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Thank You

Thank you for your support of our inaugural
2008 MARCH FOR BABIES Team. With your
help we were able to raise close to $1500.00.
Nearly three times the amount we set for our
goal (We were trying to be realistic). Jessica &
I hope to never need the services that the
March of Dimes provides but for those who do we
are happy to help them with the research and
resources they provide. For those of you that
couldn’t join us this year we hope to see you or
have your support again next year.

Sincerely Tony and Jessica Masters

Cristián de la Fuente finishes the walk.

20 Weeks in 20 lines.

First there was the honeymoon up the Central Coast.
We rose after breakfast which meant no eggs or toast.

Halfway through the drive we were as hungry as can be.
We stopped for some soup at Andersen’s, famous for split pea.
A short time later to where we arrive.
A cabin in Cambria is far from a dive.

2 fireplaces, 2 TV’s and not much to do.
We grabbed some dinner and wine and I’ll leave the rest up to you.

A faux castle we visited built by a wannabe king.
It was only fun because I had my queen.

A free massage and a free dinner sums up the rest.
Out of all of our ideas for a honeymoon, this was the best.

Once we were home there was much to do.
So many “thank yous” to everyone we knew.

As life “kicked in” things settled for a while.
Not to the point to take away our smile.

There were some birthdays

Jess got a new job!

We hung out with friends and it was all very grand.

And to top it all off, Jess finally saw Disneyland.

Thank You

Just a quick stop at home before we head up the coast for our honeymoon. We just want to say thank you to everybody that made it out to the wedding. Somehow all of the elements came together to create a day that we will never forget. Great weather, loving friends and family, tasty food and drinks and a wonderfull party. We'll post more photos after we get back.

Naturaly I had to get a photo of my own of my beautiful bride.

The end is near!

Here we are down to our last three weeks before the wedding and still have a lot to take care of. We have no real excuse for not updating our blog but we have had much happen.

Unfortunately I must start things off with a somber tone. Within the last few months we have lost two people that were very dear to us. Aunt DeDe was very excited to see us get married and my best friend Brian was to be my best man and also was happy for us both. The loss of them seemed to take the wind out of our sails for quite some time and the idea of planning a celebration seemed trivial. There was no big decision to start planning again; we just slowly started to get back to work on it. We both wish these two people could be around for not just our wedding but to share everything before and afterwards with us and everything else in our lives. They will be in our hearts and minds and will not go unrecognized on our wedding day.

February and March gave us two different wedding showers. To our great surprise we received just about everything we asked for. Unfortunately we didn’t ask for more cabinet space to put everything into. Thank you to everyone that attended and gave us such great gifts. I have to say that Jess is receiving finer cooked meals with all of the kitchen stuff we received.

We also had a couple of visitors this year. Colleen and Chris visited us in January as well as Margaret and Steve in February.

I recently returned from a trip to Munich, Germany. It was the first time that we spent more than a week apart since we became engaged. I know someday we may cherish the idea of time apart but for now we missed each other a great deal. As we head into the final weeks of planning we tend to stress about the small stuff we may have overlooked. Certain details could be fine tuned a little better but I will repeat myself once more. As long as Jessica and I end up a married couple I really am not worried about too much.

Thank you to all of our loyal readers. We will continue to post on this site as life happens to us, if not before the wedding then definitely after to let you see our honeymoon destination and snapshots of the wedding.We hope to see you May 19th

Love,
Tony and Jessica

A Short Blog

Well as always Jess and I apologize for not updating sooner. We always seem to wait until something big happens. Well, nothing really big has happened. Jessica’s dress is hanging in the bedroom closet and I have no urge to look. I really want to have my first viewing of the dress with her in it. Saturday I will be assisting my groomsmen with their tuxedo fittings. We are still trying to find an officiant. If anyone in Chicago has a reference please let us know ASAP.

Colleen (Jessica’s Sister) and her friend Chris made a recent trip to L.A. I pre-determined that Dodger Stadium was a “must see sight”.

To those of you who have yet to book a room at the Renaissance Hotel please inform them that you are with the Rascon/Masters Wedding Hotel info can be found by clicking on “Our Wedding Website” link to the right of this page.

BTW- As of January 30th (my birthday) it’s been 1 year since I proposed to Jessica. I still thinks she wants to marry me.

-Tony

A lot has happened in the month of November...so much so that we haven't had time to blog!

The first item of interest is my wedding dress. I went shopping for a dress early in November with Tony's mom, sister, sister-in-law and niece. We had a great day looking at dresses and having lunch together. The consultant at the dress shop thought they were my family and was genuinely surprised to find out that they aren't...yet! I think that's a pretty good sign that I fit in with the Masters clan as if they were my own. Here we are outside the dress shop. From left: Joan, Vicky, me, Barbara and Kayla.

We narrowed the dress down that day and kept notes on them for future reference.

The weekend before Thanksgiving, we headed to the mountains for the Masters/Hawthorne family retreat (and to celebrate Joan's and Vicky's birthdays). I'd never been to the mountains and was a bit disappointed when the weather was warm and sunny! I was looking forward to some chilly, cool furry boots-wearing kind of weather. The warm temps didn't stop us from lighting a fire and doing mountain house activities like puzzles and playing games and drinking beer. Here's me and Barbara working on a DaVinci Code puzzle. Many hands had a part in finishing that puzzle in roughly six hours, after which, Tony and I demonstrated the Stow and Go puzzle mat that miraculously keeps your puzzle together all rolled up!

My mom and dad came to town for Thanksgiving and to meet Tony's family. We think the meeting went rather well. Neither family has tried to get us to cancel the wedding yet, so I think we're in the clear. All kidding aside though, I think our families are pretty darn similar in their warmth and greatness. I can't wait to see everyone together at the wedding. My dad celebrated his birthday on Thanksgiving Day with a pumpkin pie that he shared with the rest of us.

The next day however, he ate an entire pie all by himself. I took my mom and dad to the dress shop to look at some more dresses and found the dress for me. I would post a picture, but Tony doesn't want to see it, so you'll all just have to wait with baited breath until the wedding. Or you can ask my mom to see the picture.

Tony picked out the tuxes later that same day and we even worked on the wording for the invitations. All in all, my parents' trip was very productive...for Tony and I at least.

Thanks for reading-
Jessica