Our song and another gift

Today I came out from work and Darla, a family friend and a co-worker of my mom's was standing in the parking lot. She brought me a gift that had not come in at the time of the luncheon. I got home and opened it and I got even more excited for the wedding.

It is a hanger that says Mrs Branson. It is for my dress. It is so cute!

 

 

She also got me stickers for the bottoms of my shoes. I see a photo op with this one :-)

 

I am so fortunate to have great friends and family who are sharing our big day with us. I can't wait to share it with everyone and I am looking forward to spending my life with Chris and having a new family too.

 

In other news... I think we've decided on our first dance. I can't share that though.. I have to leave some surprises for the wedding day :-)

 

 

 

Bridesmaid Luncheon

On Sunday my mom put together the most epic luncheon ever! I may be biased, but my mom can throw a party! She decorated the tables to go with my theme and even my cupcakes were a couple of the flavors from my cake. My mom made everything perfect. The bridesmaids got a "swag bag" with sunglasses (to wear into the reception or for cool photo ops), slippers for dancing, tervis cups with my colors, and makeup bags. They also got a rolling bag to put clothes, shoes, or other personal items in it. All of my bridesmaids and their grandmas, moms, or just themselves showed up. I also had a few other family friends that came. The whole reason we had the luncheon is because Chris's sister, Katy lives in LA and can't be here for my other showers, so we thought we would have a kick-off to the shower season.  Here are a few pictures from the shower.

The bridesmaids bags. All of them were different and we had a drawing for them.

 

The "swag bags"

The dessert table with cupcakes from Ele, where we are getting our cake.

The tables for the luncheon

Another view of the tables

Bridesmaids table for the bridesmaids and me.

The centerpieces my mom made. They are boxes with pictures of Chris and me. The sides have damask designs with sayings and different things and the front and back are pictures

She made the tops too. My mom is ridiculously talented!

Lanterns hanging from the chandelier

 

 

 





So, I thought the luncheon was purely for my bridesmaids. I was wrong. After lunch and passing out gifts and doing a couple other things, my mom tells me to sit in a chair in front of every one. She then proceeds to bring out gifts people brought me. I noticed a Victoria's Secret bag and thought, "this isn't what I think it is, is it?" I opened the Victoria's Secret bag, and it was from my grandma. How ironic. It was so awkward for me to open intimates from my grandma, let alone my grandma who is a minister! My mom also bought me some as well and a few of the other guests did as well. I got some other neat things too. Chris's mom bought us monogrammed beach towels and a monogrammed beach bag. I also got an outfit to wear on the honeymoon from my aunt. I got a manicure and pedicure from my aunt and other grandma, and some other things for the honeymoon. One gift in particular made me smile. It was from Chris's mom, nana, and sister. It was a picture of Chris when he was a baby. Of course I had to share it. He was so stinking cute. I can't wait to have stinking cute kids!

 

The luncheon/shower was a huge success and I am so grateful for all my bridesmaids and friends and family who love me and support me. I am excited for my other showers this summer!

 

Shoes, Florists, and Other Updates

On Saturday, my mom and I got a lot finished. We picked up my bridesmaids dresses, went shoes/accessory shopping, and met with the florist and got the ideas for centerpieces for the wedding. While our goal was to get this finished, we also found a dress, shoes and accessories for my "going away" dress. We decided it would be easier for me to change before the reception is over so that mom can take my dress with her when I go to the hotel after the reception. It isn't as dressy as my wedding dress, but it is really cute. There isn't too much left to do to, but there are still a few things. Our last big thing is to get the tuxes. We tried once, but that was a bad idea.... prom. I don't think I have to say anything else about that.

Besides the wedding planning, Chris and I are doing well. Chris got a new job at Addison McKee a few weeks ago and I started at Wilmington Savings a couple of months ago. Things are going well and I am excited for our wedding and honeymoon. I can't wait to share our big day with our family and friends (and most importantly, GOD! )

 

First Post

I have started (and stopped) so many blogs over the years, but since I have started working at Wilmington Savings, I have become friends with the people I work with. One woman in particular named Janis, gave me a good idea. She has been keeping a journal for her family for years. She has kept birthday party invitations, graduation invitations, she writes entries about significant things about her family, etc. I thought that it was a great idea and I want to start one now. I am looking for a perfect journal to start adding things that I have collected throughout my journey/relationship with Chris, but I thought starting a blog would be a neat idea too. This way I can share the things I want to share publicly and use more sentimental things for the paper journal.  With it only being 4 months away from my wedding, I thought it would be cool to update about the details of the wedding too. I can then transfer them to my paper journal.

Question is... does anyone even care enough to read the "Branson Family Blog"?

Thoughts...