wedding practice (Fri.3/19)

the day was busy with lots of preparations and setting up the reception-room

this part was especially fun...

praticing with everyone

and then eating together at carrabba's! :)

sweet showering.. (Thurs.3/18)

the girls outdid themselves throwing me a lingerie shower...

it was amazing...

the space,

the food,

the games,

the gifts,

the FRIENDS.

wow.

overwhelmingly good.

hope i'm half as good of a friend as these three have been to me!!

SmartyPig Widget

...added to the sidebar...

currently at 32%

pretty exciting!

(and very cool to watch that thing grow!! :)

made a new post on the j&k wedding website too:

Reception Location: Plan B

showered (#2)... (sat.2.27)

a little after-the-shower-silliness :)

Great times with great girls.

I really don't understand why it gets to be this good,

but I'm so very thankful! ♥

shower #1... (sat.2.20)

good times at our first shower with the conway-fam...

J. faired well for being the only man there... :)

counseling 101... (Thurs.2.18)

our first marriage-session with Karen...

pretty great.

thankful for those two!!

especially their commitment to our growth & health. ♥

the invitations are here!! (wed.1.27)

and they're so great I can hardly stand it!!

love him, huh?

:)

we worked hard this night getting the envelopes embossed and stuffed so the invitations would be ready to mail by the weekend!!

girls' night #8 (tues.1.26)

helping address envelopes for the invitations!!!

with this many hands it didn't take long

and we still had time for coffee and dessert :)

more than wedding planning..

"ensuring hot monogamy" (yes, please!)

(from saving your marriage before it starts

that i mentioned a while back...)

i'm really thankful that along with all the wedding-planning,

we get to enjoy some good marriage-prep!!

we took our marriage assessment sunday before church

...repetitive of course

...scantron style

but obviously a very good place to start some good conversation!

looking forward to those conversations

and to dealing with as many issues as possible this side of the line... ♥

helpfullest groom i ever did see!! (sun.1.10)

thinking about the wedding on our free time.... :)

(looking at suits for a minute on the way back to conway for grandma cook's birthday party)♥

marriage-prep...(Mon.11.23)

chapter 1: honest, sobering, encouraging

reminds me of the verse that says

'an honest answer is like a kiss on the lips'

(proverb 24:26)

save-the-dates: coming soon..(Sun.11.15)

the actual picture that goes here is currently undisclosed :)

i will post it at a later time..

(we had fun working on our save-the-dates today!!)

♥

Goff-Steadman wedding.. (Sat.11.14)

at Palmetto Shores Church.

Beautiful.

Meaningful.

and lots of fun!

(if people can say such things after our wedding, I'll be so pleased!!)

..a few more... (because one is not enough:)

we love Ricardo! ...and Sophia!! ..♥

the Presley girls...

and the Goff girls ('sisters' and mother of the bride:)

beauties. love them.

I have really enjoyed going to weddings since we've been engaged!

I'm so much more attentive to the little details I never used to notice and I love that.

mailing list.. (Thurs.10.29)

working on figuring out mail-merge on the mac...

exciting stuff to fill my thursday evening.. ♥

love birds.. (Thurs.10.15)

thought these were cute..

(spending time in The Party Maker waiting for balloons for the educator event.. :)

sittin in a tree... (Mon.10.12)

jeremy drew this for me a while back.. i love it.

even more i love that meggan took pictures of us in the big tree at huntington!!

these are sweet days. glad for this space to keep track and share the love/enjoyment of it all.. ♥

engagement party fun.. (Sun.10.11)

practicing cutting the amazing cake meggan made.. while eating the yummy cookies candice made.. :) ....basically everyone contributed and it was the best party ever (and my 30th birthday!!) ♥

more pics on fb..

kayla's SEVEN!! (Tues.10.6)

yay for Logan's and Sister's birthday!!! ♥

stopped by sam's on the way home... just making a note about these beautiful lilies! (wonder if they'll still be in season in march??) ♥

textiles & dress shopping..(Mon.10.28)

finally got to visit hancock's in florence... on the way to david's bridal!!

.....NOT the place I thought I'd find my dress... but I did!! :)

(can't wait to post those pictures!!! :)

Kayla's reactions... (Mon.9.21)

When I first showed Kayla my ring, her response was, "You got married!?"

..I assured her she hadn't missed anything, but that the ring meant we were going to be married.. :)

Then I came home to this sweet note...

:)