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Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Through it all, We Remain the Same
This weekend Josh, Rock & I loaded up to head to the DFW for yet another wedding! The union of Wade Havins and Amelia Wells! This is the last of the weddings for us in 2011, & the first of my High School friends wedding! :)Amy & Wade's wedding was simply beautiful! Congrats to the two of them as they start their new life together! So exciting!! :)
I had some pretty awesome Friends in High School! We were extremely tight, and once we graduated we all went our different ways to take on life! Through it all we have remained the same & r still the best of friends today, & I LOVE THAT! I was really looking forward to this weekend because ALL of US haven't got to hang out in quite awhile! So I knew this was going to be a great weekend! We all met up for lunch Saturday at Chuy's! When this group gets together...it is for sure going to be a good night! & once again it was! :) It is truly a blessing to have friends that can get together and never miss a beat, when it has sometimes been a year since we all saw eachother!! (Especially since the parents of a few have moved from Vernon and are never down for the holidays anymore.)I can't wait for the end of August when all of the girls will get together for a girl trip!
The weekend was all around a successful fun weekend! Josh and I had a blast and enjoyed seeing everyone! :)
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
From a Noah to a Nolen
Well it is no secret that my sister got married this past weekend! What an absolute blast! Of course we were up late Wednesday night getting sister all packed for the honeymoon because come Thursday, there would be no time and she would not be back home until 8 days after the wedding! My mom and I also revamped her ribbon bouquet for the rehearsal! Good thing for Great moms! She helped me make it beautiful, or as beautiful as a ribbon bouquet can be. She definitely make it beautiful compared to what I had done.
A relaxing morning at the nail salon was what we all needed before the craziness of wedding began!! :) We stayed in downtown Dallas at the Adolphus hotel! That is just fun to say! :) It was really nice!
The rehearsal dinner was so personable and Brandi and TJ made everyone feel so special and thanked every single person for everything. I really enjoyed that.
The wedding went off without a hitch! The whole day- I will not go into detail- was full of happiness, tears, smiles, laughter, hair do's and make up for the girls!
The ceremony was such a personable ceremony. It was so intimate and everyone there could definitely feel the love for these two. They expressed their own vows to eachother which were simply amazing! The Nolen's are great writers I must say! Then there was cocktail hour where everyone got to mingle and look at various photos of Brandi and Tj from kids to now!
Then there was the amazing, flawless reception! It was simply Amazing! My sisters wedding planner, Wendy owner of Birds-of-a-feather, nailed it! It was very much Brandi and TJ and I heard so many compliments of how personable and beautiful everything was. I hope it lived up to every one of Brandi's expectations because as a sister- I have never been more proud! She looked gorgeous and was glowing all night long and I loved every minute of seeing her that happy with her soul mate!!
Now they begin their lives together forever! What a blessing! She is of course enjoying the beach right now- must be nice- while all of us other folk have to work! hehe :)
So to say the least it was a Beautiful wedding that my family and I will remember for a lifetime! I am so happy to have my sister in my life and now even a brother!!
P.S. It took me a few days to recover after the Noah/Nolen wedding! Everyone there definitely knew how to have a good time! and we all paid for it a little the next day!! :)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Dedication to My Sister, Brandi
" A sister is God's way of taking care of us"~
My sister is getting married in TWO DAYS!! I cant wait! Not going to say too much because I dont want to give away my speech!!!
But I will say:
I can't wait for this next chapter in her life to unfold! I love you Brandi and Congrats! :)
My sister is getting married in TWO DAYS!! I cant wait! Not going to say too much because I dont want to give away my speech!!!
But I will say:
I can't wait for this next chapter in her life to unfold! I love you Brandi and Congrats! :)
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Weekend at Home..
