The Big Move

We are currently 17 days away from the wedding! I can't believe it, the time has gone so fast! We got news last week that Brent will be able to move up here before the wedding. He has applied for a police officer position with Waseca a few months ago and we have patiently been waiting for the job offer (after 2 interviews and an extensive background check), Brent was in the top 3. He got the call from the Waseca Chief of Police on May 25th. He was runner up for the full-time position, but they were offering him the part-time position. He decided to accept the part-time position because it will average to 32 hours a week with pretty decent pay, benefits and paid time off. We are hoping that his taking this job will help him get his foot in the door and hopefully get a full-time position in the near future (Waseca thinks they will hire full-time again in 4-6 months). We are just grateful that he will be able to move in before the wedding and we don't have to worry about a long-distance marriage!

So, I will be heading down to Iowa this weekend while Brent works, I will be packing up his house! Then, next weekend we will be moving his stuff up here (I really need to make some room for his stuff - I can't believe how 1 person can fill up a 4 bedroom house)! His last day of work in Hampton will be June 24th. 

Brent has been up here this week to take his psych test in Minneapolis (which took 4 hours) and a physical at the clinic in town. His anticipated start date in June 29th, but he has to talk to them yet to determine if they want him to work a week and then take a week off for our honeymoon, or if they just want him to wait to start until after we get back.

I'm looking forward to finally being able to be with him everyday (although, I'm sure there will be an adjustment period, we are both used to living by ourselves). Can't wait!!

Bachelorette Party

I'm a little behind on posting about my bachelorette party, but better late than never right?! My bachelorette party was held on May 23 and was hosted by my personal attendant Elizabeth and and good friend Rachel. We started out at The Tav on the Ave in Mankato where we just hung out and talked and drank! I love the "Blue Whale" drinks at the Tav and managed to drink 2 of them (they are huge), but they were out of whales, so no whale souvenir for me. :(

The girls had ordered appetizers for everyone to share and boy, did we pig out! It was yummy! Oh, and I should also mention that the girls had put together this WONDERFUL table filled with all kinds of pink-goodness! Pink table cloths, pink festooning, pink napkins, pink flowers - everything pink! I loved it! Rachel also made her awesome hostess cupcakes with pink filling and marked with a "B".

After devouring the food, it was time to open gifts. This was also a lingerie shower, so I got all kinds of cute and sexy lingerie - I'm sure Brent will love it all! I also got a sash to wear around town that night that said "The Future Mrs. Brass" as well as a badge that said "pecker inspector" pretty clever! Oh, and I also had a "Bride to Be" sparkly tiara to wear - I was all decked out.

After spending time at the Tav, we decided to head downtown Mankato. I haven't been to the bars in Mankato in forever and a new bar called the Hazard opened up recently, so we started there. The place was decorated pretty cool - lot's of western decor, but I wouldn't call it a country bar. The girls decided I needed to loosen up and have some shots (and so did some random guy at the bar), so I managed to take 5 shots! I can't even tell you the last time I had a shot. After hanging out a the Hazard for a while, we headed to South Street. We were expecting it to be packed like usual, but it was pretty dead. But, I managed to do one more shot while we were there. I thought I was doing pretty good holding all my liquor, when it suddenly hit me and I was feeling quite tipsy!

We then headed to Mums for a little while and then to the Haze to do some dancing! We decided to call it a night around 1:30. My soon-to-be sister-in-law was nice enough to haul my butt home to Waseca (Thanks Kristy)! I had to get up fairly early the next morning as I was planning on attending a friend's baby shower the next day back in Mankato. I think everyone was surprised at how well I was feeling the next day (so was I), but the next day was a different story! Seems like all of the next week, I was paying for my one night out of fun. Oh well, I had an awesome time with all of my awesome friends!!

The table decked out in pink

Me and my Blue Whale drink, minus the whale.

All the girls who spent the night out with me!
(L-R: Rachel, Karina, Paige, Shanna, Kim, Me, Nicole, Elizabeth, Connie, Kristy)
Can you believe that 2 of these girls are pregnant? Such troopers!