Thursday, October 30, 2008

...387 days...

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

*look at this pretty dress*

...so i was creeping on facebook and looked at someone's wedding pictures and i love her dress...
*love the length of this train...
*love the cut of the dress...

*absolutly love the detail...i am pretty sure it's flowers, but not positive...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

our saturday agenda...
9:30am- Phillip Parker Photography in Germantown
10:30am- LaPavillon Site Inspection
11:15am- Botanic Gardens
12- Chickasaw Oakes
1pm- Dixon Gallery
2pm -Kim Miller Ramblin Rose Photography
...this should be a busy but extremely fun day!!

Monday, October 27, 2008

some things i can't wait for...
*getting married
*being barefoot
*pictures
*seeing drew for the first time
*drew and all his guys in cons
*wedding cake
*good music for drew
*gary doing the ceremony
*having my hair did
*starting a brand new chapter of my life
*walking with my daddy
*having my sisters sing to me
*wearing my wedding dress
*honeymoon (hopefully cruise)
*getting my new last name
*sparklers
*honoring those who will be watching from heaven
*pretty flowers
...there are sooo many more things that i can't wait for, this is just the tip of the iceberg!!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

so we met with a wedding photographer on thursday...starla steward. i found her via facebook through one of my friends i graduated with...she's young and i really like her.
we met at books a million here in jackson and one of our wedding planners drove up here to meet and i really really liked her, we clicked, and if you know me, it takes a special person for me to click with...anyways, the wedding planner likes her, but isn't too sure about her experience-or lack there of-and her prices.
so i am kinda hoping that they can negotiate a deal for a lesser price so that we can have her taking our pictures...but, be proud, i am keeping my options open.

more to come later, on saturday we are taking several tours of possible reception sights, that should be fun!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

the story...

*this is what i finally posted on facebook*

so, today we spent another day wedding planning and i realized that i still have yet to post "the story" for all to read. so if you have yet to hear the story, read on...

This whole story really began last semester when Drew brings up this " i have a surprise for your" idea and wouldn't tell me a thing. For those of you who know me, i don't just let stuff like that go, i wanted to know what it was. So i whined until he finally gave me this clue, "in the summer we will goto union station to see the led balloon" and that was it. Nothing more.--This was in late April.
Well, the semester went on, finals came and went and the summer began. I was going to be working at Lakeshore again as P.U.F. and once camp started I really didn't think much about the surprise other than wanting to know when it was going to happen--with no idea about the "big question" possiblities. So the summer came and was going and finally during check-out one Saturday Drew surprised me while we were still working check out. Once we were done with our parking lot responsiblities i walked with drew down to his truck where he had a dozen roses-beautiful- waiting in his truck. When he handed me the roses there was an envelop in the stems of the roses. I opened the envelop to find 2 very amazing tickets to see Alison Krauss and Robert Plant in Nasvhille that night-like I am talking AMAZING tickets-6th row, floor, about 4 seats from center...GREAT tickets.


*view from our seats...

So we went out to lunch with everyone else-thanks Kathy and Dave for lunch, and then packed up my stuff and headed to Nashville. We got to where we were staying and got ready for the concert-I still have NO idea...we get downtown and start looking for somethign to eat and we end up at Melting Pot-one of our favorite places...but that wasn't planned-promise! After dinner we head to the concert, it was amazing and apparently i was really close to touching the ring box when i was getting my phone out of his cargo pocket-the one on the side of the shorts...but he got it for me.

after the concert...
Anyays, we leave and go back and i pass out on my bed. The next morning we have to get up so i can get back for staff meeting and the prepartions for the next week at camp. Like usual i slept almost the whole way back to camp and as we were rounding the final curves to camp drew is like "i want to goto the creek, i haven't been there in forever, go with me" and i didn't want to go, i needed to do laundry, take a shower, and just get ready...so i said no and drew dropped it. so he drove me by my cabin to get my laundry and we took it to the laundry room and he asked me to goto the creek again...i fianally gave in, so we drove out there and parked and walked back there. for those of you who aren't familiar with camp..."the creek" is literally a creek where the campers go creekstopming and there is a great little clearing which is great for worships, or star watching, or cloud watching...you get the picture. well at the creek there is a spot where all the kids get "dunkatized" in the deep in and thanks to James Powers and his troop there is now a great bridge jsut past this "deep end" and we were standing on this and talking.
the story continues after this explanation--about the only discussion Drew and i had about "the ring" is that he was going to get me a "polished rock on a string" so as we were standing on the bridge we were talking about the creek, and the trees, the anilmals making noise, the little fish, and the rocks. the drew looks at me and was like, what would you say if i had another surprise? and my only response was "what have you done samuel..." the next part is fuzzy, and we both don't really remember much of what was said other than "...will you marry me..." and "...yes..."








to answer some questions...
-yes he got down on one knee
-yes i did cry
-no there aren't pictures of the actual question
-yes he picked it out on his own
-no i didn't know it was commin...


we are planning our wedding for November 21, 2009...
really cool idea for an isle runner

wedding planner

so it's official, we have a wedding planner!!
mom went and put the deposit down and signed the contract this morning. so with that the ladies are going to start getting together some venues for us to look at and start helping with budget stuff and everything else inbetween!
below is their logo and website...i couldn't figure out how to link it so...

i am starting to get more excited as well as nervous and terrified. if you'll keep all of us in your prayers that would be fabulous!




www.sb-events.com

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

just browsing...



*i like this one...only if the overlay went all the way down...

i don't even know where to begin...

so it's happening, we're getting married. the planning begins but i have no idea where to start. luckily i have convinced my mother to go the wedding planner route and i believe we have found the perfect one! we had a meeting with 2 last friday and one stood out over the other and i think/hope my mom agrees. the one i like are young, hip, but yet are really ready to give drew and i what we want-not what they want...so i'm excited to get working with them. we also went and looked at 2 different venues in memphis, Hillwood at Davies Plantation and Minglewood-which used to be the old Strings and Things building and warehouse. both really cool but completly different so i have noooo idea.

i have gotten all the wedding magazines, and have looked at the websites and what-not...i just don't even know where to begin.

so for all those married women out there that have some advice, please give it!!

Monday, October 13, 2008

maybe i am a girl...

so as much as i didn't want to do this...i have to have a place to vent-for my sanity for the next 13 months-holy crap, 13 months doesn't sound like a whole bunch now that i think about it...

anyways, not that anyone else is going to be reading this, i plan on using this as a place to keep myself organized with wedding plans and what-not...and i'm not going to lie, i got the idea from my grandmother-christie, who had an amazing blog, that i so stalked her on and looked at quite often.....

so love me or hate me for it, i don't really care.

so here it goes...wedding planning for the next 13 months!!! YAY!