Honeymoon Plans

So... things, lately, couldn't be more crazy and chaotic.  The thought of the honeymoon is really what is getting me out of bed in the mornings after I stay up until midnight most nights obcessing over wedding details!  Today, Kevin and I completed the final details of our honeymoon selections- the restaurants on board our cruise ship! We are so very excited that we will be cruising in the Mediterranean in exactly 44 days from now.  We have opted for a steak house, a French restaurant, and a hibachi grill on board- however there are special entertainment selections as well.  We are doing a murder mystery lunch on board the ship on our day at sea.

I am most excited about our trip to a place I have never been before, Cinque Terre.  There is a story to this town, a place called Lover's Lane that we will walk down.  If you leave a padlock on a particular area in Lover's Lane you will have everlasting love.  Kinda cool on our honeymoon right?!

Joe's Stonecrabs!

For Daddy's early Birthday present (his Birthday isn't till March 8th!) Kevin, Jenna and I went in on treating the entire family to Joe's stonecrabs in Miami when we were down there the weekend of our couples shower.  We had the most amazing meal of stonecrabs, hash browns, and spinach- and how can I forget- Key Lime Pie:)


We flew into Miami Friday morning and before we knew it, we were in route to meet Mom and Dad for a delectable lunch at Joe's stone crabs.  We ADORE stone crabs so it was a real treat to be able to eat them and celebrate Daddy's birthday! 

We definitely want to make this yearly tradition! We love you Daddy and wish you a fabulous 55th!

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

The church Kevin and I have selected to get married in is a very important part of our lives! We really fell in love with Peachtree Road United Methodist (PRUMC).  Kevin is from a Baptist background and I am from an Episcopal background, so picking somewhere in the middle of our two backgrounds was super important to us! 


We have now completed our marriage counseling with our minister and feel very good about how the ceremony will go.  My mother and I met with the wedding coordinator at the church last week and organized the way in which the bridal party will walk, and music selections.  


I am really looking forward to our ceremony and hope it goes as planned, and that I don't trip down the aisle!

Main window above the alter

During a Christmas program at church

The Invitations are in the MAIL!!!

Wow! We seriously cannot believe the wedding invitations have been mailed! It has been a long time coming and I am so grateful that I got to help my mom and dad stuff and stamp the invites! They are absolutely stunning and just what I wanted! I hope everyone loves them as much as I do! The calligraphy was a fun selection and it was executed really well- with hardly any issues!  It's like the night before Christmas when you have butterflies in your stomach! I am just so thrilled that everyone will be getting a special treat in their mail boxes!



Looking rough- I know, it was about 11pm!



Wedding Shoes

My mother is pure genius! We have been on the hunt for wedding shoes of a particular height since day 1 when I got engaged.  I don't like to wear high heels for extended periods of time, and I also am adamantly against being the same height as Kevin.  I really like my head tucking under his chin. 

So Mom knew the task, and she was in Nordstrom all of 5 minutes when she spotted the perfect wedding shoes!  She bought them in silver first as the ivory weren't available yet.  I took the silver one's to my first dress fitting so that I could judge the height and then the ivory one's appeared on my doorstep in no time!

I am so excited and cannot wait to wear these on the wedding day!

Augusta Bridal Shower!

Old family wedding pictures

Gift Table centerpiece

The lovely hostesses!

What sweet women Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Vicky are to have thrown such a lovely wedding shower for me!  These ladies above are dear friends of Mrs. Golden's and absolutely outdid themselves on a gorgeous bridal shower for me at Abilene Baptist Church!  They really hit the nail on the head with delicious treats including petit fours and cucumber sandwiches.  They did gorgeous flowers and gave me a corsage for my dress.  It was so great to meet and see all the Augusta crew that will be at the wedding!  I got so many wonderful kitchen items off our registry as well!

So much fun! It was a really special weekend in Augusta!

My Momma, and future Mother in Law

My future sister in law and sister

The buffet!

Sweet sorority sisters who drove all the way to Augusta!

Awesome gifts!

Cake Tasting!

Cake Tasting at Cherokee Town Club- January 27th, 2012

Cake Tasting was perhaps the most fun event of the wedding planning process thus far! It is no secret that this girl LOVES cake! I could eat cake every single day!

So the way it worked was that we got to select (5) different options of cake variations and taste them all! We had our cake tasting on January 27th and it was quite a whirlwind! We ate cake, and ate more cake and more cake! Mom came along to help be our tie breaker in the event of that situation.  Thankfully, we all came to the same conclusion and are overjoyed with our selection!  Sarah Ogle, our wedding coordinator at the club was super sweet and brought each of us a rectangular tray of cakes to taste.  We really loved all of them, but there was a true standout.  Funny thing is- the combination we decided on was not one of the pre-selected options we asked to taste...we did some mixing and matching and came up with a delicious treat!


This girl loves cake...back at my birthday on January 12th, 2012