Honeymoon Shower!

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take ya
Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go
to Antigua!!!

This past Saturday David and I had our Honeymoon Shower. It was SO much fun! Our sweet friends threw a casual party at the Stonleigh P in Dallas. It was a great turn out! Thank you to all those who came, it meant so much to David and I. Thank you also to those who planned this party! It was a huge success!



The Hosts and Hostess
(minus TJ, Melissa and Jdub who were hosts but couldn't be there)



With Daryn and Zach



With Catherine and Alex (getting married Dec.4th)



With Caroline and Maggie



With Lindsey



With Bill



With Caroline, Maggie and Daryn



Now we're off to Vegas for our Bachelor/Bachelorette Party!! Can't wait to spend a weekend with my best friends!!

Date Night

For the past month David and I have gone to work and immediately upon getting home from work have either:

1. worked on getting the wedding invitations in the mail- since we did the invitations our selves this was a full time job...and one that took a lot of time and effort

2. driven all over the State of Texas (and through Oklahoma and Kansas) for various reasons...

3. painting two rooms in our house- which took one whole week

and 4. moving non stop...

We have not had the time to just go on a date! SO we are taking the time tonight. We will not lift a box, hang a picture, lick an envelope, or whatever else has occupied our time...instead we will enjoy a nice dinner with some wine at the Tower Club- special to us because we are getting married there in 1 month and 9 days today.

Then we will go to the Dallas Symphony for the first time! We are really excited about experiencing some Dallas culture...

And just take a deep breath. So refreshing. So needed.

Snow and Moving

So in case you didn't hear- we had 12.5 inches of snow last Thursday in Dallas! It was an all time record high...which is pretty cool to witness.

Here are some pictures David got of our house and street with his iphone. A lot of people lost power for several days- we were lucky it was only for a couple hours at our new house.









We were lucky that the snow on the roads at least cleared enough for us to drive to Salina, Kansas to meet my parents with a moving truck full of furniture...

I didn't take any pictures of this joyous occasion...but it was SO nice to see both of them. We found the only non-chain restaurant in Salina and had a Valentine's dinner. Probably the cheapest steakhouse I've ever been to but we didn't complain. The food was great- at a great price.

We got up early Sunday and drove back to Dallas- well I followed David who was in the moving truck.

We started moving immediately upon getting back from Salina on Sunday with the help of our BEST FRIEND BILL!! Thank you Bill for your help!!

We are still moving...and probably will be for the next month, but it is SO exciting to start setting up our home together!

I will post pictures as soon as I get the rooms put together...which may not be until after the wedding!!

Meeting Cade

I finally got to meet my precious nephew, Cade Michael this past weekend. Although the circumstance of why we got to meet each other were sad, it was a bright glimpse into a sad situation.

Here are some pictures from the weekend...enjoy!



David and his nephew


David and his sister, Taylor


David's Dad, Brother's girlfriend Pleasant, brother TJ w/Cade, sister Taylor, David and I :)


Going for a walk!


The Thompson Men


David and I


Uncle David is so silly

My First Bridal Shower!

This past Sunday was my first bridal shower. It was so special for me! It was a little reuinion of sorts with old friends from Rockwall, college friends driving up, dallas friends coming over.

I am slowly getting pictures from those who had their cameras going...so you may get pictures in a couple different posts..

A shot of the gift table...


They had hydrangeas everywhere! I loved it!!




The Sign in Table


Yummy cupcakes and punch!


Pretty Presents




Kate was a good helper with my presents...


And so was Lindsey :)


I was excited about our magic bullet! Thank you Sam and Scott!


Thank you to all the sweet hostess- you did a wonderful job!

Thank you to all my sweet friends/family that shared in this special day with me whether you were able to come or thinking of me from afar :)

Wedding Inspiration

Everyone has been asking- "what are your colors?" well it's hard for me to explain my color scheme...but here are some inspiration boards from snippetandink.blogspot.com

Click to enlarge any of these pictures...

I am obsessed with this one!!


I love the mix of citrus colors






We are sending out invitations this week!! So exciting!

Wedding Dreams

So I have been having lots of wedding dreams for a while....I wish I thought of blogging them earlier because they were too funny but now I can't remember anything funny from my dreams but David has started having wedding dreams and he had one last night that i thought I MUST share!

He wrote me an email at work today then at the bottom of the email he wrote:

"P.S. Remind me to shave before the wedding because in my dream last night I apparently forgot what time our wedding was and was trying to shower and (didn’t shave) and ended up being late to the wedding.

We were also having 4 separate ceremonies because we had so many people that were coming that we couldn’t fit them all into one ceremony so we had to repeat it 4 times"

Too funny. So in a nutshell, David is paranoid he will forget to shave off his beard that all our grandmothers hate (but I love) and that we are inviting too many people...haha

Got a laugh.