Mr. & Mrs. Pro Pics Teaser

We got just a few of our pro pics back from our wedding photographer last night to include in some "Thank You" notes and I am soooooo in love with them & had to share! :)
[sorry facebook friends who have already seen these]
I love how the colors turned out!







[All images from Blue Ridge Photography]

Wedding Week-Ness

To clue you guys in on my last week as a single girl..here's my agenda!
Monday - Run some last minute errands & do some shopping...pack everything and get it ready to be transported to the wedding venue..tan.
Tuesday - PORCH DAY! If you know me and my best friends, you know what this means..but I will give you a hint, sitting on the back porch with the best girlfriends a girl could ask for, talking about any and everything in the world & laughing until we pee our pants.
Wednesday - I'm supposed to have everything done by Wednesday...so I'm told. I honestly have no idea what is taking place on Wednesday, but I do know my BFF's have been working very hard! :)
Thursday - Go to the wedding resort with my girls and check-in to our condo and head to the SPA! Oh yes..a 90 minute body treatment is coming my way! I believe I deserve it, can I get an Amen??
Friday - wake up earllyyyyy and SEE my fiance!! He's gonna stop by my condo before he heads to his golf outing on the resort with his guys. Me and the girls are going to get our nails done and enjoy some fabulous girly time together! :) Rehearsal starts at 4, then Rehearsal Dinner at 5:30! :)
Saturday - MARRY THE MAN OF MY DREAMS!!!!!! :) And we are staying in the newest hotel in Biltmore!
Sunday - wake up and visit with families..drive to the city we are flying out of the next morning & get a room
Monday - OFF TO JAMAICA!! :)

You can't tell I'm excited or anything can you??
haha...I will return as a Mrs.! Until then, have a fabulous week girls!

Help a girl out! :)

Ok friends...I am working on my play-list today for my wedding..both ceremony & reception songs. I think I have it all figured out except for one thing....OUR FIRST DANCE song! Now, let me just say this..we have something special. And no, it's not the typical "evolution of dance" stuff that everyone does. I was captain of the dance team in college so dancing is one of my true passions so I had to think of something unique and I think it's going to be fabulous! But I still wanted that "sweet first dance" moment with Greg. So we are going to do a normal first dance before everything happens but I'm so stuck as to what song!

I'm kinda leaning towards this: "Your Love is Extravagant" by Casting Crowns.

It means A LOT to us and it's so beautiful! What do ya'll think??

Ok..we haven't officially decided, so ANY suggestions would be helpful. I would love for you to even share what your first-dance song was to...thanks sweet friends! :)

Hat Party Bridal Shower! My FAV. day!

Saturday I had my second bridal shower..it was a hat party! :) Talk about girly! I sooo LOVED every minute of it! A lot of my girlfriends surprised me by coming and it was the BEST feeling! I, of course, invited everyone..but after college we all moved off in seperate directions and it's super crazy hard to get us all in one place at one time. I'm sure you all know how that is, but it meant the world to me that they all made it happen! We got some fabulous stuff that I'm just SO excited about!! THANK YOU to everyone who came and everyone who helped with the shower & for making my day so special! Oh, what I would give to be with all these ladies every day of my life...here are some pics of all the girly fun! :)

Toilet Paper Dress Game :) All the Brides together!

Seriously in LOVE with my zebra bedding! Thanks Aunt Susan & Tash :)

The whole Fabulous group!

Girlfriends..most of us are WCU Dance Teamers :)

Are they not absolutely BEAUTIFUL?!?

BFF/Maid of Honor/Sister {from a different Mister}

Hil, girl on far left, can be found HERE!

Tasha, girl on my right, can be found HERE!

go check out their blogs...FABULOUS ladies!

These are my Gorgeous Bridesmaids! {Minus One}

BFF/Cousin Tash!

3 Generations...Mamaw, Me, Mom

Family! My cousin Tasha, her babygirl Jade, Aunt Susan, and Lori!

Little Miss Jade! She's my miniture flower girl and let me just tell you, she is going to look DARLING in my wedding! :)

Seriously, BEST gift! Thanks Tash!!

Greg...you like baby?!? ;)

Wow! Sorry for the overload on pics...I just seriously loved every single thing about the day! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! And am I the only person who cannot believe it is the middle of JUNE?!?!?!?

::squirms::

not much time to post...however, I had to share my excitement with you all...

