Brunching & Practicing

Ok, so I know you all are beyond tired of hearing about the wedding so I promise to try and keep this next series of posts fairly brief. We got all of our wedding pictures back and we could not be more thrilled with the job that Angie did for us and will be forever grateful to her for capturing all of the moments of our most special day.

Friday morning my mother and sister hosted a brunch at Sun in my Belly, a restaurant in the same neighborhood not to far from where my dad grew up. It was wonderful to have all of the most important women in both our lives together to kick off the weekend. Moms, Aunts, and Bridesmaids alike all enjoyed the food and company, thanks Mom & Laura, it was perfect.

Friday afternoon the whole gang met at the church to run through the ceremony and then set off for our rehearsal dinner at Pricci. The food, family & friends, and thoughtful toasts made Blair and I both all the more ready for the big day that was just hours away!

Thanks for reading (and scrolling!).

Mary

Happy Engageversary!

I am big on birthdays. To me anniversaries are also birthdays so today is no different. A year ago today, Blair proposed to me (Recap here and here) and up until our wedding day it was the single happiest day that I can remember.

From June 18, 2011 to...

April 21, 2012. Image courtesy of Suburbanite Photography

Hope you & your dads had a great Father's Day weekend, thanks for reading & Happy 1st Engageversary Blair !

Mary

Father's Day

Yesterday my dad made the trip from Atlanta up to Greenville to bring Blair and I some [much needed] furniture for our house. We ate a delicious lunch downtown, walked the river, and even watched some of the U.S. Open coverage (I was outnumbered).

Happy Father's Day Dad!

Dancing with dear ole' Dad

Hope you all had a great weekend, thanks for reading!

Mary

The Big 20[0]

Happy 200th blog post to me! Just kidding...sort of. Why don't we take a glance back at all that has happened since 100, shall we?

• Meredith & Stevens got engaged last July (Their big day is less than a month away!),
• My cousin Rebecca got engaged and married, 
• Dear Wofford friends Ashley and Anna tied their respective knots last fall
• Sarah & Whitner got engaged on Thanksgiving! Then Cally & Dave
• Blair & I celebrated our engagement with family & friends (here, here, and here)
• Rang in 2012!
• Anna & Chett got married, Caroline & Kent got engaged (Love was in the air in March)
• Blair and I moved into our house in Greenville!
• April 21, 2012 (Best day ever) came & went, Blair and I went to Jamaica for our honeymoon
• Sister graduated from UGA!
• Leanne & Andrew got married!

Can't wait to see what 300 has in store.Per usual, thanks for reading!

Mary

G's Louise

Guests. Gaffney. Garden & Gun.

Monday my sister Laura came up for a visit. Unfortunately, it was a rainy day in Greenville but we ventured downtown for lunch and a quick walk around the river anyway, saw a movie, and then watched The Bachelorette with friends. Since Blair travels for work a good deal I was grateful for the company and it was refreshing to be able to spend time together without worrying about rushing off the the next thing (i.e. my wedding, her college graduation).

Yesterday I traveled up to Gaffney as it was election day for our friend Anna's husband Steven who was running for county council. After many, many months of hard work it was so exciting to all of it pay off as Steven claimed the victory!

Way to go Steven!

And lastly, today a friend's grandfather was featured in Garden and Gun  online as one of their "Great Southern Men" (See #41).

Hope you all are having a great week & thanks for reading!

Mary

Sixty-Eight

Today marks the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Hitler's Atlantic wall at Normandy. George Kerchner, an Army Ranger honored for bravery in leading his troops over cliffs to seize German big guns passed away earlier this year at age 93.

“Second Lieutenant Kerchner and 15 members of his organization were surrounded and cut off from the main body for two and one half days,” the citation said. “He tenaciously and courageously held his position until relieved and was a constant inspiration to his troops.” 

Those words; tenacity, courage, and inspiration can and should still be used in remembrance of this day.

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Keeping Up With The Joneses

This past weekend our friends and I celebrated the wedding of our friends Leanne and Andrew. It was a beautiful, personal, and truly special wedding celebration and we are all so happy for the newlyweds!

Leanne was born and raised in Hartwell, GA so I was glad to return to the peach state for the weekend. Leanne's parents were nice enough to rent a lake house for the bridal party to stay in for the weekend and it was beyond fun to all be together the whole weekend. With lots of time spent on the dock and the porch, Leanne was totally calm, cool, and collected as we all chatted and laughed getting ready for her big day.

Rehearsal Dinner

Semi-Professional Toast givers

Groom's cake

Getting ready for the wedding!

Our bride & her beautiful mother

Bridesmaids at the ready!

Greeting residents of Hartwell since June 2, 2012

Matron of Honor, Haley

With the bride!

Fellow blogger/breakfast buddy, Kristen

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Jones!

Leanne and her father

Cutting the awesome cake (Had 2 pieces...Ooops)

Friends

Date

The back of Leanne's stunning dress

Getting ready for the bouquet toss

Manning the dance floor

The rest of us are left reminiscing about how wonderful the weekend was while the newlyweds are spending their honeymoon in Jamaica, congratulations again to the happy couple!

Thanks for reading & hope you all had a great weekend too!

Mary