Tuesday, August 28, 2012

My Bestfriends Wedding

So, one of my bestest friends finally got married!! Her wedding was beyond beautiful and loads of fun.... they had an open bar, HELLO!!

Vanessa & Keannon got engaged in February of 2011 and were married on April 13, 2012. Although they were engaged for over a year her entire wedding was pretty much planned in a little over 6 months... no joke... it was crazy.

Vanessa is blessed with amazing friends and she was able to have a bachelorette weekend at a girl friends lake house on Possum Kingdom lake... amazeballs!!!


I headed out to lake on Friday afternoon to help Michelle, the house hostess, get everything ready for the bride to be. Now, if you know Vanessa you know she is always late... always... at least 10 min... except when its her bachelorette weekend... then she shows up HOURS early!!! Michelle and I were seriously running around her house like a couple of lunatics trying to get everything ready before the bride showed up.... Now, if you know Michelle and I  you know that we are amazing and pulled everything together, duh.


Once we got everything together... and by everything together I mean opened the liquor, took some shots and made some drinks... Michelle offered to drive us around the lake and show us some beautiful homes and where all the fires had burned... which was pretty much everywhere, so sad. Also, we realized we didn't have eggs for the banana bread and had to go yank one from a neighbor. 

When we got back to the house from our golf cart expedition VJ started getting calls from the other party guests who were lost trying to find the house... being the nice people we are, VJ and I went to go meet them... and found some construction equipment along the way....


The evening progressed nicely.... thanks to great company and plenty of booze the remaining pictures from that first evening are not be shared publicly as several of us are mothers and proper ladies... yes, ladies. 

On Saturday Michelle used her Cliffs pass to get us all into the pool at the club house, perf. 





 It pays to have your hairstylist as your matron of honor. 



We basically had the pool to ourselves which allowed us to consume ridiculous amounts of mimosas, act like idiots and chow down on some deliciousness. Surprisingly, we all managed to stay sober enough to make it back to Michelle's to get ready for VJ's lingerie shower & dinner at the Grill at the Harbour that night. 








By Sunday everyone was exhausted... i.e. hungover and sunburnt. It was a fabulous weekend filled with good friends, good food and plenty of booze!!! Hey Michelle... can I put in a reservation for my bachelorette party!?!?!?!

Its been awhile... And, how things have changed!

I have been meaning to get back to the blog world for awhile now... and boy to we have a lot going on!! This year has been a busy one filled with many blessings, special events and many, many memories!!!

To kick the year off we were busy planning one of my very best friends weddings!!! It was an amazing experience and I am so grateful to have been given the honor of serving as Maid of Honor!! Vanessa got married on April 13, 2012 at a beautiful home in Mineral Wells, Tx.


Less than a week after her wedding Cody and I got ENGAGED!!!!!!!! We had been talking about getting engaged for awhile now but it finally happened and we couldn't be more excited!!


Then, to top it all off Cody and I got the surprise of our life.... we found out we were expecting a sweet little jelly bean in December of this year!!! HOLY MOLY!!!


And, because we didn't have enough going on, we bought a house!!!


So, just to recap everything, get engaged in April... find out we are expecting in May.... bought a house in June... and officially moved in the weekend before Kalie started third grade!! YIKES!!! Needless to say, we have been busy.

All of this excitement has made me realized how desperately I need a place to write down memories and share pictures which has brought me back to my long lost blog!! Hopefully I will find the time and the energy to share pictures of my sweet bug as she enjoys her second year of Bobcat cheerleading and her life as a third grader along with pictures of our new home (as soon as I get it all pretty and blog presentable) and of course, our new addition!!

I have so much to write about and share but even I need time to digest all the information I just spit out!!!