Let's talk wedding shall we?

Ok ladies...
It is crunch time!
Our wedding is in 5 months, I can't believe it, and I feel like I have lots to do!!

To some people 5 months seems like an eternity, to me, not so much.  My months fly by unfortunately, so June will be here before I even blink!

Thank goodness there is the BEST new Bridal Show coming up next weekend that I can not wait to go to!
If you are local or anywhere close to Lexington, this is going to be the HIT Bridal Show!

They're having valet parking, red carpet entry, SWAG bridal bag, signature cocktail, & more! 

You name it, it will be there! 

And I can not wait!! 

Click HERE for more details! 

So a few things I am working on ... 

Next week I am meeting with our wedding planners, Ginny & Lauren, to go over what I really need to be doing lol, but in the mean time, I am doing some fun things that need to be wrapped up! 

I've ordered some beverage napkins for the bars! 

That was a step in the right direction don't you think? 

Totally me, order the cute, fun stuff first and then deal with the restroom trailers last haha! 

How cute are those?

So my color is not hot pink, and those obviously aren't our initials lol, but these are what I ordered only with ivory napkins and gold font! Can't wait to see them! Then I added our wedding date under the monogram :) 

I've been having issues with how the reception tables will look ...

We are doing food stations, which I am so super excited about! 

No long buffet line to wait in, but not a super formal and fancy sit down place seated dinner (that's not us!) ... so the food stations were a perfect idea! 

HOWEVER, people will use a new plate every time they go to a different station so the plates will be on the stations, and not all pretty and set up on the tables. 

With that said, I wanted pretty tables!!  

So we have compromised and found a way I think will look cute!

We are going to do silverware, wine glasses and then a nice cloth napkin at each setting and then I am going to do a nice menu card to stick out of the napkins! 

Do you think that is cute?

Then of course there will be flowers down the entire center of the tables in those trough type deals ... with candles everywhere <3 

Think this ... 

Plus a little of this ... 

Plus these flowers!!! 

And there you have it! That is my vision :) 

And adding some moss .. I love moss!

What about those flowers? Holy moly I am in love! They may be a bit much but even toned down a little would be beautiful I am sure! I wonder what that long green stuff is? Looovvve it! 

I don't meet with my talented friends at House by JSD for our flower planning until closer to Spring, but they are amazing and we like the same things ha, so it should be easy peasy!  

I am obsessing over these invitations ... 

I love the light blush tone and the gold! So classy and adorable!

The website these were on was uber expensive ... so I am thinking I might be able to recreate them and find someone local who can print them! I will be working on this task over the weekend ... :) 

Save the Dates 

We have chosen magnets for our Save the Dates just because I think people like them better. 

I have magnets on my fridge from weddings last year, so I think they are usually a hit. 

I found these on Etsy that I really liked from cardcandydotcom Etsy store ... I am emailing with them currently to text a few pictures and see which ones look best ... so hopefully will have this nailed down in the next week so I can get these puppies in the mail next week!! 

Love those! 

They are different and cute :)

This weekend I think we are going to finally go and register! 

Everyone keeps asking me and I have literally had no time to even think about this. We still aren't sure where we are going to register because we already have a lot of stuff! 

But I would like some better cooking stuff, and some nice china and stuff like that! 

Any suggestions?  

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Tomorrow I am blogging about the kid's Christmas Cookie Exchange/Party that we had ... it was super cute, can't wait to share!! 

Picture Time!!

Happy Thursday! Today I had no appointments until 11am so figured I would blog ... again... for the 3rd day in a row! :) I'm off to a good blogging start for 2013 don't you think? hehe Real quick ...  two things that made my night last night, after a semi-stressful day: Exhibit 1:

Does anyone else's fur-child ever sleep like this?

The "back legs stretched out", army crawl look ... my ABSOLUTE favorite thing Frankie does!

So stinkin cute. I want to squeeze his little back feet ha! 

Exhibit 2: 

Who knew Chris was such an artist with chalk? ha ;)

So sweet ... I walked in the kitchen last night and saw this on the pantry door!! 

(I won't tell you what I was going in there for, it may or may not have been a box of chocolate coveried cherries I am obsessed with at Christmas time! Must stop eating them!!)

