a new orleans wedding

Some pictures from last weekend from Dorothy's wedding weekend in New Orleans minus the details.

 

Congrats to our good friend, Dorothy!

wrapping up 2011

The Christmas holidays were jammed packed for us and we've been having lots of fun the last of 2011. And with so much going on I still didn't walk away from my Christmas break with any thoughts of I wish I would've done that. Christmas always makes a home feel its coziest, so spending time at home is my favorite thing to do. The snug nights when I watched countless Christmas movies and made plenty of peppermint hot chocolate {and even got around to trying the salted caramel hot chocolate} almost makes me feel like a kid at Christmas again. There's no other time of the year when watching Toy Story and Tory Story 2 back to back in flannel pajamas makes sense for a 27-year-old!

The last weekend before Christmas, we traveled to Tupelo for our friends', Maggie and Adam's wedding. It was definitely one of the most fun weddings I've attended and I was obviously having too much of a good time talking to college friends and dancing to the band since the only pictures I was left with afterwards were these iPhone pictures of Maggie and her family on stage {which I think is cute because even her grandmother is on stage with her!} ...and then the picture Wesley had of me on his phone.

Christmas weekend we spent time with my family and then traveled to see Wesley's family ....and Carlisle came along on the four hour drive. I think she enjoyed her time at the Stocktons.

I don't know why Wesley is looking all ticked-off when that cute little head is peeping up beside him, and anyways, doesn't he know taking family photos in the car is normal?!

We had such a great Christmas this year - We are really so blessed to have two loving families to share this time with! I met even more of Wesley's extended family for the first time this year and I wish we could've spent more time with everyone. He has a hilariously blunt, yet kind great aunt named Sue Alice who I was loving!

We barely had time to get settled back home before we headed out to Nashville. I will never get sick of going to Nashville and even though it was our first time for 2011, we were there three times in 2010 and it feels like my second home. Having lots of great friends that live there helps make it feel like home.

Wesley's main agenda was the football game, while I was there to have fun with friends and just enjoy Nashville.

I really should start back taking pictures with a regular camera at some point, but for now I am consistent with grabbing my phone instead.

Hope you found yourself with friends and family this holiday season!

I had no idea how much fun this past weekend was going to be. It was Wesley's older sister's wedding and we actually started off the weekend on Thursday. {It hardly feels like it's been just about a week since then!}

Wesley was off to Starkville on Thursday afternoon for the "White Out" against LSU. After watching some of the very boring game and hearing that they got back at 1:30 a.m., I was so glad I decided not to go at the last minute. Instead, I didn't even finish watching the game and fell asleep early, but was up and ready to go at 7 a.m. Friday morning to make it for the start of the wedding festivities.

There was the bridal luncheon, rehearsal, and rehearsal dinner all on Friday. The wedding was at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning. I wasn't sure exactly how an early morning wedding was going to be, especially when the bridesmaids were expected there at 8:15 for pictures. Doesn't sound fun does it? Strangely enough, there is something fun about jumping in the car in your pj's with a large, strong coffee and no make-up and piling in the girls bathroom at the church to gossip and get ready. It was like living in the sorority house getting ready for a football game all over again - except we have husbands, and one who brought homemade chicken and cheese biscuits!

There is also something great about not having to wait out the whole day for the wedding to finally arrive. And having the rest of the day to relax and nowhere to be...

Wesley's sisters

I loved that the bridesmaids' bouquets were monogrammed. It's a shame they only last a few hours and now I don't know what to do with mine, but there's got to be something... I need to brainstorm.

 

Getting married when most of your friends have kids, results in a "children's corner" at the reception!

There were a total of four children under three years old in the wedding ceremony who walked down the aisle to "Jesus Loves the Little Children".  They are adorable, but I got a dose of how wild three-year-old boys are. It was funny watching the Dads try to contain them while the bridal party was taking pictures.

I loved all the real fruit and artichokes in the flower arrangements. The color scheme for everything really introduced the new season.

  Congrats to the new Mr. & Mrs. Green!

A weekend on the Mobile Bay

Another wedding weekend was in store for us last weekend, this time Wesley's sister was getting married! The location of our stay, the rehearsal dinner, the wedding and reception was all right on the water at a resort called Dorgan's Inn. The houses on the property were like stepping into a Pottery Barn magazine. And when the sun set the trees all around lit up so beautifully. It was such a perfect place to have a wedding.

margie's married!

This past weekend was a great friend's wedding in Florida and, even though Wesley had his own agenda to be in a wedding of a childhood-through-college friend, I was by Margie's side! It turned out to be a beautiful and special weekend!

 Thursday night Margie and all the girls in town got together for dinner at the Red Bar in Grayton Beach.

The rest of the weekend included a lingerie shower/pool party in WaterSound, beach time, shopping outlet stores, special moments at the rehearsal dinner and of course the vows on the beach!

 {She wore her mom's dress!}

 Congratulations Margie & Brandon!