Today is exciting for several reaons, one is because today is Stephen's birthday! YAY! Upon his request I've been asked to acknowledge it as his 25th...even though it's really his 26th. I didn't even ask for that! And of all people he's the one who put all 26 candles on my birthday cake! Now I think that women are usually more prone to holding back on those extra years, so other than realizing that Stephen can't remember how old he is anymore I don't really know why he wants to stay 25 until we're 30.
And today also marks one month until the wedding. OH Geez! Lots and lots to do!
On a side note I do want to mention that our hearts and prayers have been with Brandon and his family this week. His dad unexpectedly passed away on Monday night. Stephen was much closer to his Dad that I was of course, but I will say each time I met him, he'd cooked an exceptional meal including the largest hamburgers I've ever seen in my life!
So that the guys can be around to support Brandon, they've called off the Bachelor Party trip. With all respect friends and family come first yet, I also really hate that Stephen didn't get the weekend he was looking forward to. I really think that because he's been such a big help with the wedding that he truly deserved a weekend way with his guys. I guess the one difference for us is, a bachelor trip is really no more than him spending time with his favorite guys...and as far as I'm concerned that could happen any weekend he'd like...married or not.
So ladies, this whole point brought up a great discussion that includes "any weekend I want I can catch up with my girlfriends, hang out by the pool and sip a smoothie, if I want to" because we're not a jealous couple. And time with friends...and family is important to us. I appreciate that Stephen and I have that kind of mutual respect for each other.
I realize I haven't shared all the detials on my "sweet" shower last weekend. I'm waiting so I can post some pictures. Maybe again this afternoon.
Meanwhile...I've really got work to do...blah!
OH NO.......if you didn't realize......... tommorow is AUGUST 1!!!!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Evelyn
If you know me, you probably know that my name is pretty rare and in any instance that something is named "the evelyn" I take full credit. Well this time it IS my design!!!!
Our wedding Save the Dates, Invites and RSVPs are featured on Limoncellostyle.com. Miriam was a big help in actually producing the invites that were inspired by us! Check out "The Evelyn"
http://limoncellostyle.com/a-bigger-sip/limoncelloinvites/
I really appreciated all of the help and support she gave to Stephen and I through out the whole process! I also hope that everyone enjoyed our invites, because we really love them!
Our wedding Save the Dates, Invites and RSVPs are featured on Limoncellostyle.com. Miriam was a big help in actually producing the invites that were inspired by us! Check out "The Evelyn"
http://limoncellostyle.com/a-bigger-sip/limoncelloinvites/
I really appreciated all of the help and support she gave to Stephen and I through out the whole process! I also hope that everyone enjoyed our invites, because we really love them!
Friday, July 25, 2008
37..........
Sorry guys. I can't keep up with my counting and journaling because work and this week VBS, had keep me running!
New wedding relevations:
...all bridesmaids and attendants have dresses and shoes!
...48 ppl have sent in RSVPs!
... a new shower has been slated for Sunday August 10 hosted by the DeAngelo's!
... all of the guys have suits, ties, and shoes! ...still waiting on a couple shirts!
...i've survived the shock of actually seeing my bridal pictues!
.........TOMMOROW IS MY BIG SHOWER BACK HOME WITH FAMILY AND CHURCH FRIENDS! My one and only shower by "my people".
Let me expound on that. Stephen's family and church has been amazingly supportive. Thus they have offered three seperate showers now. The one that was at Julie's, the new one at Aunt Rita's and the big one at their church. Something feels a bit different about being excited that MY shower with MY people is actually going to happen.
This is what I go to for everyone else. I absolutely cannot belive that this is going to be time for MINE. geez. I already can't breathe! All those eyes on me. Everyone critiquing what each other brought, all the decor, all the food, some of my bridesmaids who my family and other friends have never met.....all rolled into two hours of pure excitement.
..........meanwhile, Stephen gets to play golf. I really don't think that is quite fair by any means.
Looking forward, I have decided not to go to Virginia with my horse kids. Instead I will have a jam packed weekend of DIY! (again while Stephen goes to Memphis with the boys and plays golf) Then he can finish up my DIY when I'm off in Biloxi sitting by the pool in our girls only weekend cabana!
Ok so I'm headed off, but if you're reading this and haven't RSVPed....go do it NOW!!
www.evelynandstephen.com
New wedding relevations:
...all bridesmaids and attendants have dresses and shoes!
...48 ppl have sent in RSVPs!
... a new shower has been slated for Sunday August 10 hosted by the DeAngelo's!
... all of the guys have suits, ties, and shoes! ...still waiting on a couple shirts!
...i've survived the shock of actually seeing my bridal pictues!
.........TOMMOROW IS MY BIG SHOWER BACK HOME WITH FAMILY AND CHURCH FRIENDS! My one and only shower by "my people".
Let me expound on that. Stephen's family and church has been amazingly supportive. Thus they have offered three seperate showers now. The one that was at Julie's, the new one at Aunt Rita's and the big one at their church. Something feels a bit different about being excited that MY shower with MY people is actually going to happen.
