Got Grass?

We do! Enjoy!

Isn't it the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?!? We still need to pressure wash the back of the house and stain the deck...but, in the meantime, we're checking this one off the list!

Hiatus

Clearly, I’ve been on a blogging hiatus. Here is an update:

• Fourth of July: Pooled it all weekend with friends…nice and relaxing.

The Boys

• Had our walkthrough and food tasting at King Plow…had my first mini-meltdown freak out.
• Calmed down and have since made hella progress. Kel and Devon came over last Saturday and we had a party planning extravaganza. Lots was accomplished…
• Booked our honeymoon! Belize – here we come!

• Celebrated Kelly’s birthday at Front Page News! Kel had a great group of friends come out...even though it decided to POUR rain that night.

Mary, Kelly and me

The group

• Looking forward to my bachelorette party at the end of the month…Charleston, SC!

Until next time…

The Bar is Stocked!

This past weekend, my bridesmaids threw us the most fabulous Stock the Bar party! We are so thankful for everything they did, the time they took to plan everything and to have them be a part of our special day in August! We are also very thankful for all of our friends who came and were very generous with the al-al-al-al-alcohol! We love you all!

Welcome sign using one of our engagement photos...so cute!

All of our gifts - everyone was so generous!

The burger and potato bars

The dessert bar

Where people could share their drinking stories involving me and Shane...too funny!

The Bar - featuring a signature Sweet Tea cocktail

Boy picture!

The Bridesmaids! From left: Andrea, Danielle, Jenny R., me, Jennie M., Kelly and Mandy!

Love you girls!

My preggers bridesmaids and friends! From left: Laura Jane, Andrea, me, Jennie M. and Stobbe (aka Jessica)

Girl picture!

SHOTS!

Me and Shane (aka Bride and Groom)

After the shower, we headed out to a local bar...and then it was sleepy, night night time (as demonstrated by me in the photo below)!

Me and Kel

Such a great time...and let me say again - the bar is STOCKED! Take a look at our schwag:

Thanks so much again to the bridesmaids and all of our friends! And a special shout out to David and Jennie for opening up their home to everyone - thank you!

I WIN.

I am so excited! About a week and a half ago, I got an email from Jennifer at Jen Loves Kev letting me know that I was the winner of one of her giveaways…the Soc Chic ‘Silver Lining’ necklace! Eeeeeeeeeee!!!!! So exciting! (I have never won a blog giveaway and I rarely win things in real life…this was a moment for me.)


And then, I get an email from the jewelry designer at Jess LC Jewelry asking my preference on the chain and such…and I got it in the mail last night! I took some pics but they don’t do it justice, so here is the pic from the site:

I love it love it love it! I’m going to wear it everyday! Well except for today because my dress has a high neck line and that would just be too much…but definitely every day after today!

Attic Cleanup, Happy Father’s Day and Our First Wedding Gift!

As the wedding approaches (we are now two months out!) the days, the weeks, and the weekends are definitely getting shorter! And we keep doing house stuff, even though we should probably pause that and focus on wedding stuff, but here is one of our latest accomplishments:

The attic cleanup. Wow. When we had our roof replaced we had to have several sheets of plywood replaced due to rot. When they were replaced, a lot of sawdust and debris got inside the attic. So, we had to empty everything out, clean it off, clean the attic and then reload it…yay. The best part is that it is hotter and more humid than I ever remember it being here in Georgia!

We got up early on a Sunday morning, to try to avoid some of the heat, and started unloading the attic. Since the snake debacle last summer, Shane all but refuses to get in the attic – so it was left up to me. Within 10 minutes of the unloading, I’m dripping sweat. Within 30 minutes, my clothes are soaking wet. I didn’t get a before shot, but here is the empty attic:

Yeah, even more exciting than the gutter shots, I know.


Here was the setup of the unloading zone:

Here is just a portion of what we unloaded:

And then the afters:

Trust me, this is much more organized than the nonexistent before shots.

This past weekend was Father’s Day and we had my dad, Greta and my brothers over for a grill out! I hope my dad had a good time – I love you in my heart, Dad, and I’m very thankful for everything you do/have done for me!

My brother Patrick, my dad - Jimmie, Shane and my other brother, Topher.

And, if we didn’t know it before, we are definitely closing in our wedding date because we got our first wedding gift! My bestie from forever, Jenny, sent us this:

Love it! Thank you so much, Jenny! I can’t wait to make cucumber water, mimosas, bloody marys, etc., etc. in this pitcher! Have I ever made any of those in pitchers before? Never. But I just might – now that I have this!

Gutters: So Fresh, So Clean

The new, white gutters are on! They were supposed to go on last Thursday but it was too late by the time the contractor got there...so they installed them on Friday morning. Bright and early. Imagine 7 a.m. (and in mine and Shane's case, we do have to imagine that hour) and it sounding like someone was beating on the roof from all angles...oh well, they were worth it! Check 'em out!

I know, super dramatic, right? Gutters are such a non-glamourous improvement.

We also have to do a little bit of paint touch up (or I could use this as excuse #2 to paint the house...hmmmm) because a gutter was moved from the back to the side:

Again, not super dramatic, but I think that the white is OK...what do you think?? Or can you even tell a difference? :)

In the Gutter...

As you may remember, we recently had our roof replaced - and it is beautiful! Thank you Bulldog Roofing!

However, the roof doesn't look that great when you have nasty drooping gutters, as seen below:

So, today...we are having new gutters installed! We are excited to clean up the 'eyebrows' of the house so that everything looks clean and crisp...however, we are worried about one thing. The house and the trim are a cream color - will white gutters look odd?

Retraction

I must make a retraction to yesterday’s post…I mentioned that the rest of our Memorial Day weekend was crappy. Well, as a result of my once-every-three-weeks blogging practice, I did forget that we had a fantastic time at our friends’ Mike and Mandy’s house for a birthday/Memorial Day/new deck cookout! We had a great time!

Take a look at some of the pics, which are ALL blurry:

The Birthday Boy, Mike (in orange)

Brian and Shane

Danielle and Me

Shane, Mike's Neighbor, Danielle (Shane and Danielle were the Beer Pong Champs of the evening!)

Practicing kyaking skills...

 

Mandy...workin' it.

Thanks so much for having us over! And Mike - hope you had a wonderful birthday!

This post was brought to you by Danielle. Thank you for the gentle reminder.