Wedding Pics!

Most of you already know this from my facebook page, but, just in case you don't, we got our wedding pics! Our friends, Mark and Cathy Lyons, did a FABULOUS job and we are so happy with our pictures! Here are a few of our favorites!

Well, you can't say I didn't try!!!!

So, here is my first real attempt at making dinner for me and the new hubby. As you can see, things didn't really go as planned. I thought I was doing this chicken in the crockpot thing the right way! I cleaned it off, seasoned it, sprayed the crockpot with no stick spray, put some bbq sauce in, put my chicken in, and then coated it with more bbq sauce! I put it on low, went to work, and then came home to that!!!!!! What happened??!! Oh well.....thank goodness for the Sonic right down the street! Hopefully this is not a sign of things to come! By the way, Adam said he would eat it anyway if it would make me feel better. I don't believe him. :-)

We're married!

So, we took the plunge and we are now married! I LOVED my wedding! I will update with the wedding talk and honeymoon (that's a story in itself) soon! We get our computer set up at our apartment tomorrow, so I will post some when everything comes together!!!! Thanks to all who were part of such a special day for us!!!

WOW!!!!

TWO AND A HALF WEEKS!!!!!!!

It's getting close and we're tying up some loose ends!

So, here we are not too far from the wedding. I am getting more and more excited and more and more nervous all the time! I'm not at all nervous about who I am marrying, but I am nervous about everybody watching me and having to talk in front of that many people, while probably crying (but hopefully not the "ugly cry"!!! Y'all know what that is.....scrunched up face, squinty eyes, snot....sorry, had to throw that in there)!!! It just makes me, well, nervous!

Anyways, one of the issues I have had with this wedding the entire planning process is the ceremony music. Adam and I are trying to "budget", cut corners where we can. We were going to just use an IPOD for the music and have one of the video guys he works with control it during the ceremony since they have a lot of technical experience. Well, this has never really settled well with me and it has never been set in stone that they would do this. It has always kind of been up in the air. I don't find IPOD's that easy to use when you have to be so precise with it, such as fading in and out songs, finding the right song right away, starting and stopping on point. So, after much uneasiness, we decided to go with a string trio. You can check them out at briandeyo.com. We are really excited. It is not your normal string trio in that there is a classical guitar thrown in rather than two violins or a violin and viola. So, it consists of the violin, classical guitar, and cello. I liked that this was a little different from the mainstream, but still beautiful and classic. I am feeling much more comfortable about it now!!!

Adam and I hope to have the invitations out next week. I love that I keep saying "Adam and I". Y'all know I mean "I". LOL.....he just hasn't had much time to help, although, when under the gun, he did come through with FINALLY getting the addresses he needed to get together. So, for that I am happy. I do plan on putting him to more work after Sunday when the season is over!!!

We have many showers scheduled in January. I believe it's at four now!!! We are so blessed to have so many friends and family who want to help us out during this incredible time in our lives. We feel so honored!!! God has truly shown us how caring people can be and for that we are so grateful.

Until next time.............WHO DEY!!! :-)

WOW!

Sorry I haven't updated lately, but I will do better, I promise!!! I do have a bit more news to share, so I will do that when it is not 11:30 pm and I do not have to get up at 5:30 am!!!! But, just wanted to say that the wedding is two months from today! How times flies! I am so excited to marry my best friend. He is truly an amazing man. AND, he will get to help me with wedding stuff more in one week! He had his last away game today and the last game of the season is next week, so our time together will not be so sporadic and filled with him falling asleep! I can't wait!!! :-)

More updates! Can you believe it?

So, things just seem to be moving right along now! I have a few more updates for y'all. We went to Men's Wearhouse Monday night and picked out the tuxes! We are going to do a classic, two button tux with vest and tie. No bow-tie, just tie. Adam's vest is ivory, has a bit of a paisley pattern on it (very subtle) and a striped ivory tie (again, very subtle). The groomsmen are going to be in basic black vests with "watermelon" and black striped ties. The watermelon color is like a fuschia. That's just what they call it. I love progress!

We also picked out Adam's ring and I will go pick it up tomorrow. It is tungston (I have no idea if I spelled that right) and kind of a muted steel looking color. It's got dark gray around the middle, too. I like it a lot. It looks very.....modern, plus it holds up well against scratches and what not.

The hotel for the night before the wedding (where my girls and I will stay) and the night of our wedding is booked! This is one of the perks of Adam's job. He knows people who have connections to all kinds of people. So, he asked one of the Bengals guys if they could help him on getting good rates on hotels and he came through! We are staying at the Westin downtown. The suite we booked for the night before is a very expensive room that we got discounted A TON! I mean A TON! So, that was good news. They also got us a great rate for the night of the wedding, so we are pretty excited about that. It is always great when we can save some money!!!

Finally, I believe we have finally decided where we are going on our honeymoon! We are about 95% sure we are going to Sarasota, Florida. Siesta Key, Turtle Beach, etc. are all around there so that will be nice. Also, the Reds first spring training game is on February 25th, so we will go to that. I told Adam we could go to ONE game. I'm not trying to spend my honeymoon at the ballpark as much as I love my Reds! Oh, by the way, we are driving!!! I am TERRIFIED to fly, although I've done it a number of times, but I am just not feeling it. So, the Sunday afternoon after the wedding we are heading south, probably stopping over in Atlanta and then driving in to Florida! We will get there Monday, leave Friday sometime, get to Louisville Saturday, stay in Louisville, go to the Louisville basketball game Sunday afternoon and then go home! We won't be tired, right?! We love road trips, though, so I am sure it will be awesome!

I will give more updates as they come!!!!!