Parent/Child Dance

For commemorative reasons and the fact that no less than 5 people have asked me what song I danced to with my dad at my wedding... I'm going to blog about it.

The first time someone asked, I told them it was by some oldies guy that I had never heard of - but the song was good and appropriate for both the father/daughter & mother/son dance.
{Since we combined them all into one song - inspired by my genius sister} We did this for several reasons {both her & I} - (1) our dad doesn't exactly love to dance; (2) our husbands don't exactly love to dance either. We like to keep the men in our lives happy...so one song, combo style. Danced with dad and dad-inlaw...he danced with mom and mom-in-law. Everyone's happy. Keep the drinks flowing.

As more people have asked about the song - it's taken considerable less time googling around to find it again. I now consistently remember the artist (but not the song name). But here it is as a package deal:

Paul Anka's "Times of Your Life"

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Some Random Updates...

I downloaded a bunch of pictures from our small camera - and I found some that I hadn't posted...and I knew I needed to share them.

KKPsi formal - way back at the beginning of May (or end of April?).
Bryn, my little, and myself. Looking hot - as always!

I think this was our attempt at the cha-cha slide. I'm rocking it in 4" heels.

And I needed those 4" heels so that I can be that much closer to The Mr.'s face.
He's way tall!

...skip ahead about 2 months...

Friends of ours from college, M&Z got married in July.
If you recall, I made her invites and you can see them here.

And these following pictures need a preface...
Mishelle was set on having Beyonce's song Single Ladies played at her wedding.
And our friend, Hamilton, did not disappoint us. He knew every move to that song.
It was the funniest thing that I've seen in a long time -
and the only thing more appropriate than these pictures would have been a video.

Good times! I have another couple of posts with pictures I've found - so keep watching!

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365 days later.

One year ago today he slipped that ring on my finger and promised to be love me and honor me.

{and obey me...} :)

...in front of all of our family and friends.

We are so happy and thankful for everyone's love and support over the last year.

One year down...and a life time to go.

...and everyday is a party when it's a day that I am with him!

He loves me. Chicken dance and all.

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Opinions Needed!

I am at the beginning of the process of making wedding invitations for a friend of mine who is getting married in July. The pictures above is what she sent me as her inspiration. These will probably be the fanciest invites I've made thus far (and I am super, super excited about them!) ...I wish I could get this whole invite "business" thing off the ground a little more, but I digress.

The first image is the design that her and I came up with when we met to talk about them.

THEN - I found the scroll work that I put on the second image. I think I like it better. But then again maybe my personal preference is skewed and I don't like things that the mass population likes (very possible).


Which design do you like better? #1 or #2? Any other constructive criticism?

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Mark & Jean's Reception

Here are a few shots from the reception. It was a great time!

First dance as Mr. & Mrs.

Their tables looked great! Very Christmas-y!

This cake was A-MAZ-ING. It was so good we ate it for a week after the wedding.
It came from Publix.

Myself and the Bride

I got to go home with the best man that night. ;)

...who was having a great time!

It was a great night...for everyone. Including Mark & Jean.

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Mark and Jean's Wedding

Mark and Jean are not only our best friends, but they are our next door neighbors. ...Can you say "close"? Dauge and Mark have been friends for years - and luckily Jean and I get a long very well. So of course I felt like it was important for me to document their day more so than I have for other weddings. I actually took the nice camera to the wedding!

This is my favorite shot of Mark from the entire day.
This was taken as he was starting his walk down the aisle to wait for his bride!

Here comes Jean down the aisle with her dad.
She started out misty eyed....

But her grin came out as soon as she saw Mark waiting for her!

I Do, I Do!

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Jernigan

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I am a Mrs!

So, I got very slack about posting here. Things got extremely busy between when I last posted and now. So I'll fill in the holes...

I started working 50 hour weeks mid-February, but it really didn't "hit" until the end of March when all of my work was due. Between working those kinds of hours, trying to plan the wedding, and trying to keep up with all of the things going on with the new house that's being built...I couldn't keep up!

The Mr. moved to Greenville at the end of April - which has been awesome. Having him here gave me extra time to take care of things that needed to be done around the apartment or for the wedding. An extra set of hands goes a long way! He started his new job at MAC - which is a part of the same company I work for, but not really. It's pretty confusing...but at the end of the day, we don't work in the same office or for the same people. And our benefits are different...so it's like we work for two separate companies.

So fast-forward about 6 weeks. The Mr. and I got married and it was wonderful! The weather was perfect, everyone had a fantastic time, and best of all - we're married! There were no major hiccups... The priest did forget our names, mispronounced The Mr.'s name (go figure) and then mispronounced our new last name...go figure, again. And the best story of all - his mom forgot her dress in Charleston. So she had to drive back to get it. They weren't late for the wedding...they got there about 2:45pm. Everything was great though. We laughed and had a great time. Afterwards we kept saying "I wish I had talked to so and so longer..."

We did a mini-moon to Charleston for two nights. We stayed at the Mills House Hotel in downtown on Meeting Street. It was *awesome*! We got upgraded to the executive floor because The Mr. is apparently a "gold card member" with Marriott. We had breakfast delivered to our door both mornings, they turned our bed down at night, and gave us some chocolate (which I know a lot of people do). We spent the morning walking through the Market downtown. We bought a few things for our new house that we've always had our eye on in Charleston. Afterwards we ate lunch at a place called Tropical Toast which was right down the street from the Mills House Hotel. The food was great! I ate the best Philly Cheese Steak I've ever had. Our plan was for us to go to the beach in the afternoon to just relax and enjoy the sun...but mother nature had another plan. It started raining after lunch and continued into the evening. It was sad, but we still had a great time with each other.

Our "official" honeymoon is at the end of August. We are taking a 2 week trip to Alaska. We are flying into Anchorage and then driving around the state. The Mr. has planned the whole trip and has had free reign to choose what he would like to do. He's asked me for my opinion a few times...but overall he's been our travel agent. I'm really looking forward to going out there. It's going to be an awesome trip!!

As for now...we're back to work as normal. Closing on our new house next Friday and moving out of my hole-in-the-wall apartment the same day. I am excited!

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