I hope our mixed kids are cute enough to make the cut

A 7 year old Chinese girl was deemed “not cute enough” to sing her country’s “Ode to the Motherland” during the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony so the Chinese government used a “cuter” stand in to lip sync the voice of the not so cute girl during the ceremony. See the full story here

Hopefully our mixed babies make the “cute” cut when we move to China to become missionaries.

I’m kidding about our mixed babies not being cute.

Marriage Laws To Keep In Mind…

Here are some random nuptial legalities for your reference, if you’re thinking about getting married in any of these states…

If you tend make irrational decisions after a few drinks, you may think about moving to Pennsylvania, where it is against the law for clergy to perform a marriage ceremony if either the groom or bride are drunk.

 

In Connecticut, you cannot kiss your wife on Sunday – but if you live in Halethorpe, Maryland you can…if it lasts for 1 second or less.

 

If you get married in Colorado, don’t worry about your safety. It is illegal for people to throw shoes at you as you leave the church.

 

In Virginia, a man can curse and abuse his wife, provided he does it in a low voice, but if that couple ends up in Michigan, and she decides to leave him, she’ll have to do it naked – the law says that he owns her clothes and can follow her into the street and remove them. 

 

In Lebanon, Tennessee, a husband cannot kick his wife out of bed even if her feet are cold, but a wife can kick her husband out of bed without provocation. This doesn’t work in Florida, however, because even if she does get mad, a wife is limited to breaking no more than three dishes a day.

 

For you ladies in Owensboro, Kentucky, you cannot buy a hat unless you give your husband the opportunity to try it on first. 

 

In France, a woman can be granted a divorce if she tells the judge that her husband plays the bagpipes and made her keep time with a flyswatter.

Location, location, location!

Get ready for your trek over to East Nashville – we’re getting married at Rumours East!

Lovely and charming, this old home is currently a wine and art bar with a lovely patio and backyard. Adrian and I have both fallen in love with the place, and with its owners, Christy and Whitney (check out CreativelyFit.com!). 

We are extremely excited to celebrate our wedding there. If you live in the Nashville area, we encourage you to head on over, grab a glass of wine, and enjoy the fantastic ambiance! We know we’ll be there numerous times before the big date. You can check out the Directions section of this website for more info, including maps and a picture.

In Watson News…

Watson our dog ate and swallowed a pair of undies. How did we find out you ask? He threw them up today along with 3 rubber bands.

“I’m not even mad, that’s amazing.” 

Cupcake Dilemma Solved!!!!!

A HUGE thank you to my cousins from the great white north Ting Ting and Mitzi for helping us solve our cupcake dilemma. Cupcakes will now come in delicious Filipino flavors such as Chicken Adobo, Pancit Palabok and my personal favorite Lechon.

Anna hanging with the ladies of the Santos Posse

Cupcake Dilemma

OK, it’s time for reader input…we are in a bind, and I know you are all crafty problem solvers.

We need 19 dozen cupcakes for our wedding. We found a great bakery in East Nashville that makes delicious cupcakes (check it out here!) and will deliver them and set them up. But it also costs a little bit more money than we were hoping to spend. So our options are:

1) Deal and enjoy the loveliness.

2) Go to Kroger…ugh.

3) Find someone who wants to help us bake, frost, transport, and set up 19 dozen cupcakes.  
Thoughts??

Top 10 Songs you won’t hear at our wedding…

10. Baby Got Back / Sir Mix A Lot  – Adrian feels insecure about his lack of “back.” We’re just trying to be sensitive to this insecurity.

9. The Thong Song / Sisqo — Umm…we prefer not to bring attention to the ladies’ (and some of the gentlemens’!) undergarments. 

8. Celebration / Kool & The Gang – Anna has a disco aversion. We know it’s a wedding favorite, but we are wanting to avoid anything that could lead to a congo line.

7. YMCA / The Village People — The Santos family still gets the letters confused. 

6. Creep / TLC — Well, Anna doesn’t creep on the down low. I mean, he knows what I do.

5. OPP / Naughty By Nature — The only OPP we want is each others. 

4. It Wasn’t Me / Shaggy — Regardless of the lyrical content, this song is just dumb.

3. I Kissed A Girl / Katy Perry — Danceable? Yes. True? No.

2. Gold Digger / Kanye West — Anna gets 86% of everything anyways.

1. Secret Lovers / Atlantic Star — Boy, that would be awkward.