...the fact that in less than 24 hours I'll be reunited with dear friends to celebrate for a bachlorette weekend! Indeed, one of my b'maids is getting hitched this July, and we're headed to The Greenbrier for some relaxation, games of black jack at the casino, and much more for the bride-to-be! Her gracious MOH has a cottage at The Greenbrier and is hosting us for the weekend. I used to go to The Greenbrier when we were younger (my mom's lawfirm would host retreats there) and I remember it being sooo gorgeous!! Can't wait!
AND, happiness is the fact that I'll be driving straight from the bachlorette party to THE BEACH!! It is one of my most favorite times of the year! Our family and my mom's sisters' families all crammed into one house. Days full of reading good books, drinking cold drinks, bocce, crabbing, and just plain old fun. It's funny, right after Adam and I got engaged, this week at the beach was one of the things I was looking forward to most! Not that I imagine we'll be doing a lot of wedding planning at the beach, but just that it'll be us with our extended family, having fun! Hopefully just like we'll be doing on May 7 ;)
Before I forget! I need to post soon about our recent weekend trip to Charlottesville! My mom and I met with almost all of our vendors, and OH MY GOSH. They all blew me away. I've said it once, I'll say it 1 million more times - they are all so nice and put out the best vibes! It is making this whole "planning a wedding" thing much less stressful :)
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
New Fav Song
One last post for today!
Adam and I were in Atlanta this weekend for one of his high school friends' weddings (I am going to dedicate another post to that! It was our first wedding as an engaged couple, and we learned A LOT). While we were down there I heard this awesome song, "Love Somebody," by Schuyler Fisk who is now living and singing/songwriting in Charlottesville!!
Love local artists who sing about love :) Could be a potential song for our wedding day!
Adam and I were in Atlanta this weekend for one of his high school friends' weddings (I am going to dedicate another post to that! It was our first wedding as an engaged couple, and we learned A LOT). While we were down there I heard this awesome song, "Love Somebody," by Schuyler Fisk who is now living and singing/songwriting in Charlottesville!!
Love local artists who sing about love :) Could be a potential song for our wedding day!
The McLean Engagement Party! (part 2)
Now for a post about the timeline of events leading up to the engagement party (which, even though it was almost two weeks ago, I still can't stop thinking about! Gosh it was fun).
10:45: Mere and I arrive in McLean with Starbucks and our game-faces on, it's time to be put to work!
11:45: My two aunts from Richmond arrive with food, coolers, and more helping hands, YAY!
1:15: We take a lunch break and meet Adam and his momma (who is in town for the party) in town for a quick bite and we end up bringing them back to the house with us to help. Seriously, we needed all the help we could get!
2-5pm: we are running and scurrying around outside & inside prepping, scrubbing, chopping, etc! Oh, and did I mention it was about 100 degrees outside and full humidity? Yep, welcome to a DC summer! Luckily we had the A/C cranked up inside and lots of cold drinks to look forward to. At this point we had enlisted the help of all my cousins, brothers, 1 neighbor (she was going to be our waitress for the night), and our roommate! It was literally "all hands on deck."
6pm: party starts! By the time we had our first margarita our nerves had calmed :) I have no idea how we would have done it without everyone's help!
The party went by in a blur (albeit a happy, happy blur!), but I think Adam and I were able to speak with each and every one of the guests. The outpouring of love, support, and well wishes from our friends and family was truly unbelievable! And what I loved best was that our 20-something friends, my family, and our parents' friends got along SO WELL. Everyone dealt with the sweltering heat without one complaint. And the big hit of the night was when Auntie UVA brought out PATRON shots!! My mom, and Adam's mom took some, too! Too fun :)
I think we're going to have our Atlanta engagement party this fall, and I'm already looking forward to round two. If our McLean engagement party was any indication of what the wedding is going to be like, than I can't wait until May 7, 2011 :)
10:45: Mere and I arrive in McLean with Starbucks and our game-faces on, it's time to be put to work!
11:45: My two aunts from Richmond arrive with food, coolers, and more helping hands, YAY!
1:15: We take a lunch break and meet Adam and his momma (who is in town for the party) in town for a quick bite and we end up bringing them back to the house with us to help. Seriously, we needed all the help we could get!
2-5pm: we are running and scurrying around outside & inside prepping, scrubbing, chopping, etc! Oh, and did I mention it was about 100 degrees outside and full humidity? Yep, welcome to a DC summer! Luckily we had the A/C cranked up inside and lots of cold drinks to look forward to. At this point we had enlisted the help of all my cousins, brothers, 1 neighbor (she was going to be our waitress for the night), and our roommate! It was literally "all hands on deck."
