Dresses and Shrimp!

seafood boilWe had a somewhat eventful weekend. Friday night my mom came into town and the ladies (Jess, her mom, my mom) went wedding dress shopping at a few local places on Saturday morning. The big news out of that trip is that she found a wedding dress! I can’t really tell you anything about the dress, other than it is white… since apparently it’s illegal for me to know anything about the bride’s gown. In fact, I probably shouldn’t even know that it’s white, and have probably ruined the entire wedding with that tidbit of information in my head… oh well. My tuxedos will be a surprise for her too. I’ll give you a sneak peek… shhh don’t tell. Hopefully her new dress matches light blue and light purple since that’s what I’m leaning towards at the moment. I might even go for an orange one for my groom’s tux, to make me stand out a bit.

Later Saturday evening we held the first (annual?) seafood boil in city park. It turned out great! We even had a special surprise cake for Jess’ birthday (which is today). Photos are up in the photo area.

P.S. The first event in The Best Man Challenge will be coming very soon!

Davenport

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So the bar exam is FINALLY behind me (at least I hope it’s behind me). Things have been happening pretty fast since then. I moved from Des Moines to Davenport two days after I took the bar with the help of Scott and my family. They deserve a lot
of thanks because I had collected a ton of stuff in my apartment over three years. Let’s just say that our cars were pretty darn full. My new apartment is great. I love it! (see pic) Once I get pictures from my digital camera uploaded I will add more pictures to the website.

I started my new job as a law clerk at the Scott County Courthouse on Tuesday, August 1. I am really excited to be working! Translation: I haven’t had a paycheck in three years and I’m thrilled to be getting paid. Everything has been going well so far. I look forward to working there for the year.

Now that school is over and the bar is over I promise to be more diligent in posting!

Our -1st Anniversary

Iowa BarToday is officially our -1st anniversary! It’s now exactly one year until the big day. Planning is going well. We’ve got the big things taken care of (church, reception/food, photographer). The small details should fall into place. We’ve got plenty of time to figure those pieces out… even though one year is probably going to fly by.

I thought I’d also give an update on what Jess has been up to since she graduated law school back in May. She’s been studying like mad for the Iowa bar so she can officially be a lawyer. She takes the bar in just a couple weeks, July 24-26th (yes, THREE long days of testing!). After the bar, starting August 1st, she’ll be clerking for a judge in Davenport for a year. She’s got an apartment out there all set up and somewhere in the 4 days between the end of the bar and her start date she’ll get moved and settled in on the east side of the state. That means I’ll get to travel a different (thankfully shorter) stretch of I-80 for a while when I got to visit. I’m sure I’ve missed some details, so when things calm down a bit Jess will fill you in on the details.

Congrats Jon & Liz

Jon and Liz tied the knot this past Sunday at a beautiful wedding on top of Copper Mountain in Colorado. Jon is one of the contestants competing in the Best Man Challenge. Corey, also a competitor in the challenge, (who promises me his bio is on the way) was Jon’s best man in the wedding. I took detailed notes on his performance.

More photos of the wedding are up in my Flickr Gallery.