Second Visit to All-O-K'sions

Yesterday Mom and I met with Jenene at All-O-K'sions to begin finalizing flowers and decorations.  My bouquet will consist of flowers of various shades of pink, with a hydrangea as the base.  The bridesmaid and junior bridesmaid bouquets will look the same, except they will be smaller.  The stems will have a wrap around them. 

My mom does not like corsages, so she will have a tiny nosegay bouquet.  David's grandmother, my registry attendant Tina, and family friend Thelma will have corsages with pink roses and ivory ribbon.  Alyssa, my registry attendant and program distributor, will have a wrist corsage with three miniature pink roses.  I will have four servers, and they will have corsages with two miniature pink roses and ivory ribbon.

The boutonnieres will also be made of roses.  David, his father, my dad, and family friend Marvin will wear ivory roses.  The groomsmen, ushers, program attendant, and ring bearer will have pink roses.

Registry

We have been registered at Southern Traditions for the last several weeks.  However, we were excited to see our names posted on the registry in last Friday's newspaper!

Wedding Update

Here are a couple of wedding updates I decided to combine into one post:

Last weekend, Mom picked her dress out at Millie's in Tullahoma.  It's light pink, with a patch of pearls and sparkle on one side around the waist.  She is accessorizing with silver sandals and a necklace, bracelet, and earrings of pearls and sparkles. 

Dad got fitted for his tux.  He will be wearing the same kind of tux as David and the groomsmen, but his vest will be black and silver.  He will also be wearing a silver bowtie.

The invitations have and are continuing to be sent out.  We are getting good responses!

Wedding Shower #1

Our first wedding shower was given to us by my colleagues at West Elementary:

The faculty and staff were generous enough to contribute to a money tree in our honor:



Friends Michele Whitlock and Tammy Blair gave me this cute market basket, complete with placemats, serving trays, and bowls:



I also received a very nice Lazy Susan from West Elementary friend Rhonda Martin:

Another friend from West, Janice Marcum, gave me this very pretty piece with our last name crocheted in it:

I am really looking forward to putting all these nice gifts to use!  Thank you, West friends, for your generosity!





Engagement Pictures

David and I recently met with Tessa Curtis to have our engagement pictures made. We chose the Greenway because that was where we went on our first date. We also had pictures taken downtown. Tessa was wonderful to work with! She had walked the Greenway prior to the photo session, looking for potential backgrounds. We will be getting a CD with all the photos on it.