Wedding Wednesday: The Flowers!

Well, I just met with my florist (Lorie with Party Blooms...LOVE her!) this morning, so I am all sorts of excited about our flowers for our wedding!!!

Let me start by saying that I absolutely cannot stand roses, lilies, or orchids.  Which, are basically, like the 3 most popular wedding flowers, nobigdeal. No offense if you like those, or used them in your own wedding-they are beautiful, I just don't like them personally!

However, I LOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE (times 100,000,000) peonies. OMG. 

Here are some bridal bouquets I love...

OMG, they are so fluffy and exquisite!!! AHH!

Moving along, for my bridesmaids, I wanted pink flowers, to match their pink shoes! I borrowed some actual bridesmaid shoes from Kathryn to show my florist and we decided that it would be best to include a range of pinks in their bouquets to make 100% sure the flowers would match the shoes (without it being too matchy-matchy)...like so:

Sooooo pretty! Eeeee I'm so excited to see everything come together!!

My flower girls will be carrying cute little pomanders (pink of course!):

{only theirs will have a navy ribbon, not white}

And the boys will have cute little pink boutonnieres (except Trav and the dads...theirs will be white!)

Whew! Are you tired yet?! 

PS, I was at this meeting for over an hour....oh, and we haven't even gotten to the decor flowers yet!!

For the church, I wanted all white:

{ps, yes I know there are lilies in this one, but it was the closest I could find!}

For the reception, since Bentley's has such beautiful views, we decided to keep it simple. 

We are going to do 2 tall arrangements on the 2 center tables:

And then small centerpieces on the majority of the smaller round tables:

{yes, ok I realize these are both pictures of super long tables, not round...but just picture one centerpiece on a round table}

Then, on the larger tables that are closest to the windows, we are just going to use Bentley's candelabras and have lots of candles going down the middle of the tables:

Ok, so obviously the finished product will look a little more put together than all of this, but I was just trying to find pictures off the internet that were close to what I am envisioning.

I can't wait to see how everything looks together!!!

The Last Wedding Till Our Own!

This weekend, we got to attend the wedding of one of Travis' best friends, Mike! The next wedding we have is ours! Yikes!!

Since the wedding was up in the Raleigh area, we stayed at the Marriott downtown. 

When we checked into our room, guess what I discovered?!

Yep! Our room number was our wedding date! AH!

Anyways, my friend Brittiany (whose bf was the best man) and I were not invited to the rehearsal dinner (!!! a whole other story!), so we had to fend for ourselves Friday night...so we had a delicious meal at The Oxford!

Unfortunately, we also had a few too many glasses bottles of wine, so when we woke up the next day, we both felt terrible!

We somehow managed to pull ourselves together in time for the wedding, but I could not drink a drop of anything with alcohol at the wedding...not even champagne for the champagne toast! 

I still had fun though, and it was a beautiful wedding! 

Here are some pics!

The wedding was at Highgrove on Lake Laurel in Fuquay-Varina. It was a gorgeous venue!

Me and my girl Brittiany! Would not have made it through the weekend without her!

Personalized water bottles=my favorite!

Back of the house

This is where they had the ceremony. It was overlooking the lake and was so pretty!

My handsome groomsmen! Doesn't he clean up nicely?!

OMG. The flower girl dresses. I DIE.

Here comes the bride...thanks for blocking me with your cell phone, lady.

First kiss!

Pretty tables!

Sweetheart table

There were twinkling lights in the ceiling! So cool!

First dance...aw Mike looks so happy!

Haha...please note that this wedding was the same day as the Final Four games. And you know Travis was not happy about that! Luckily, he has an app on his iPhone (of course he does) to watch the games! So all of the boys flocked over to our table for a little bit to check the score!

Cutting the cake!

Congrats, Mike and Brandy!! It was a beautiful wedding!!! 

Confessional Friday

Happy Friday and HAPPY SPRING BREAK to all of my fellow teacher friends!! WE MADE IT!

I'm linking up with A Blonde Ambition again for Confessional Friday!

I confess...