This is what I go to for everyone else. I absolutely cannot belive that this is going to be time for MINE. geez. I already can't breathe! All those eyes on me. Everyone critiquing what each other brought, all the decor, all the food, some of my bridesmaids who my family and other friends have never met.....all rolled into two hours of pure excitement.
..........meanwhile, Stephen gets to play golf. I really don't think that is quite fair by any means.
Looking forward, I have decided not to go to Virginia with my horse kids. Instead I will have a jam packed weekend of DIY! (again while Stephen goes to Memphis with the boys and plays golf) Then he can finish up my DIY when I'm off in Biloxi sitting by the pool in our girls only weekend cabana!
Ok so I'm headed off, but if you're reading this and haven't RSVPed....go do it NOW!!
www.evelynandstephen.com
Thursday, July 17, 2008
45 DAZE to go
a DAZE is exactly what I'm in. Work is quite busy, these 5 day horse show trips have knocked me out of the water. Not that I've never spent my summers like this..because I have...but that it feel like it takes me longer to recover.
We're excited to announce that 6 of our members have qualified for the Southern Regional Horse show in Lexington, VA. Sigh.....another trip. Yet I am very very excited for them, and I hope they do great at regionals.
This has put a kink in my wedding planning process lately. There are still many many things that need to be done...and yet I'm kinda frozen. My brain is in slow motion and my body is in even slower motion. Great....
Stephen and I have survived our first week of life not in a long-distance relationship. Instead he is just seven blocks from me. And yet....we've managed to only decided that laying on the floor in our new townwhouse, watching tv and eating sandwiches and chips for dinner, is merely comfortable....not to mention we still only talk during commericals. Perhaps that is a long term side effect of spending countless hours nightly on the phone. Wow....ATT stock might drop because we're seriously decreasing our minutes and usage now.
In other news the RSVPs are rolling in! Yay, some say they're coming and others say they aren't. Either way is is very exciting to check my PO or email and find these responses!!! Ok now that ppl are actually coming, I better get out of this daze and get moving!
We're excited to announce that 6 of our members have qualified for the Southern Regional Horse show in Lexington, VA. Sigh.....another trip. Yet I am very very excited for them, and I hope they do great at regionals.
This has put a kink in my wedding planning process lately. There are still many many things that need to be done...and yet I'm kinda frozen. My brain is in slow motion and my body is in even slower motion. Great....
Stephen and I have survived our first week of life not in a long-distance relationship. Instead he is just seven blocks from me. And yet....we've managed to only decided that laying on the floor in our new townwhouse, watching tv and eating sandwiches and chips for dinner, is merely comfortable....not to mention we still only talk during commericals. Perhaps that is a long term side effect of spending countless hours nightly on the phone. Wow....ATT stock might drop because we're seriously decreasing our minutes and usage now.
In other news the RSVPs are rolling in! Yay, some say they're coming and others say they aren't. Either way is is very exciting to check my PO or email and find these responses!!! Ok now that ppl are actually coming, I better get out of this daze and get moving!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
26 Candles doesn't have the same ring...
10 years ago I was 16. For some of you, that makes me sound even younger than you think, for others, you realize too that your teen years have just recently past.
Things were different at 16...
I got my first car ( an '88 Pontiac LeMans, gas was $.99 a gallon!
I didn't have a boyfriend, (although I had kissed a boy ;-)
I wore bangles everyday
I thought that 10th grade was the worst thing that ever happened to me
I couldn't decide who my true friends were
I drank a Sprite and ate a Twix or Chee-Weez everyday for lunch
I thought I wanted to be a special ed teacher
But somethings haven't changed, I still...
Spend most waking moments thinking about 4-H, and spend every birthday doing something 4-H related away from home,
Love LSU more than ever,
Hate shopping for jeans,
Think I need new clothes for summer camp and every vacation,
Love to sing out loud in my car and hang silly things from my rear view mirror
I don't think I'm going to be one of those people who dread getting older. This is going to be an exciting year for me. I'm getting married! We plan on buying our first house, I'll be in my 2nd year in Jackson County...and well I've got things to look forward to. I didn't really get to celebrate my day..so I think I'm just going to celebrate each day I get this year!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes!
What do you miss about being 16?
Things were different at 16...
I got my first car ( an '88 Pontiac LeMans, gas was $.99 a gallon!
I didn't have a boyfriend, (although I had kissed a boy ;-)
I wore bangles everyday
I thought that 10th grade was the worst thing that ever happened to me
I couldn't decide who my true friends were
I drank a Sprite and ate a Twix or Chee-Weez everyday for lunch
I thought I wanted to be a special ed teacher
But somethings haven't changed, I still...
Spend most waking moments thinking about 4-H, and spend every birthday doing something 4-H related away from home,
Love LSU more than ever,
Hate shopping for jeans,
Think I need new clothes for summer camp and every vacation,
Love to sing out loud in my car and hang silly things from my rear view mirror
I don't think I'm going to be one of those people who dread getting older. This is going to be an exciting year for me. I'm getting married! We plan on buying our first house, I'll be in my 2nd year in Jackson County...and well I've got things to look forward to. I didn't really get to celebrate my day..so I think I'm just going to celebrate each day I get this year!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes!
