In August, we celebrated Leigh Anne & TJ's big day with a bang! We started out the weekend with floral arranging that Thursday. That's right, we were the florist! Leigh Anne and Gene had ordered tons of flowers from various websites online and they had them shipped to the Bud warehouse. They had the perfect set up with a huge cooler and even an insulated cooling truck to transport everything out to the wedding site. It was a ball putting the bouquets, centerpieces and aisle marker arrangements all together. They turned out spectacular.
Flowers turned out great! Not bad for amateurs!
The colors were just breathtaking and we all had fun. The next day all the bridesmaids and a few out of town grandmothers and aunts met up for the bridesmaid luncheon. It was a fun and touching luncheon where LA spoke so sweetly about each of us and what we meant to her and presented us each with meaningful gifts about what we meant to her. It was so much fun. We then had the rehearsal that evening and we were all surprised at the heat! None of us were dry after standing in the 90+ humid southern heat for an hour. Brooks showed his true colors and forewarned us by his behavior that he was definitely not ready for the responsibility of "ring security"! He was running around distracting everyone and even was blowing unmentionable noises with his mouth on the front row seats in the garden. I made the executive decision that we would not have him repeat the performance the next day so he was regretfully cut from the ceremony... We cooled off at the rehearsal dinner in Southaven, MS where we all had a turn toasting (and sometimes roasting) the couple to be. The next day was the big wedding day!! All the ladies arrived at the hotel and had a team of spectacular hair and makeup gurus. They had come from Dallas and Missouri. They were friends of the Bride's uncle Gene as well as TJ (the makeup girl). We all looked like movie stars as we had a chauffeur drive us to the wedding and reception location.
Here are a few of my favorite pics. What a beautiful wedding!!
Brooks and his Jo Jo
Elvis shades for the guests to enjoy the outdoor ceremony
My handsome husband with the groom
My sweet Camden with the bride
awesome cotton boutonnieres made by the mother of the bride! Texas cotton with fishing lures to represent the grooms love of fishing!!
The bride with her bridesmaid praying for the bride before walking down the aisle
Pretty Leigh Leigh right before the I Do's!
Ring Security at your service!
We enjoyed a beautiful union and Camden was just adorable as the ring "security". Mom and Dad had kept all the boys that weekend to help us with all the functions we had to attend. So on the way to the ceremony on Sat. Camden (fully dressed in his wedding attire) announced "I'm not feeling so good" (my dad is known for his swerving all over the place while driving) and proceeded to puke all over himself...Luckily we had a backup outfit and he looked fine, but it was a stressful few moments trying to get him cleaned up. He felt totally fine after that and walked down the aisle carrying his wooden "Here Comes the Bride" sign. He looked adorable. He said later "I was just a little nervous when I first walked out, but then once I got down to the front I was fine!" (so cute!)
Now what?
Almost our whole little family (Brooks was busy outside the ceremony site)
The thank you note that matched the invites that I designed
The program fans we designed
Each table had a small southern sayings sign to add to the southern feel of the reception (a real "Southern Style Hitchin')
The inside of the barn was breathtaking!
The Barn
The cakes
Leigh Anne is a pharmacist so we had a "Write a Rx for a happy marriage board" So cute!
The newlyweds
Brooks loved dancing at the reception!
The boys and their JoJo at the reception
Me and my loves at the reception
The dance floor stayed packed all night!
In other news, Camden is officially a schoolager!! It was a huge step this summer he was apart of the "big kids" at daycare and got to go on 2 field trips a week! I had to really pray and take a leap of faith letting my little boy go on so many trips with his friends without me. Up until then I had always been on every field trip with him. I have a fear of something happening to him when I'm not there, so I just had to pray for a hedge of protection around him and to let go. He did great and had a ball. He couldn't wait to start Kindergarten this fall. We went to open house the week school started and were shocked to see his teacher was a friend of mine from high school! It was truly an answer to prayer. I know God had a hand in selecting her. She named me room mom so I have been helping with projects for her and the class. It has been quite fun. Camden is doing so well in school, he has practically reading now. They have all these apps they work on in class and at home and Trey and I just watch him and are amazed at how much he has learned already!
Camden also was invited by one of his preschool friends Ethan to join them every Wednesday night at Awana's Sparks at their church. They meet every Wednesday kind of like boy scouts except they learn Bible verses and earn patches and prizes and learn lessons from God's word. It is a great thing for him and he is learning a lot about God and the Bible.
Ethan and Cam go to the same school, but Ethan is in a different class. This was from a field trip a few weeks ago.
This is Brea (ethan's mom) and Camden, Ethan and another friend Landon at Sparks "nerd night"
We did our annual pumpkin picking with the boys several weeks ago and they had a ball picking out their favorite pumpkins. Brooks was hilarious. He could have taken every pumpkin if I had let him!!
For a Halloween party we were invited to last week, Trey had the idea for us to dress up as a circus family. I was the bearded lady, Camden was the ring leader, Brooks was a little muscle man and of course Trey was a carnie! haha! we made the costumes (with a little help from some store bought items but the carnie prizes stick, barbell, camden's hat and brooks' shirt were all constructed by me & Trey. It was so funny!! Of course the boys have another costume for actual Halloween because their cousin Walker is going to be a Ninja Turtle so I had to get them both one as well. Brooks wore his "Engine Turtle costume" all weekend. He is too cute in it.
