it's just hard to believe. And it did what everyone said it would and went by REALLY fast! I can't wait to get pictures back because half the time I think I was out of body.

All of our planning and hard work and decision making paid off in a big way and a few people even told us it was the best wedding they've ever been too! The best part of it all was getting to see all my friends back together again! I know everyone was having a great time hanging out, catching up and reminiscing about the old days. It's also fun to see old friends meet new ones. We had a rental house (which was amazing, by the way) and it was 50/50 California folks and Minnesota folks and thankfully it turned out to be 100% fun!! Everyone really got along, and that means a lot to me.

The rehearsal dinner at The Crane Melon Farm was so much fun! There were even tractor rides and homemade food cooked by Mrs. Crane herself (the farm's wife)! All in all it was an amazing time that I know Christian and I will cherish for the rest of our lives! Thank you to everyone who took part in our wedding week!

xoxo,
Mr. & Mrs. Oestreich

2 Weeks Until the BIG Day!!!

And Christian and I are leaving for Santa Rosa! We can't wait to see everyone and finally get to show you all what we've done for the wedding and for what we have planned for the days before and after the wedding! I mean how bad can wine tasting, lunch at Coppola Winery, brunch after the wedding and trips to the redwoods and beach be?!?! Can't wait.... xoxo, Lisa Harman (for now)!

Happy Labor Day (20 days away...)

Wow, wow, wow... We are in the home streatch or as Christian says, "The hay is in the barn!"

1 Month until our Big Day!!

Ok folks, we are at T-31 days until the wedding!!!

If you haven't RSVP'd by now, you are late!! But don't worry, you can still RSVP, please send us your response card and also give us a call or shoot me an email... I think a few of you will be receiving a phone call from me, my parents, or Christian in the next couple of days... We also suspect that a few response cards have been lost in the mail, which is a bummer!!

We finally booked our flights, we have some of our paper products in the works, the bridal party has outfits, Tina (my sister in law) is all over the candy buffet, our wedding 'day of' coordinator Lindsey is awesome and both of our wedding bands are finished and in our hot little hands!! There are a lot of other things going on too, but I won't bore you with them!!

It's all very exciting! Please visit our website, as we hope to keep adding this and that over the next couple of weeks!!!

xoxo,
Lisa

Move over TomKat and Brangelina!

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XOXO,
Lichristian Hoestreich (yes, I guess I said HOestreich...shoot!!)

Invitations are OUT!!!

And response cards are already coming back to us! It's great that people have been responding so quickly, I'm just curious who I'm going to have to call before the wedding and say "Hey, are you coming or not?!?" Tee hee... We were a few invitations short of our guest list but we were able to order a few more invitations and we hope to get those out ASAP.

It's all happening! This week I am determined to figure out what we are going to do for what I call the 'paper goods', programs, menu, favors, guestbook, etc... Wish me luck!

Also, we are at a three week countdown for Christian's Ironman race in Northern California! I'm heading down to Southern California after the race to visit friends and have a little 'Bachelorette Party' with my SoCal girlfriends! Should be a good time! I can't wait to go hiking and see the ocean and I can't wait to see everyone! It's been over a year now since I've been in Southern Cal!

This summer in Minneapolis has kept us busy as well... It seems that our weekend schedule every weekend is booked solid! We have wedding showers, birthday parties, happy hours, Bachelorette parties, visits from out of town friends (Hi Ashley and Sarah) and family (Hi Mom and Auntie Char), and triathlon races almost every weekend (at least that's what it seems like)! Summer in Minnesota is embraced and loved by all! I just hope we have enough time to get ready for the wedding (and maybe some time to relax too while we're at it)!

Happy Summer and talk to you again soon! I will post a few pictures from our trip when I get back!

OMG, the wedding seems "real" today.

I have been on the phone and communicating via email with vendors all day! I've talked to everyone (it seems), I've talked to our day of coordinator, the party rental company, the DJ, the ceremony musicians, and I've spend the most time talking to my fabulous 'Local Arrangements Person', Sue Harman aka Mom. She is awesome and so is my Dad!! They are so helpful and I couldn't do all of this without them. They are always willing to help and happy to go look at something or share their opinions about things (which I actually do appreciate)! So THANK YOU both!!!!

Also, Mom, I think we should start a party planning business!! What do you say? We have good ideas and when we put our minds to it, we get things DONE! We just shouldn't start working too early in the morning as neither one of us is a morning person....

Let the good times roll!