What do you miss about being 16?
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Because life isn't perfect...
I heard this song today, and it made me stop and think so I thought I'd share it with y'all.
It ain't pretty,but it's beautiful. Our love ain't perfect,but it's wonderful. We're still learning to be lovable. It ain't pretty,but it's beautiful. We're all learning to be lovable.It's ain't always pretty,but it's beautiful.
-Clay Walker
How sweet...
At the horse show this week. Mom and Dad came to visit. Dad got his suit and I dropped off my dress to get pressed and cleaned again.
Invitations go out today!!! Yay! Thanks to Stephen and his mom for helping with all the assembly!
I hope everyone likes them.
Go RSVP!
It ain't pretty,but it's beautiful. Our love ain't perfect,but it's wonderful. We're still learning to be lovable. It ain't pretty,but it's beautiful. We're all learning to be lovable.It's ain't always pretty,but it's beautiful.
-Clay Walker
How sweet...
At the horse show this week. Mom and Dad came to visit. Dad got his suit and I dropped off my dress to get pressed and cleaned again.
Invitations go out today!!! Yay! Thanks to Stephen and his mom for helping with all the assembly!
I hope everyone likes them.
Go RSVP!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
More Pictures....of a Klutz
So, as I mentioned, in the process of trying to take my bridal portraits I flung myself down the stairs in the rain. Due to that, and the fact that the pain is'nt going away I went to visit a doctor yesterday.
After the common hurdle of finding someone to accept my insurance I then found Dr. Westbrook. Great guy...he mentioned that he usually treats geriatric patients for these kind of injuries.
Nonetheless, it was followed by a series of x-rays, becuase he thinks that if the ribs aren't just seperated they could be cracked? Great......
I leave tommorow for the state horse show in Jackson, not exactly how my pain-filled body wants to spend the rest of the week but thus is life.
After the common hurdle of finding someone to accept my insurance I then found Dr. Westbrook. Great guy...he mentioned that he usually treats geriatric patients for these kind of injuries.
Nonetheless, it was followed by a series of x-rays, becuase he thinks that if the ribs aren't just seperated they could be cracked? Great......
I leave tommorow for the state horse show in Jackson, not exactly how my pain-filled body wants to spend the rest of the week but thus is life.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
The good, the bad....and the ugly
Well guys, as I mentioned before my beach filled 4th of july weekend was to be interrupted by my brial photo session with Melissa.
The GOOD:
Clint and Melissa. Melissa is probably the most patient person I know. I know I'm not always an easy person to deal with and she was amazing through out the whole process. Clint was also the most amazing sport. Holding my fowers, holding the light just right, and mostly helping me smile through the rain and the pain.
The BAD:
This award goes to the lovely Southern afternoon rain storms. They completely threw our sesion off key. HUMID, WET, MUD....all things to avoid when you have a salon up do and a white dress.
The UGLY:
The massive purple dinner plate size bruises on my back caused by slipping and falling down front poarch stairs prior to starting my picture session.
Another good thing....thank God I wasn't in my dress.
The day was interesting to say the least. Again, I appreciate Melissa's professional touch and her friendship. I don't think anyone else would put up with me. You probably won't see any of the pictures anytime soon....she's going to have a lot of photoshopping to do.
Other than that...if you haven't taken 6 hours to lay on the beach with some of the best friends in the world, enjoy a fresh fruit smoothie, and chill with the radio on, I highly suggest that you slow down what ever part of life that keeps you from this and do it. There is absolutely nothing like the sun and sand to help you remember the important things in life, and to help you forget about work.
If I'm not around it's because I have 250 invitations to address and a State Horse show to attend.
And so help me...if anyone mentions the elusive number that is hoovering this week I'm going to cry.
The GOOD:
Clint and Melissa. Melissa is probably the most patient person I know. I know I'm not always an easy person to deal with and she was amazing through out the whole process. Clint was also the most amazing sport. Holding my fowers, holding the light just right, and mostly helping me smile through the rain and the pain.
The BAD:
This award goes to the lovely Southern afternoon rain storms. They completely threw our sesion off key. HUMID, WET, MUD....all things to avoid when you have a salon up do and a white dress.
The UGLY:
The massive purple dinner plate size bruises on my back caused by slipping and falling down front poarch stairs prior to starting my picture session.
Another good thing....thank God I wasn't in my dress.
The day was interesting to say the least. Again, I appreciate Melissa's professional touch and her friendship. I don't think anyone else would put up with me. You probably won't see any of the pictures anytime soon....she's going to have a lot of photoshopping to do.
Other than that...if you haven't taken 6 hours to lay on the beach with some of the best friends in the world, enjoy a fresh fruit smoothie, and chill with the radio on, I highly suggest that you slow down what ever part of life that keeps you from this and do it. There is absolutely nothing like the sun and sand to help you remember the important things in life, and to help you forget about work.
If I'm not around it's because I have 250 invitations to address and a State Horse show to attend.
And so help me...if anyone mentions the elusive number that is hoovering this week I'm going to cry.
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