Surprise!

Dad and Mom O and I schemed to plan a surprise visit for Kevin this weekend. I flew in last night and joined them for dinner at Kev's favorite steakhouse. He tried unsuccessfully for about an hour to pretend he was mad at me :)

We put today (Saturday) to good use: breakfast at a Park West Diner with the family and putting our Christmas gifts into storage. Then it was time for some apartment hunting. We visited a couple areas and narrowed down our favorites to Boonton and Morristown. Kevin braved a bridal salon with me to look some bridesmaid dresses. Our most exciting stop of the day was Aires Jewelers' new showroom. We met with Ron (who designed my beautiful engagement ring) to pick out Kevin's wedding band and design mine. He had some great suggestions and we can't wait to see the digital mock-up of the rings together. And Kevin picked out a very cool engraved tungsten carbide band.

After a nap and dinner, we set up Kevin's HD webcam with the Sparkbooth program and tested it out--the photos turned out even better! Needless to say, our photo booth is going to be awesome.

We also decided on an invitation design, which my sister Kim will revamp for us (more DIY!). On the tap for this evening is choosing ceremony music, making final decisions on the bridal party attire, and, of course, doing Kevin's RI lesson :)

 

(most beautiful, but surprisingly difficult to fit with a band)