Something I never knew would be so refreshing! and boy am I excited! I have been home 1 weekend out of the last 10 weeks...this weekend could not have come at the more perfect time! Time at home to relax and get everything together for my amazing sisters wedding! I am so excited and cannot wait for this exciting time for her!! This weekend is next week!! a day of prepping for Brandi's big day, getting Coupers pen ready for his big arrival in June, Cleaning the house, & Laundry! Our house will finally be back to normal, & I will already be packed for Brandi's wedding and ready to head out on Wednesday!!! I could not be more excited for my sister...and hope I make it through my speech!!!:)
Another thing that I am really looking forward to is church on Sunday. I am sure many can agree when moving to a new place it is always challenging to find your new home at a church. I had finally found one that both Josh and I were in love with in College Station & honestly, it was hard for me to leave it. I was really upset about it, because I did not believe we would find anything that great here in Kerrville. Josh has been very encouraging that we will try our hardest to find our niche at a church here in Kerrville, and I hope he is right. I have prayed about it and boy does god answer prayers! This is going to be our first weekend home and we had talked about visiting a church on Sunday, but do not know of many. This week I went home a different way, and if I didnt go by a church with a HUGE sign that says "Contemperary Service 11am" Josh had mentioned this church to try, and I feel that me driving by this week is a little message from God that this church should be our first visit~! :) So this Sunday Josh and I are getting to make our first visit on the journey to finding our new church family. I hope and pray that this church is it! because I would love to get involved in a christian family again, I miss it. God is good!! :P Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Another thing that I am really looking forward to is church on Sunday. I am sure many can agree when moving to a new place it is always challenging to find your new home at a church. I had finally found one that both Josh and I were in love with in College Station & honestly, it was hard for me to leave it. I was really upset about it, because I did not believe we would find anything that great here in Kerrville. Josh has been very encouraging that we will try our hardest to find our niche at a church here in Kerrville, and I hope he is right. I have prayed about it and boy does god answer prayers! This is going to be our first weekend home and we had talked about visiting a church on Sunday, but do not know of many. This week I went home a different way, and if I didnt go by a church with a HUGE sign that says "Contemperary Service 11am" Josh had mentioned this church to try, and I feel that me driving by this week is a little message from God that this church should be our first visit~! :) So this Sunday Josh and I are getting to make our first visit on the journey to finding our new church family. I hope and pray that this church is it! because I would love to get involved in a christian family again, I miss it. God is good!! :P Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, May 9, 2011
"Mad About A Man"
Where to Start...I fell behind a little on my blogging the last few weeks. What am I thinking??...oh wait maybe it has a little something to do with this thing called Love!! Everyone is getting hitched and partying...and I am not missing one part!! :) Resuult: lots of driving, fun, smiling, and seeing friends! Only bad thing is Rocky has been at his Aunt Brandi's for 2 weeks now and I wont see him for another 2:( Josh and I miss him a lot!
We are 3 weddings down and 2 bachelorette/bachelor parties down! 3 more weddings(this weekend, memorial day weekend, & June)to go and then things will slow down...well kind of then our wedding planning starts in full force!! It already feels so much like Summer and I love it! Just wish I was still young and had a "Summer Break"! 2 weekends ago I got to float the river for Jessica's bachelorette party! That was a lot of fun! I really enjoy the river!!
This past weekend was my sister's bachelorette party! We had a "Mad Men" themed party! It was fun! It also included an afternoon at the pool and on the boat at Lake Travis...not too shabby! It was a long fun filled weekend that turned out to be perfect! We did a photo shoot and had a professional photagrapher, ate at Sandra Bullocks restaurant, got told we were the best Bachelorette Party they have ever seen, and even got VIP bottle service for FREE at a bar!! :) I am exhausted tonight, but happy to be home! Here are some pictures from the fabulous Mad Men Party!
This weeekend we will head to Houston for Mike & Jess's big wedding weekend! :)
We are 3 weddings down and 2 bachelorette/bachelor parties down! 3 more weddings(this weekend, memorial day weekend, & June)to go and then things will slow down...well kind of then our wedding planning starts in full force!! It already feels so much like Summer and I love it! Just wish I was still young and had a "Summer Break"! 2 weekends ago I got to float the river for Jessica's bachelorette party! That was a lot of fun! I really enjoy the river!!
This past weekend was my sister's bachelorette party! We had a "Mad Men" themed party! It was fun! It also included an afternoon at the pool and on the boat at Lake Travis...not too shabby! It was a long fun filled weekend that turned out to be perfect! We did a photo shoot and had a professional photagrapher, ate at Sandra Bullocks restaurant, got told we were the best Bachelorette Party they have ever seen, and even got VIP bottle service for FREE at a bar!! :) I am exhausted tonight, but happy to be home! Here are some pictures from the fabulous Mad Men Party!
This weeekend we will head to Houston for Mike & Jess's big wedding weekend! :)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
What a Weekend!!
What a whirlwind of a week! Tuesday the Lady Aggies win the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! I was soo happy. I sure did wear my aggie ring with more pride than ever the next day! I had a long exhausting week with very late hours! Come Friday, I was ready to head to Vernon for my sister's wedding shower! But I had NO IDEA what was in store for me on this trip home.
I was so excited because Josh was not going to chilifest and decided to come with me, and I got off at 1 on Friday! I was so excited to see my family and to go to my sisters big wedding shower Saturday Morning. I ran into a wardrobe malfunction and my sister and I made an emergency trip to Wal MArt at 10:30pm. We were literally grabbing everything and luckily found me an outfit, that wasnt too bad! I got many compliments on it! Any trip to wal mart is not quick nor cheap with me and my sister! We laugh and always find a ton of things and then wonder how the heck we spent that much! The shower was beautiful and perfect! I was so happy for my sister!
