Longest Post Ever

So this past weekend was CRAZY!! Here's a quick (as quick as I can be :)) recap:

Friday:
Ellory and I left Flower Mound around 10:30 a.m. to head to Houston for Grant and Kelly's wedding. We got to Houston, picked up his tux then checked into our hotel. Side note: I booked our hotel through expedia.com which was a non-refundable payment. Our hotel SUCKED. It was in this back alley (after getting home and looking again at the picture online, they photoshopped the pictures ALOT), our room was dirty, the manager was extremely rude and wouldn't give me more than 1 extra towel. I've already complained and will hopefully get reimbursed.

Friday evening:
We went to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. The dinner was pretty fun. There was good food and an open bar. Here's a pic of Ellory and I at the dinner:
Saturday:
After getting up to eat breakfast, I went back to bed while Ellory went to the Butrum's house for a cook-out with the guys. I pretty much relaxed and slept which was nice.

Saturday evening:
This wedding was pretty much the most extravagant wedding I've ever been to, let alone ever been a part of. We met the groomsmen and ushers at the reception site and rode a party bus over to the church for the ceremony. The sanctuary of this church was decked out with tons of flowers:
The pictures don't really do it justice. Ellory looked amazing!!! The tuxes for the guys were very fancy...supposedly the only tux that's higher is one with a top hat! Ha. Here's some of me and my handsome man!



To add to the extravagance of this wedding, Kelly looked absolutely beautiful! Her veil was the full-length of the dress. Here's a picture, but again, this does not do her justice:

After the 45-minute ceremony we headed back onto the party bus were there was champaign and beer chilled and waiting for us. The bus took us back to the reception where Grant and Kelly rented out the entire clubhouse of this huge country club. They had about 4 rooms that people could sit to eat, tables outside on the patio, an ICE BAR, and a candy room!!! Now, the candy room was probably the most inventive thing I've seen at a wedding. Instead of giving individual party favors to each guest, they had a small room set-up with a huge table. On the table were cute little bags with cute little pink close-pins. There were about 10 - 12 different jars with little scoops and tongs for you to make your own candy bag....literally it was like a candy store! Then, we were talking to the wedding planner and she said that it was all Kelly's idea and she made ALL of the candy!! Crazy but adorable. Okay, here are pics of all that I just described!!!!

The Clubhouse

Room #1

Room #2

Room #3

Room #4

Bar made of ICE!!!!

Grant and Kelly's initials carved into the ice bar

Boot ice sculpture icing down some beers

Candy/cookie favors

Cute label they had on all the candy/cookies

Even though everything was awesome and so extravagant, Ellory and I had to leave about an hour after we got to the reception. We left around 10 and went back to the hotel. Gave Beaton the key, changed clothes and got our bags. We headed back to Flower Mound around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night and got back around 3:15 a.m. Sunday morning.

Sunday morning:
Ellory still had some things to pack/get done before he left in the morning so I tried to stay up with him and we both went to bed around 4:30. His mom came and picked him up around 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning and they left for the airport. He's in Spain now until Sunday, and that makes me sad.

Anyway, that's the tale of our whirlwind of a weekend. Here's the last pic of the weekend!

Have a blessed day!!

Update

Sorry that it's been so long since a post. Things have been kinda crazy.

Since I last posted a few exciting things have happened. I guess it was two Saturday's ago now I went to Jen Bush's baby shower. It was so cute and exciting! Jen is one of my first friends to have a baby and it's really weird. It just seems like life is happening so quickly..not just for me, but for my friends too. Jen and Stephen are going to be amazing parents! They are both such caring and nurturing people. Elizabeth is a lucky baby!! Unfortunately, they are moving in a month and this makes me very sad. Jen is one of my favorite people. Most of you probably know this, but we taught together at A.J. Moore and I couldn't have made it without her. She is so encouraging and uplifting, and no matter how down I'm feeling about myself, she always has a way to lift me up. Anyway, here are some pics from the shower!

Opening presents!!! Notice all the cute pink decorations!!!

The mother-to-be and me

Classic pic. Except we're on the wrong sides Jen!!! What were we thinking?!

My Mom and Me

So...to continue with the update. The day after the shower Ellory and I went to church with his mom like usual then she decided to take us to lunch and a movie. Well...after lunch at Lubys (don't judge...it's good) we went to see the new Indiana Jones movie. The movie was okay, but Ellory's mom decided we needed to turn our one matinée into a double-feature. She says that as long as it's against Hollywood she's all for it. :) For those of you who aren't aware, a double-feature means you pay for one movie but you see two. Well, our double-feature turned into a triple-feature. Go figure. Ellory and I have never done this and the one time we do, it's because his mom suggested it!! It was great. We also saw Maid of Honor and Iron Man. I'd say Iron Man was probably the best of the three.

Memorial day was great. Ellory and I just relaxed and enjoyed each other's company.

This coming weekend should be interesting. We're going to Houston for a wedding then Ellory is leaving for Spain on Sunday. :( I'll be posting early next week to let you know how the weekend goes.

Hope your day is blessed!!