Love him, so nice and sweet and I just love when he does random little things like this ... not all guys are like that, I am lucky enough to have one that is ;) 

Lastly before the real moral of this little post ... 

New Year's Pics!

I don't know how I forgot to share these two, but they are too cute not to share!

Right at midnight ... lol ... I think you can even see the confetti on the TV in the background!

WILD at midnight, but so fun and funny! :) 

My Facebook card I shared to all my friends :)

Love me some Red Stamp ... if you don't have this app on your phone you should get it ... perfect for creating e-cards that you can share as a photo by email, text, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Super cute!! 

You're welcome in advance, you will obsessed! 

Alright friends ... I am excited to share today some
Engagement Pictures!!

First and foremost, shout out to Alicia @ Aesthetiica for her talented work!
She is awesome, but that's not new news to any of you I am sure! ;) 

Ok ... here we go ... total photo dump ... 

Love this one! Chris looks so handsome and the lighting is my fave!! <3 

Total model and little sweet angel Frankie is ;)

**Sweetness**

Love the horses in the background of this one, you can barely see them but they were so pretty! 

What do you think?? :) 
I have GOT to order Save the Date's today but am having a hard time deciding which one?
Which is your favorite?

Can't believe we are getting married in 5 months! 
Ahhh!  So much to do, but surprisingly enough, I am not really stressed ... yet. Ha! 

XO, 

Wagon Wheel

Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show

If you have not heard my favorite song of all time ...
(with the exception of Carrie Underwood's rendition of "How Great Thou Art" of course) 

then you need to go listen to it real quick by clicking below ... 

Ok now that we have that out of the way ... I will point out a few facts:

1. I am from Bristol VA/TN and lived in Johnson City, TN for a while and lovvve it there

2. The lyrics in the song "but he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap, to Johnson City, Tennessee" is my favorite line, for obvious reasons.

3. I have always loved this song and play it frequently and now Ella and Ava know every single word and love it, so we blare it and sing super loud which sometimes drives Chris crazy hahaha

This weekend we went back home and took them with us for the first time ... it was an adventure let me tell you! 

They got to experience my favorite place to eat on the planet ...

Pal's!

I got some Pal's dollars from my Aunt Cathy too because everyone knows how much I love it there!

We went to the Bristol Motor Speedway

Where the Nascar Races are ... and we drove through the light show, which was supposed to be one of the best in the country and it really was awesome! 

We were surprised to see that we actually got to go down on the track and DRIVE around the track ...

You would have thought Chris died and went to heaven ha! It was pretty cool I will admit, even though there was a good chance our car was going to tip over it was SO steep on the track! 

We hung out with my Papaw .... SO fun! 

We took the kids to his house to play and it was hysterical ... 

Ava discovered the "organ" from 1929 haha and literally brought the house down and blared it  ;) 

My Papaw collects coins ... he has his whole life, like hides them in walls and safes and such ha it's insane ... but Jake saw some on his walls and said 

"Ohhh papaw collects money? He must have one THOUSAND dollars!! I want to collect money too"

haha we were cracking up! He was mesmerized by the money. 

Ella saw a real rotary phone for the first time, and thought she was in a museum.

She was trying to call our phones and kept dialing the wrong numbers ha she said it was WAY too hard to use that kind of phone, lol bless her heart. 

We went to my Aunt Cathy's 60th Birthday Party!!

Def doesn't look 60 in my opinion!!

It was a great party, so good to see her! 

Papaw was ready to eat ha

We had a great time!

Happy Birthday again Aunt Cathy! xo

Maybe the sweetest part of the trip ... 

I got to meet up with my cousin Anna and meet baby Henry!!

Obsessed with him! He is the cutest ever. So cuddly and sweet! I could have held him all night!

And he looked pretty dang handsome in his new UGG boots I got him for Christmas ;) 

Ahhh love him!! <3 

We had an awesome trip ... it was too short! 

Lastly, I went to get my Mamaw's Bible 

because I wanted to use it in our wedding for something... and when we were cleaning it out I found this piece of paper with a great little paragraph on it ... 

Isn't that good?

I want to hang it up somewhere I will see it every day! Great reminder. 

Well, it was a great trip and we had an awesome time!

Can't wait to go back sometime soon!!

Until then, we will just keep listening to Wagon Wheel hahaha 

Sorry babe ;)