March Madness

Well, now that I'm catching up on The Blog (and Andrea is finally reading it) it's time to speak of her arrival in California. Andrea prides herself on showing up to places on time so you may find it of interest that she was 9 hours late arriving in California! And just a few hours later, Rob's mum and dad arrived in California as well. March Madness is in full swing at the Rice-Carey household now! Luckily, Rob and I now have "The Annex" (sponsored by Krups Sandwich Maker) to use as a visitor's palace. This is the studio above the garage of our apartment building and we've been renting it for just over a month now. We've been setting it up as an art studio but because it has a full bathroom, a mini kitchen and quite a bit of space, it makes a really nice guest room and Bob and Jo are quite happy to be in it.

Mom made a delicious meal for us all on Thursday evening so we could just enjoy being all together and getting to know each other a little bit. Friday morning came and we were up and out of the house pretty early with a full agenda, starting with breakfast at Rick and Anns.


Plenty of time for photos as we wait 45 minutes for a table


But it's well worth the wait! Look at all the happy diners!


Next we drove out the the Gardens at Heather Farm so they could see our wedding site. It was an absolutely gorgeous day and the trees and flowers are just beginning to bloom at the farm making it come alive with color and fragrance.

From there we headed off for my first visit trying on wedding dresses. Gowns, I think they call them. If I get through this part of the wedding planning, we'll be in good shape.



Finally, mom, Andrea and I went to get our hair cut and styled.
Bob didn't.