My weekend soon changed into one of the most memorable nights of my life! Josh proposed Saturday night! It was perfect! I was completely shocked, crying, and full of excitement! My family including future brother-in-law, and our 2 dogs and my horse were all there, which made it 10x more perfect! You always think of the day you get engaged and how it is going to happen, and how you will feel, BUT no matter how many times I had thought about it I never even expected it to be this perfect! Josh was soo happy also, which made me cry even more and that much more excited. To see him so excited about asking me to spend the rest of my life with him and have that much emotion will be a moment I will never forget. He is amazing. He did so good having my family around because they are such a huge part of my life and being hours away from them right after I got engaged would have been hard. It was so nice to get to celebrate with them that night! My sister, TJ, Josh, and I decided we were going to go out in the Big Ol Town of Vernon and celebrate, because y not!! If you are not familiar with Vernon there are not a whole lot of places to celebrate minus the Cotton Boll & Crazy Mikes. We went to the Cotton Boll first because it was closest to the house, as we are parking we are discussing that we do not have any cash, but oh well we will just start a tab. As we are walking up to the door a BIG SIGN says "NO DEBIT CARDS, NO CREDIT CARDS, NO TABS" Awesome. Our plan was to start a tab on our debit card....no happening. Strike 1 So we head to the next bar....no sign on the door! Yes, we are golden....or so we thought! Then a tiny sign once we are in..."No debit Cards or Credit Cards CASH OR CHECK ONLY" Check? Really? who carries a checkbook anymore? Much less takes checks? Those things can bounce like crazy! So Strike 2. Then we see a guy get layed out...Strike 3. We soon went home and hung out at the house! haha Good ol' Vernon!! Sunday we headed back home as a newly engaged couple still beaming from ear to ear, both of us!
As for wedding planning....little overwhelmed. I know, I havent been engaged but 4 days, but if you know me you know I am a plan freak! And I like to know ALL MY OPTIONS before I make a decision, ESPECIALLY with money! So I have been calling around and we have our first two appointments this weekend Friday at 3 and Saturday at 3:30! We are excited! We have soo many weddings and weekends away that this is the one weekend the wedding is nearby so we are trying to look at a few to nail down a venue and date before Memorial Day. Wish us luck! We have some pretty awesome ideas that I cant wait to see all come into play!! :)
I leave with a few photos from my incredible weekend! Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
I was so excited because Josh was not going to chilifest and decided to come with me, and I got off at 1 on Friday! I was so excited to see my family and to go to my sisters big wedding shower Saturday Morning. I ran into a wardrobe malfunction and my sister and I made an emergency trip to Wal MArt at 10:30pm. We were literally grabbing everything and luckily found me an outfit, that wasnt too bad! I got many compliments on it! Any trip to wal mart is not quick nor cheap with me and my sister! We laugh and always find a ton of things and then wonder how the heck we spent that much! The shower was beautiful and perfect! I was so happy for my sister!
My weekend soon changed into one of the most memorable nights of my life! Josh proposed Saturday night! It was perfect! I was completely shocked, crying, and full of excitement! My family including future brother-in-law, and our 2 dogs and my horse were all there, which made it 10x more perfect! You always think of the day you get engaged and how it is going to happen, and how you will feel, BUT no matter how many times I had thought about it I never even expected it to be this perfect! Josh was soo happy also, which made me cry even more and that much more excited. To see him so excited about asking me to spend the rest of my life with him and have that much emotion will be a moment I will never forget. He is amazing. He did so good having my family around because they are such a huge part of my life and being hours away from them right after I got engaged would have been hard. It was so nice to get to celebrate with them that night! My sister, TJ, Josh, and I decided we were going to go out in the Big Ol Town of Vernon and celebrate, because y not!! If you are not familiar with Vernon there are not a whole lot of places to celebrate minus the Cotton Boll & Crazy Mikes. We went to the Cotton Boll first because it was closest to the house, as we are parking we are discussing that we do not have any cash, but oh well we will just start a tab. As we are walking up to the door a BIG SIGN says "NO DEBIT CARDS, NO CREDIT CARDS, NO TABS" Awesome. Our plan was to start a tab on our debit card....no happening. Strike 1 So we head to the next bar....no sign on the door! Yes, we are golden....or so we thought! Then a tiny sign once we are in..."No debit Cards or Credit Cards CASH OR CHECK ONLY" Check? Really? who carries a checkbook anymore? Much less takes checks? Those things can bounce like crazy! So Strike 2. Then we see a guy get layed out...Strike 3. We soon went home and hung out at the house! haha Good ol' Vernon!! Sunday we headed back home as a newly engaged couple still beaming from ear to ear, both of us!
As for wedding planning....little overwhelmed. I know, I havent been engaged but 4 days, but if you know me you know I am a plan freak! And I like to know ALL MY OPTIONS before I make a decision, ESPECIALLY with money! So I have been calling around and we have our first two appointments this weekend Friday at 3 and Saturday at 3:30! We are excited! We have soo many weddings and weekends away that this is the one weekend the wedding is nearby so we are trying to look at a few to nail down a venue and date before Memorial Day. Wish us luck! We have some pretty awesome ideas that I cant wait to see all come into play!! :)
I leave with a few photos from my incredible weekend! Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
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