the only dreadful thing

Needless to say, we are so excited about getting married in July. But there is ONE thing I am not looking forward to doing. Picking out invitations and writing the guest list(s). Well, I guess that's two things. Its going to hard to remember everyone, and I mean how do you know who WANTS to come? I asked mom if I could just extend an open invitation on Facebook. She said definitely not, lol. Then there is who to invite to what shower. As of right now I'm having two showers, and I don't want to invite everyone to both showers, because that's kinda rude. Everyone is WELCOME but I don't want people to think I expect gifts every time. Ahhh it's so complicated! So that is today's task, pick out invitations and make guest lists. If you know you are planning on attending, or want to come, please go ahead and email you address to me!

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Engagement Pictures & Wedding Bands

Just a quick update! Yesterday Mark and I bought our wedding bands! We probably should have done this sooner, seeing how my hands are so small, they have to special order my ring! It will take 8-10 weeks for them to get here, but I have faith they will be here with plenty of time to spare! For my ring we went with a diamond band to match the diamonds on the sides of my ring. It is simple, yet classy. Mark needed a very durable ring, since he is a technician. Any kind of gold is too flimsy, so he went with tungsten, with carbon fiber in the middle. It fits him really, the dark ring with his big dirty fingers! We always tease him about the oil and grease stained on his hands. But it just shows how hard he works. And to be honest, I love those hands because they fit perfectly in mine:)
Also I finally uploaded engagement pictures. I left some out because they will be going for save-the-dates, newspaper announcements, and stuff like that! So here are some of those (the other 190 pictures are on my facebook page!)

Our First Road Trip

    Friday night, Mark and I left on our first road trip! We headed down to my home town to stay with my grandmother. We had so much fun while we were down and got a ton of stuff done. The 4 hour drive down there is usually killer, but we had a great time together. That's one reason why I love him so much, no matter where we are, or what we are doing, we always have fun together. We didn't get there until about 11:30 Friday night, because we couldn't leave until Mark got off work. On Saturday my cousin Michelle (also a wonderful photographer) did our engagement pictures! They turned out so good! That night we ate at the Oyster House with all my family.

These are my ADORABLE little cousins Aleah and Mahaleigh! 

Can you tell we have fun?












It's one of my favorite places to eat! There were 10 of us, and it was really nice to catch up with everyone. I miss them all so much, and don't get to see them very often.
  On Sunday we went and picked out Mahaleigh's flower girl dress! She is going to make the sweetest little flower girl ever! Mark's little cousin Ally is also a flower girl, I think they are going to make a cute pair!
That night Mark and I got to go out for date night! We went to the Hangout, and it was so good! We waited a really long time, and the service was awful, but the food was delicious! While we waited we got to listen to a live band that was really good!

And of course we had to get Marks favorite food…

Fried Pickles!

Unfortunatley we waited so long at the Hangout that we didn't have time to do anything else after that:(

Even though Monday was leaving day, we headed down to the beach for a little fun in the sun! 

 

As for tanning goes, this is what I used…

And this is what Mark used…

Yes, that is SPF 30! AND HE STILL BURNED. POOR BOY!

We headed home that afternoon. Leaving is always bitter sweet. I'm ready to see my family here, but saying "bye" to Granny Dale is always sad. But overall, we had a really great first road trip! I can't wait for more to come!

UPDATE:)

I figured its time for an update, its been a while! I've had a lot going on latley with school, work, baseball and wedding planning! There are few days that I have absolutley nothing to do! A couple weeks ago, I started back at Roadhouse on the weekends! I've really missed my work family, and the amazing discount! haha, So I'm working at Palm Beach during the week, which is an awesome job too. I've found that I'm not to shabby at selling things, and now Dad is pursading me into going into Real Estate as a career.Hopefully when the market goes back up!
We did alot this week for the wedding. On Thursday we went the florists and picked out our flowers. I knew I wanted roses, and I knew I wanted pink and white. My initial thought was the white in my bouquet would also be roses, but I didn't like the way a bunch of roses clustered together looked. So we ended up going with roses and white daisies, which I'm really exctied about!
On Saturday my wedding dress came in! I am so in love with my dress, I just hope Mark loves it to:)
Dallas and Haley ordered there bridesmaid dresses, so I had to finally pick a style and color. I'm really happy with my choices, and all the girls like them too! Now all I have to do is pick flower girl dresses! Thank goodness!
I'm super stressed with everything goin on, its hard to do a million things at once. Luckily, I have some pretty amazing people in my life who keep me sane! And I know that all this will be worth it in the end, its just taking some time getting there.