The Fabulous Life: June 2012

Friday, June 22, 2012

Southern Belles Throw the BEST Bridal Showers!

OMG. I have been one busy girl! Wedding planning is every bit of fun, stressful, time consuming and overwhelmingly emotional! :) I had my first bridal shower a couple weeks ago, June 9th, and it was MORE THAN AMAZING!! My sisters and mom got together and threw the ultimate bridal shower that any southern gal would dream of having. Tara thought of doing a derby theme! Who would turn down an excuse to wear big, fun, fancy hats!?! She got me a big white hat with my new monogram on it and it was TO DIE FOR! There were soooo many fun sweets to eat, lots of yummy food, an awesome mojito punch that everyone loved, cute mason jar wine glass party favors, and so many gorgeous girls all dressed up and ready to celebrate with me! I have a Westie, Winston as you may have read, and Tara made him the star of the party by calling the shower the "Westhighland Stakes". It was so adorable with Westies everywhere! The decorations were beyond perfect! I was so overwhelmed with how exceptional the shower turned out, all of the fine ladies who showed up and all of the amazing gifts Aaron and I received. We also asked each girl to bring a brooch for me if they wanted to be a part of a brooch bouquet that I am going to have made for my rehearsal dinner and to keep forever. Most girls collect all of the bows and ribbons from gifts to make their fun bouquet for the rehearsal. My bridesmaid Anna's sister makes brooch bouquets and had the idea that instead of those bows and ribbons, we could keep the brooches from the gifts and have the same concept! It will be something I have forever, can keep as decoration, and maybe give to the future daughter that I know God is going to give me one day. Get ready for a million pictures now because I couldn't just choose a few!

Seriously cute little Southern Belles

My Beautiful Bridesmaids!

I can't believe our wedding is in less than 3 months now! I feel so behind with all of the things that need to be done, but my mom keeps telling me to calm down and stop worrying! Sooo I'm trying! Remember y'all that I have grad school going on right now too!! I'm bound to get a stomach ulcer soon, but that's not stopping me from having a glass of wine!! :) Now that I've finally posted about this lovely shower, look forward to my next post which is all about my BESTIE'S bridal shower I helped throw, AND her bachelorette party!!! This past weekend we went to Dallas and had both in ONE DAY! Talk about exhaustion. It was so much fun, and I will be back with lots of details and pictures for ya!! Y'all have a good weekend!!!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Stock the Bar Party!

Hey Y'all!!

Last Sunday was one of the most fun days I've had in a long time!! Some of my friends decided to throw Aaron and I a couple's shower with the theme of "Stock the Bar"! We decided it would be fun to make it a pool party to kick off the summer. It ended up turning out perfect with awesome weather and so many of our friends being able to come join us! Aaron and I are going to HAWAII for our honeymoon so it was totally appropriate to make the party a luau theme. I got pretty leis for the girls to wear. :) We had the party at my dad's house, who has an awesome pool with two cabanas he got this summer! We were so excited that some of our college friends were able to make it down to see us driving up to 8 hours! We love our friends so much and can't believe how special they all made this for us. As you'll see below in pictures, our bar is definitely stocked! haha We may not have to buy any alcohol for a long time! (or we can just have another party!!) This party was an excuse ~~for my bad shopping habit~~ to get a new white swimsuit and cover up! My sis Tara found the CAAUTE coverup for me at Victoria's Secret. It was perfect!! Alright, I'll quit talking now and show you some of the pics!! ENJOY!!!

Most of the group!!