6pm: party starts! By the time we had our first margarita our nerves had calmed :) I have no idea how we would have done it without everyone's help!
Just some of the gorgeous & thoughtful decor my mom did :)
The party went by in a blur (albeit a happy, happy blur!), but I think Adam and I were able to speak with each and every one of the guests. The outpouring of love, support, and well wishes from our friends and family was truly unbelievable! And what I loved best was that our 20-something friends, my family, and our parents' friends got along SO WELL. Everyone dealt with the sweltering heat without one complaint. And the big hit of the night was when Auntie UVA brought out PATRON shots!! My mom, and Adam's mom took some, too! Too fun :)
Sweet sorority sisters who came to celebrate!
Wasn't kidding about that Patron!
Cheers!!
I think we're going to have our Atlanta engagement party this fall, and I'm already looking forward to round two. If our McLean engagement party was any indication of what the wedding is going to be like, than I can't wait until May 7, 2011 :)
Uh-oh
I somehow changed the background to my blog! I didn't mean for that to happen...but now it kind of matches my twitter page...hum...anyone have any good suggestions at getting it back to normal? :)
Monday, June 7, 2010
The McLean Engagement Party! (part 1)
I can't wait to share all the details from this crazy, amazing, wonderful, hectic, perfect weekend! It was hot has as heck and we were all sweaty, but it (a) didn't rain, and (b) after the first margarita I don't think people really cared how hot it was!
Here are a few pictures from the weekend! I'll be back with more details soon!
Here are a few pictures from the weekend! I'll be back with more details soon!
before the guests arrived
me with some of the cousins (and bro!) in attendance
great surprise from my aunt: Patron Shots!
some of our great friends who made it for the party, thanks everyone!!
My parents put on one of the best parties I'd ever been to (and I'm not just saying that because they are my parents! It really and truly surpassed all of my expectations!)! Thank you Mom & Dad for EVERYTHING. And to everyone else who helped out, you rock! Thank you x 1,000!
All photos are Mere's
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Engagement Party Plans!
Howdy!
I survived Memorial Day weekend without any tan-lines (see previous post), so +1 for me :) And it is a good thing because this weekend my mom & dad are hosting our Engagement Party! It has been so fun planning it with them over the last few weeks, so excited that it is finally here! They have been busy beautifying the house (it looks great), ordering food & drinks, and gathering RSVP's. We're serving Margaritas & Fajitas and looking forward to celebrating with everyone! I still haven't seen all of our family and family-friends yet!
We made other big "moves" over the long weekend, including the BAND (yesssssss). Sadly we didn't get a chance to view them live (I know, serious wedding faux pas), but I completely trust the booking-agent (I worked with him when I was social chair for my sorority!), and he said the band will have us all on the dance floor all night! That's all we want.
Also, two of my dear friends got married this weekend! While we weren't at the wedding I've seen some pics and omgosh. Too precious for words. They make the cutest, happiest couple, and I wish them nothing but happiness!
AND, one of my b'maids celebrated her 1-year anniversary with her hubby!! How has 1 year gone by already?! Here's to 101 more years :)
HappyMonday Tuesday!!
I survived Memorial Day weekend without any tan-lines (see previous post), so +1 for me :) And it is a good thing because this weekend my mom & dad are hosting our Engagement Party! It has been so fun planning it with them over the last few weeks, so excited that it is finally here! They have been busy beautifying the house (it looks great), ordering food & drinks, and gathering RSVP's. We're serving Margaritas & Fajitas and looking forward to celebrating with everyone! I still haven't seen all of our family and family-friends yet!
We made other big "moves" over the long weekend, including the BAND (yesssssss). Sadly we didn't get a chance to view them live (I know, serious wedding faux pas), but I completely trust the booking-agent (I worked with him when I was social chair for my sorority!), and he said the band will have us all on the dance floor all night! That's all we want.
Also, two of my dear friends got married this weekend! While we weren't at the wedding I've seen some pics and omgosh. Too precious for words. They make the cutest, happiest couple, and I wish them nothing but happiness!
AND, one of my b'maids celebrated her 1-year anniversary with her hubby!! How has 1 year gone by already?! Here's to 101 more years :)
(don't they look like models?! I stole this from her facebook, shhh)
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