Family Dinner - Pre-wedding fun

Last Saturday night, we had a private family dinner for our families to meet before our marriage.  Mrs. Barbara, Vanessa and Sheila hosted the dinner along with their husbands and families.  Honestly, the love that was shown for us that night is more than we could ever ask for.  From the moment we arrived, everything was perfect and we will treasure that night for years to come.  Enjoy the photos...

The decor for the evening... perfect in every way!

The food, oh the food — amazing.  They had all our favorites... even his and my favorite desserts!

His parents, us and my parents...

Mrs. Barbara's cooking is better than any fine dining restaurant, anywhere!!

 Us with the hostesses... Vanessa, Sheila and Mrs. Barbara

Me and my brother, Brian

What a wonderful way to kick off our pre-wedding events.  We will never forget how special y'all made us feel and our tummies will crave that food for a lifetime!!

There's a package at my door...

Everyday I'm reminded why I love to blog and how much I love my bloggy friends. Since starting my blog back in 2009, I have been blessed with sweet followers and fellow bloggers who have now become wonderful friends.  When I arrived home for lunch today, I had a box waiting for me at the front door. I opened it up to find these...

Haven from over at Love & Projects sent us two of our everyday china mugs. We LOVE this pattern (Sophie Conran for Portmeirion in white) because it looks like pottery, and Terry especially likes these mugs because they will hold a lot of hot chocolate!  =)  Such a wonderful and sweet surprise!! Thanks again Haven!! And since we are moving two hours closer to y'all... I think these will get used a lot during our girl talks!!  

This Sunday is our bridal shower and I'm most excited to see all of our family and friends. Today is 27 days and counting until we say "I DO" and I'm overjoyed each morning knowing it's getting closer and closer to being here! 

Let's get it started...

This weekend starts some pre-wedding fun. Our families are meeting for the first time at a private family dinner hosted by one of the sweetest families I know. I'm excited for Saturday to get here. And even more excited that one month from today, we will be in Jamaica!!! Time is flying by!!  =)

Our "save the date."

The invitation (with the blurred out address). 

Both the save the date and invitation was designed by one of the hostesses, Sheila. Aren't they cute!

Let the pre-wedding celebrations begin! 

Engagement Pictures

Last Monday morning we had our engagement pictures captured by Candace McKay out of Philadelphia, Miss. She has taken pictures for some of my family in Philadelphia before and we were very excited to have her snap some shots of us during this special time in our life.

I can honestly say that we were extremely nervous about having them made. Did we have the right outfits on, what was my hair doing, how do we pose? However, once we met Candace she made us feel right at home. One thing I loved about her was her attention to detail. She made sure we looked good before the photos were snapped and made taking photos, fun! Since I'm usually the one behind the camera, it was nerve racking not being in control, but we put our trust in her that at least one of the pictures would turn out wonderful. Only they didn't turn out wonderful — they were absolutely amazing!!!  Every. single. one!!! The hard part, picking between the sixty fabulous images!!

These are some of our favorites... I hope you love them as much as we do!

If you want to see more of her amazing photos... "like" her Facebook page by clicking here. She also has a blog you can follow by clicking here.

So.... what do you think?

Feb/March 2012 Cover

It's 2012 and I have to remind myself daily not to write 2011.  And with the new year, comes a new 393! Take a look at our newest cover of 393 Magazine.

Magazines will be here soon, so stay tuned to our facebook page to know when to get out and grab your copy!!

Counting down the days...

After we got engaged on December 17th, we have been asked at least four or five times a day... "When are you getting married?"  Terry and I decided the date of our wedding on New Year's Day.

So now, I guess y'all are waiting for me to tell you the date and location?!?!

We are counting down the days because, we are getting married in 48 days in Jamaica!  You read that correctly... on March 12th at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Terry and I will say "I do" at beautiful secluded resort in Jamaica.  Our parents were the first to know after we made our reservations the first week of January.

Before we got engaged last month, we were already talking about what we wanted for our wedding day and this kept coming to mind... "no stress please."  While visiting family over the Christmas holidays, we informed our families that we would be going off to get married.  After being together for almost three years, we decided we didn't want a long engagement.  We are ready to start our lives together as husband and wife and in less than two months, we will do that.

To say we are excited about our destination wedding would be an understatement.  Every single detail for our wedding day has been planned and we can't wait to be there.  With every day that passes by we get a little closer to our day and before we know it March 12th will be here.

My parents have been very supportive in our decision and can't wait to see our photos and DVD when we return from our wedding.  And don't worry, I promise to show y'all a few pictures from our day, too!

Until then... let the countdown continue!  =)

Fun times in the city

We have been having fun in Birmingham this weekend. Along with the fun, we have been eating amazing food and getting a lot accomplished before our wedding.

Friday night after arriving we went to one of our favorite Friday night places to eat... Jim N Nicks.  We always find something wonderful to eat and I've always wanted to try "everything but the kitchen sink nachos" and we finally did.  One word... delicious!!!

Saturday morning it was coming a nice little storm, but we had to get out and get some things done.  After looking at houses we headed to The Cheesecake Factory at the summit. 

We enjoyed our favorite Louisiana Chicken Pasta and decided to share a slice of cheesecake heaven... their newest cheesecake, Hershey's Chocolate Bar Cheesecake.

After getting the energy that we needed from the cheesecake, it was time to pick our Terry's wedding band. About an hour later, we walked out with our purchase in hand.  We had a little more shopping to do, but we ended the evening with dinner at Panera Bread and watched Bridesmaids. And honestly, we thought it was going to be funnier, but it was a cute movie.

We have a few more things to get accomplished today before the storm comes, but we are enjoying our last weekend in Bham before the wedding.