1. I am SO happy to be on Spring Break! Okay, this is more of an obvious statement than a confession, but 10 whole days of cleaning and wedding planning?! And I get to watch Kathy Lee and Hoda every day not on the DVR?! Sign me up.

2. We are going to a wedding tomorrow and I'm a teensy bit excited to see Travis in a tux for the first time (He's in the wedding party...obvi)! Plus, he's actually going to be wearing the same tux for our wedding, so it'll be like a little dress rehearsal!

3. It was so, so, so wonderful to go out for dinner with some of my teacher friends last week, because our California girl, Molly was in town! I've been waiting for Jen and Ashley to post their pictures, so this is the only picture I have:

It was so great to see everyone...and for those of us who live in Charlotte, why don't we see each other more?!

4. I definitely just re-brewed my coffee because there were too many coffee grounds in the first cup. BLEH.

5. My knee has been hurting really bad lately! I've been diagnosed with having Patellar Malalignment...basically the bones in my leg/knee don't line up when I am running, causing popping and pain in my knee cap. 

Lucky me, I now get to sport one of these bad boys when I run:

6. I am also totally using this as an excuse to run less. For example, today...I was supposed to run 8 miles, but my "knee hurt" (not really), so I stopped at 4. I could have run further, but I really just wanted to shower and write this confessional post. HA!

7. I just got my last observation of the school year back from my principal, and she said I am doing great! I'm so glad I don't have to worry about any more observations this year...it's such a nerve-wracking process!

8. I am supposed to be leaving for Raleigh at Noon. It is now 11:49 and I have not packed a single item. Not to mention I have nothing to wear to this wedding. I may have to go to the mall real quick.

ETD: Probably like 1:30 or 2. Whoops! Guess I'd better get going!

Have a fabulous weekend!!!

Wedding Wednesday: My First Bridal Shower!

Ohhhh hey friends. Long time, no talk! Things around here have been completely CRAY. My poor house hasn't been cleaned in forever, I'm running around trying to get ready to go away this weekend, and I'm trying to write this grant to get my classroom some iPads! 

But I'm taking a break from all of that to tell you about my shower that was this past weekend!

Kathryn did an amazing job. She literally planned the shower of the century. I mean, this girl went ALL OUT! She got my favorite salad from my favorite restaurant, made yummy pork sliders, artichoke dip, and pasta salad...and THEN, we had a frozen yogurt bar from TCBY!

{amazing hostess with the pork sliders!}

{frozen yogurt bar! it was AMAZEBALLS!}

I had so much fun seeing my family and friends, especially those who I hadn't seen in a while!

Although, can we just talk about how awkward it is to open up tons of presents in front of a bunch of people?! I was sweating profusely!!! Hahah...and let's not even talk about my facial expressions in the pictures taken while I am opening presents! (Those will not be posted...for good reason.)

Anyways, here are some of the better pics...

{everyone watching me open presents=nerve-wracking}

{school friends!}

{my aunt Nancy got me a "Happy Everything" platter! LOVE it!}

{In addition to throwing the shower of the century, this crazy girl also felt like she had to buy me something?! So she bought me a tray to have Travis bring me breakfast in bed! HA!}

{my mom got me some fab china!}

{They made me put the bow bouquet on my head! And I can't believe I am posting the picture...}

{teacher friends!}

{As a party favor, Kathryn had a BEAUTY BAR. I'm telling you, the girl went all out!}

{The Beauty Bar!}

{me with the girl I owe my 1st born child to...I'm just kidding Kathryn, but seriously, IOU big time!}

I feel so lucky and am so grateful to everyone who came and "showered" me with gifts! And I am still getting more presents in the mail!! Thanks everyone, it is much appreciated!!

{the aftermath...AKA my dining room}

Well, looks like I have my spring break project carved out for me!! When I brought everything home, Travis started unpacking it and I FREAKED out!!! 

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! I HAVEN'T EVEN WRITTEN THANK YOU NOTES YET!!!" 

Hahah...well now that the thank you's have been written, I think I can unpack and organize everything! Or is it bad luck to use wedding presents before the wedding? I think I heard that somewhere....

And, coming up soon....look what I got in the mail today:

Yep...my Ohio shower is coming up soon! I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends to throw these showers for me!!!