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Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:00:48 -0600

Hello all!

Just in case anyone is checking this site, please start watching us on our family website, casadekraft.com

Thank you all.

Thank You!

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:47:57 -0600

Just a very quick message to say thank you to everyone who shared in some aspect of our wedding weekend. You all are in our thoughts and prayers. We're about to skip out of town for a few days, but we look forward to seeing your pictures, calling and writing to you and sharing our lives with you.

God bless!

Weather in Austin

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:58:21 -0600

With 6 days left until the wedding, weather forecasts are starting to show us what to expect for the big day.

As of Sunday, it looks like the high will be in the upper 80's with lows dropping to the upper 60's at night with a 10% chance of rain.

More available at weather.com

Almost here!

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:57:17 -0600

8 days!

We have the rings, we have the marriage license, most of our liturgy is planned, the caterer is waiting for a seating chart... we're almost there.

Keep us in your prayers as we go through the crunch of the final details.

Down to the Wire!

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0600

Our countdown clock is now at 12 days. 12! It seems like yesterday we didn't have a date to count down to.

We're starting to add a little more information to the Wedding Events page--namely, rehearsal information and for our Sunday brunch.

Yup, on Sunday, we're inviting everyone over to our place to enjoy breakfast tacos, or whatever else we rummage up. Details are forthcoming, but want everyone to know about it.

With Vanessa now in the midst of her first semester teaching, time to plan the wedding is now very "expensive". There's always a million and one things for her to grade, plan or something else for school. I always had respect for my high school teachers, but it has increased ten-fold in the last six weeks.

I digress. I hope you all are excited about sharing our special day with us. We are just as excited to see you all as we exchange vows and rings, beginning our new life together.

Bringing the Funk

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:20:13 -0600

37 Days to Go!

I wanted to give a shout out to Matt Maye. Matt is a friend of ours that we met earlier this year through a discussion of Catholic thought by various young adults in the Austin area. We learned that he moved to Austin to continue a music career.

After listening to some of his tunes and while Vanessa and I were thinking about the reception, we thought yes! Let's put these two things together. Matt will be playing the cocktail hour and a song or two during the dinner/dance portion of the evening.

Check him out!

RSVPs

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:18:01 -0600

Wow, so only 41 days left until the BIG day.

Please, don't forget that RSVPs are due this Friday, August 29th. So if you haven't sent us your RSVP, whether it's an "accept" or "decline," please be sure to mail that by Aug 29th :) A lot of our final preparations require the exact # of people that will be attending the wedding so it would really help us out :)

Thanks so much!

El Paso!

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:12:03 -0600

Brandon, Erin, and I just returned from a weekend in El Paso. It was quite a whirlwind trip but it was so wonderful to see the family! My mom hosted a bridal shower on Saturday that was a load of fun :) My mom, with the help of her good friend, Tessie, put a lot of work into planning the shower and it turned out great! The food was very good, the games were fun, and everyone seemed to have had a very nice time. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful and generous family that is so willing to help us start building our home.

Truly, thank you to my mom and Tessie for all their time and efforts! I love you!

Thanks to my dad and the gang for entertaining Brandon while we did all the girly stuff!

Also, thank you to Erin who spent the majority of the weekend explaining that she does in fact speak and understand Spanish :)

We have our new home!

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:31:30 -0600

This last week all of the t's were crossed and the i's dotted, meaning Vanessa and I officially have our first home! Vanessa's lease ends soon, so she'll be moving into it soon. I'll be remaining where I'm at until the wedding day.

We decided we're going to repaint most of the rooms; today, we started with the guest bedroom. Let me tell you--it looks quite spiffy. I don't want to give away details now, but be sure to check it out at the brunch on Sunday, October 5th at our place. Exact time to be determined, but details soon (if nothing else, in the wedding program!)

Less than 100 Days

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:09:44 -0600

As we look at our wedding countdown (94 days at the moment), it's hard to believe it is so close, but at the same time, October 4th seems like it will never come.

Marriage preparation is awesome. There are few, if any, things I enjoy more than discussing my future life with Vanessa. Where are we going to live? How are we going to combine finances? How are we going to keep God at the center of our marriage? What are we thinking regarding making more little Vanessas and Krafts? I'm truly excited to talk about the new reality that we'll begin to experience on October 4th.

Wedding planning, on the other hand, is not the most exciting thing. I can't wait for the wedding to be here to celebrate with family, but I truly can't wait to wake up the next day married.

We have a hotel!

Wed, 21 May 2008 10:59:48 -0600

I've been getting some questions about guest accomodations. I finally got my act together so check out the NEW Accomodations page. Over time it will get better to include maps and stuff, but for now it has what you need to know :)

Put On Your Dancing Shoes!

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:23:49 -0600

If you request a song, don't forget to put your name so that we know who to boogey down with when the song comes on at the reception :)

Request a song for our reception!

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:15:51 -0600

Hey everyone,

We just added a new feature on our website that allows you to tell us what songs you want played at our reception.

You can also view what songs have been requested so far. Visit our Request page.

our saturdays

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:05:24 -0600

At this point, with only sub-seven months until the wedding, our Saturdays have to include some component of wedding planning. Today, we ventured to create our first gift registry. [Note: We want to edit it online a little bit; we included a couple of items we weren't sure about and a few different options of the same item so we could take some more time to debate it between us.]

The store gave us a mobile scanner and let us loose. I haven't had this same type of feeling since I was a little kid and the big Toys 'R Us Christmas catalog arrived. Of course, this time around, we were scanning things we would really need or truly like to have as we begin our new lives together. Slightly different than picking out which toy could take my imagination away.

Right now, we're both at the University Catholic Center. Vanessa volunteers as a wedding assistant and is working a rehearsal now. We're going to try to make it by the invitation store afterwards for our second round of invitation selection.

our first marathon is over, now time for the next

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:26:10 -0600

Last Sunday, we ran our marathon -- 26.2 miles around the city of Austin. Truly, it was an incredible experience with a whole wide range of emotions. There were moments of joy and bliss, pain and doubt, and everything in between. We'll post some pictures soon, but Vanessa had the cute idea of making matching t-shirts. Yes, we're that couple. I'll save the details for the pictures, but they're on their way.

Now our "next marathon"-- wedding plans. We have a church, a reception venue and our colors. We'll keep you all in the loop.