I'm off to Tennessee to pick up my WEDDING DRESS! :)

I cannot wait to try it on with all of the alterations complete and then bring it home with me!

My bridal portraits and hair/makeup trial are in a week & half!

Ahhhh, it's all so exciting!! :)

First Bridal Shower

As mentioned below, we had our very first bridal shower in May. Given so graciously by the church I've grown up in. The decor was so perfect and we got tons of amazing things! I've never seen so many gifts in my entire life! :) Def. will be needed as we begin to move in together for the first time! Yayyyyy! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to the ladies that helped throw it and to everyone that came!! Here are a few pics...

My nephew, Landon!!

Beautiful Decor~!

I love Greg's cute smile in this one :)

Love my 2 best friends in this one :) One's beside Greg and the other is handing me the gifts..thanks for coming guys!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Me & Dad

Me & Mamaw Jerrie...LOVE her!

Future Mr. & Mrs. :)

I should reintroduce myself...

hi..I'm Shannon...I just cheated on my blog with Greg :) We spent 4 WHOLE WEEKS together! Can you believe it?? To say the least..we had SO much fun being together again...everyday! All kinds of craziness happened with the Army and orders got switched {like always} butI put him on his flight to his BOLC II training on Saturday! We have already started looking for plane tickets for me to be able to spend 4th of July weekend with him! But then, after that....the next time I see him will be at the Rehearsal!! Can you believe that?? Wow...talk about stress!

Now, as to what I've been doing the past 4 weeks...let's have a quick update so you guys will know that I've honestly been busy and not just neglecting my blog! :)

See the posts below about the OCS Ball and Greg's Graduation...that was a FUN week! We got to come home together after his graduation and spent lots of time with our families since Greg hadn't seen anyone for 3 months! Every evening we also got together with different friends of ours that we have missed! It was awesome to be with my friends AND Greg at the same time. You have no clue how much I miss this...

As far as wedding stuff we accomplished...All my Bridesmaid Dresses are IN! We stopped by and picked up a few the other day. Another HUGE exciting moment...MY DRESS IS IN! I had my first dress fitting on May 30th and I go pick it up for good this Friday, June 12th! It.is.GORGEOUS. I love it more now than I did when I purchased it!

I just ordered all of the bridesmaid shoes....that was a major pain! You might remember the ones I had picked out from a previous post, but due to size issues and availability I had to put the girls in 3 different shoes..but all by the same designer. Here are the shoes...

Oh, and did I mention we booked our HONEYMOON?!?!? We didn't think we were even gonna get one because of, you guessed it, the Army! However, things played out perfectly and we immediately went to see a travel agent. Say hello to my beautiful destination for a solid week...

We will be staying at a Couples Resort in Jamaica!! All-Inclusive...pure luxury! I am so excited! Exactly what I need after having to plan this wedding by myself and be far away from my Fiance for 6 months! Take that Army!

We had our first wedding shower on May 17th! It was so much fun and we got lots of great things! My dad's church {he's a pastor} threw it for us and we were abundately blessed! I will create a seperate post for it..I have some really great pics from it! I am having my 2nd shower this coming Saturday..it is for Family & Friends! The decor is going to be fabulloouuusss and I just need to mention that there will be big hats involved! :)

Well, I'm off to run some errands and buy some wedding presents. Ya'll, I have a wedding or a bridal shower to attend EVERY weekend in June! Talk about wedding season! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend...please don't hate me for taking a much needed break from the blog world. I'm backkkkkk ;)

lame.

I've become a lame blogger. I apologize.

How bout this for some interesting stuff? I realized that I just jumped on this blog and started planning my wedding. I didn't even tell where the wedding was actually taking place at! I'm not going to give away the exact location or name of the Resort, but let's just say that it is in NC...and the pics speak for themselves ;)

Ceremony Site:

Reception Site:

You can't really tell from all the pics, but the Ceremony Site is just below the Reception Site. There is a walkway down to the water where the gazebo is. All the same venue! I LOVE this! Me and my girls as well as Greg and his guys have condos on the Resort for the weekend! It should be a fabulous time! :)

EDIT: My decor WILL NOT look like that in the above pics. Dear goodness, don't judge the venue by the decor of these weddings. haha. When we went to visit, it was a plain slate! :)

I cannot wait to be HIS WIFE! :)

Humm...I must be having a writer's block. I've nothing else to add. :( Dear goodness, please let me get my head out of the clouds long enough to write a decent blog post to keep you beautiful people that I love coming back day after day.

That is all.