A Beautiful Bride

Something Old:
Her (great ?) grandmother's butterfly brooch, pinned to her boquet.

Something New:
A fantastic dress.

Something Borrowed:
My veil.

Something Blue:
wouldn't YOU like to know?!

for all the pics, click here.

Finally, Some Wedding Pictures

Our wedding was lovely.
I couldn't have dreamed of anything more perfect.
To those of you who came and/or helped, I truly cannot thank you enough.
We love you all :)




My sweet aunt helps James fix his collar.


Preeeeetty dress :)

My Parents' Lovely Living Room

James waiting for me under the Mistletoe

I didn't have flower girls, I had Snow Angels!

During the Ceremony:

After that kiss, he had lipstick EVERYWHERE!!!!

Feedin' Time

P-Town Friends

A-Town Friends

Cutest Li'l DJ Ever

The Whole Family

My sweet MofH/ Cousin
& Her Fiance

Me-n-My Brudder


My sweet Memaw:
Bless her heart, she had no idea where she was, who she was, or who any of us were....

The Yummmmmy Buffet.

YaY for mistletoe!!!

The Girls with our mani/pedi's

The Getaway: I LOVED the paper airplanes!!!

For allllll the pictures, click here to see my Photobucket album. In particular, LaMores, Johnsons, and Maxwells: There are some GREAT ones of yall!

If you want to have any printed, let me know, and I'll get you the original sized picture, and get with Caleb if any slight edits need to be made (ie: color adjustment, cropping, or removal of red-eye or double chins).

Bachelorette Weekend

I know, I know, it's been awhile since I posted, but I'll put up a few retroactive entries for the time between then and now.

Yesterday, I met my Jess in Salado for my wild-n-crazy bachelorette weekend! W00TW00T!! We ate dinner at The Range (YUM food, not great service), & spent the night at the sweetest little B&B (Alamo Cottage). This morning, we got up & partook of a homemade breakfast of biscuits & jelly, cinnamon rolls, quiche, fresh fruit, vanilla yogurt with granola, orange juice, & coffee. We drove around the little town- VERY picturesque- and "admired" all the men in skirts- there was some Scottish Festival in town, did a little antiquing, and ate (yes, again) lunch at THE cutest little tea room.

We had so so so so fun!!! :)

Below are some pics- see my cooool bridal wear that i wore the WHOLE time!

Party Party Party

*whew* Big weekend!

Saturday, James and I drove alllllll the way down to Carrizo Springs for my Granddaddy's 80th birthday party at my Aunt Doris' house. Unfortunately, my mom didn't get to go, due to back problems, but that just meant Dad got to go. There were about 20 of my family there, including my cousins Jacob (works in Africa!) & Jay (lives in Atlanta), and a couple of old family friends I hadn't seen in years. I'd say the highlight of the party was when Jacob agreed to give me, Jess, & our 3 aunts a ride around town in his brand new, bright yellow H3T (nicknamed "The Short Bus"). Keep in mind that the truck is made to seat 5, there were 6 of us, and almost every woman in my family is... shall we say... bountifully blessed... in the posterior department... After hoisting each other in (my cheerleader pyramiding skills came in handy), we drove off, amidst peals of giggles, through the heart of downtown Carrizo Springs, honked and waved our way through the Sonic, and by the Mexican Rodeo (no kidding! a guy in a sombrero was riding a burro when we passed).

We spent a long night on the couches at my grandmother's house (I'll post a separate blog on that one).

Sunday afternoon was my bridal shower! I was honored that so many people came, and the hostesses did a beautiful job. The room was filled with ladies from my family, former bible class teachers, my babysitters, babysitting clients, friends parents, parents friends... it was basically a "This is Your Life" of female role models. I had been nervous about all eyes being on me, but it wasn't like that at all. Everyone was just sitting or walking around visiting, and I happened to be opening presents in the corner. Jess, Mom, & my aunt Mardi all helped with the present opening, & my cousins Carroll & Chloe acted the part of Vanna White with the presents very well. Oh yeah... and I got lotsa cool stuff.

Updated Date!!!!

Change your calendars everyone, the New Official Date is:

December 27th, 2008!

We really wanted to have the wedding in my parents backyard, so we pushed back the date to accommodate for the repairs from the vandalism.

how can people be so ugly?

sometimes, i just don't understand people.

ok, well, a lot of times, but particularly about things like this.

Last night, some stupid kids broke into the house my parents are building, and destroyed everything. Took a sledge hammer to all the windows, the fireplace, the roof, the wall beams... everything. They didn't steal anything, and there were a number of expensive tools and copper wiring in the electrical work they ripped out, so evidently, it was all just for fun.

I'm sure my parents are more devastated than they're letting on... they're acting like they're just sad we can't have the wedding at home now. I know they're just dying for a house of their own again, since they've been in limbo for practically a year. This setback is so heartbreaking for them; this house is their (or at least my mom's) baby and light at the end of the tunnel. Sure, they'll fix everything, but who knows how much longer it will take now, what with insurance drama and a police investigation.


pooooooo. big doodoo heads.

so, i know i promised this wouldnt become wedding central...

but i have to gush...


I HAVE A DRESS!!!!!

It's PERFECT. Everything I wanted, two sizes smaller than I expected, needs NO alterations, and on sale, 40% off!!!


Gleeeeeeeeee!!!!