Wednesday Evening

We are cleaning and preparing for B's parents who are visiting us in D.C. this weekend! We have plans to check out a few restaurants, take a visit to Leesburg and some wineries, a jazz club and some other adventures. I hope ya'll are doing something fun this fourth of July weekend, the fun to be had :)

Wedding Inspiration Boards

Sarah True wrote about my theme being, "romantic garden wedding with vintage lace"

I happen to be looking at True and Wesson's blog yesterday-both Sarah True and Lucinda Wesson are huge creative influences to my wedding...and I saw that Sarah had posted an inspiration board about my wedding. I love what she created up top..

this is what Sarah wrote about the board:
"This board was created for one of my September couples, getting married at the Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club in Branford, CT. A gorgeous venue on the CT shoreline with spectacular water views. Kate described her vision for the wedding as garden romantic, elegant, vintage with layers of texture and lace, and unique to the two of them. Working with Miss Wesson (Chocolate Creative Design) to tie together the elements of the design and personalization of the details through the paper, this is truly going to be a special event!"

Count Your Blessings

~~Believe in miracles~~

(picture taken in Cabo-looking out from B's grandparents' house)

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this amazing picture Nan took of my mans and me in Cabo...it captures the oneness of us at that moment
B with his mom and aunt
Nan with her grandson, how freaking cute, right?!!

I am so grateful for the small things and am especially counting my blessings today. I got the news last night through an e-mail sent on by my future mother-in-law that Nan (B's wonderful aunt) is doing very well with her lung cancer, the tumors have decreased in size and the lung cancer activity is decreasing and her spine is having growth in her bone(she had to get part of it removed). The last line in Nan's e-mail sent a shiver down my back as I read, "My whole family has been my major inspiration for wanting and fighting to live." Nan is truly a remarkable person with an enormous heart of gold whose presence brightens your day and whose words of wisdom make you grow whenever you are around her. She was a huge presence in B's life and has made a large marking in mine as well, I felt an instant connection the moment I met her.

we all love you so much Nan....

I have to tact something onto the end of this post... but need to write it far beneath the real news of the day. Life throws little blessings your way all the time and this morning after fearing I lost not only my wallet and B's (long story) I found it at work..laying under my desk, without anyone taking it in the night. Thank you God for looking out for me (even in my moment of carelessness)!!

A CT Weekend Recap

I love this picture-it makes me think of how I wear my emotions on my sleeve but also how surrounded in love and happiness I feel in this time of my life

I had the best weekend, it once again reminded me how lucky I am, how loved, how much I care about my family and friends and how much loving effort has been put into my wedding with my mans..so incredible!!

The weekend was quite busy and started off with us getting home late on Thursday night. On Friday I had a church appointment at 8:15, a wedding band apt, a decor/day of the wedding planner apt, and a dress fitting, phew-crazy but fun!~

wedding band fun!~**

At Peter Indorf's picking out out wedding bands-I took him my vision for creating a custom made band and had to leave for my dress fitting but by the time I returned Brad had put down a down payment on the ring for me-he apparently loved Peter, thought he was very talented, saw all of his tools in the back/including his wonderful renderings...so exciting to be moving forward with that

Brad's two favorites

One of my all time favorite places to have dinner in Guilford-so yummy and what a fun experience

clams anyone?!

a great shot of the group-love you guys~

such a sweet gift from Carey's mother-a picnic set to go with two bottles of wine included in the cooler part, so kind! I've been wanting something like this :)

the warriors competing in a new game Chad brought home

Carey, mom and me on route to the shower

my momma being silly and attempting to suck in

a great shot of us-i love you mom!

marking the spot-we were told another balloon blew away a few minutes prior

Nancy is practically family to me, she has been a loving influence in my life and treated me as one of my own since I was a little girl. Her daughter, Jess, babysat me since I was a little tot-I learned so much from Jess and Nancy...Jess couldn't be there for the shower (she lives in Atlanta) but she sent up a gift anyway-two canisters for my future kitchen--what thoughtfulness..i miss you jess!! xo
Carey, Granny, my mom and me!

it was such a gorgeous day-I was trying to take it all in

a fuzzy but cute attempt

B dropped his mom off at the shower and I got to give him a little squeeze...ilu

mom your eyes are closed...cute shot anyway

Summer, always looking pretty!

with two of my bridesmaids :)

Nancy, the host, whose been an incredible friend to our family for so many years...she is so loving, generous, such a kind spirit-I adore her :)

striking the pose with Er

and these amazing creations-soooooooo CUtEEEeeeeee
look at these fabulouse cake cookies Nancy made, they were as good as they look!

Erica gave me this cute Greece calendar in preparation of our 2nd honeymoon-since B is still finishing up school we might do a small trip to Nantucket and then go to Greece..

This darling nightie from my future mother-in-law, super fun

I was trying to take off the ribbons without breaking them-I wasn't forewarned that if you break ribbons it signifies how many children you will have?!!

my wonderful ribbon bouqet maker

I was told I look like a Southern belle, ha

my gorgeous bouquet!

Summer and her mom-what a lovely snap

hanging out

Bonnie came all the way from Brooklyn just to come to the shower and then once it was over she hopped back on the road again...what a lucky girl I am to have her in my life-thank you for all of the efforts of love you give to me

precious little goody bags

CT Bound

love this vintage map of my home state

think this is a very cool photo...I hope my dress looks good! eeks

love the water

After work today, I am headed home to CT with my man for several fun things, including my first dress fitting, several appointments, a bridal shower (can't wait to see my friends/some of my bridesmaids and fam), my brother and his girl will be around-hoorrayyy to good times!

I'll post some fun pictures soon from home and also about my historic hometown and my fav spots there :)

Enjoy your weekend!