♥ a country nest: weekend recap

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Friday, June 15, 2012

wedding festivities {& picture overload}

Last weekend, one of my besties from childhood tied the knot to her high school sweetheart!

The wedding & reception was held in downtown Savannah at the Mariott! Beautiful place.

Since I was a bridesmaid, I wasn't able to snag any pictures of the ceremony unfortunately.

I stole this one from Jess - who by the way - was the Wedding Coordinator and did a FABULOUS, fabulous job :)

Rehearsal dinner was held at Skyler's downtown. Very romantic setting!

I'm a sucker for white Christmas lighting and fancy votive candles EVERYWHERE.

It was gorgeous.

And the food was amazingly good.

Lightly battered chicken breast, steamed vegetables, and an angel hair pasta?

You can't go wrong with that choice.

{Me, Jess, and Rach (high school friend & hair stylist) at the rehearsal dinner}

{Lacey, Rachel's babygirl, stuck me against the wall while playing 'hide-n-go-seek' and said 'stay right here, just like this'. }

{The Mr. & I}

Thank goodness for Cliff's baby sister Madison, who is.. 15.. or I would not have been wearing this cute little number I have on.

I freaked out Wednesday night when I realized I was two days away from the rehearsal with nothing in my closet to wear.. cute, of course.

My dearest Madison heard my frustration cry & came to my rescue.

I walked in to work Thursday morning to a stack of about 10 a-d-orable dresses waiting to be tried on.

I owe her big time.

{beautiful friend, Ashley!}

{Bridesmaids}

You can't see my heels, however, I was stressing about those as well. I'm a flip-flop all the time kinda girl & haven't bought cute heels since I don't know when.

Friday afternoon (yes, before rehearsal), I sweet talked Cliff into leaving a little early and stopping by a shoe department store on the way.

I walked out of there with 2 pairs for $50!

Reg. $34.99, on sale for $15.99, got an additional 50% off

Total price: $7.99

Orginally, I walked in looking for these. I actually wanted the closed toe, but they didn't have me size.

After walking in these for half an hour, I was dying already.

They need some serious breaking in.

{Decorating the table settings after the rehearsal dinner.}

Bachelorette fun: masquerade theme

A few weekends back, we hit the Opera Club in Atlanta for the Bachelorette getaway!

a little shopping, lots of eating, and a night out on the town.

xoxo, Lovies!

Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

down home.

don't read any further.

scroll to the bottom of this post, turn up your speakers, and hit play on the youtube video.

you must listen along as you read.

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ok, now you may continue :)

around here,

the weekends are spent outdoors.

the sun shines bright,

the fields are planted with crops,

& the roads are made of clay.

we drive 4x4 trucks,

sunglasses dangle from our necks,

we let our hair blow in the wind,

& a Sunday drive is with the windows down

and the radio up.

nothing beats a good, country song.

the sky is blue,
the clouds are white,
pine trees are abundant,
rain is scarce,
& the bugs are plentiful.

"Down home where they know you by name and treat you like family.

Down home a man's good word and a handshake are all you need.

Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on..

Those of us raised up down home." {Get the full lyrics, here.}

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Lawn & Garden Couples Shower

Location: Todd & Heather's

Hosts: Lisa & Ronn, Heather & Todd, Robin & Jack, Mary Alice & Shannon

Date: May 7, 2011

Time: 7:00p.m.

Menu:

Low Country Boil

Grilled Chicken

Pink Lemonade

Sweet Tea

Lemon Pound Cake

Chocolate Layer Cake

[Cliff popped the first bow!]

Gifts we recieved:

Garden hoses

Extension cords

Gardening tools

Basket

Towels

Towel Hanger

Toilet Paper Hanger

Spray nozzles

Homemade ice cream maker machine

Hose reel

Shovel

Mason jar wine glasses

Kitchen items

Deer antler wine bottle holder

{without looking, I may be forgetting a few things!}

Thursday, May 5, 2011

what we've been up to in pictures.

Life has been insane lately.

So incredibly busy.

Running around like serious chickens with our heads completely cut off.

But hey, I'm not complaining :)

There's no sense in me rambling on about why I haven't been able to blog. It's simply the fact that at this point in life, we are just flat out b.u.s.y.

Here's a little bit about what we've been up to.

Someday soon I hope to go into depth with each event mentioned, just for my personal sake of remembering these dear times.

March 12, 2011- Bridal Shower #1 hosted by family

April 2nd was the Grand Opening of our store!

Ribbon cutting took place at 10:00am on 4.2.11 with our city mayor & the city council members!

Bella is growing so big.

Sad to say, but at this time she is living at Cliff's dads. We are working on her pen...still.

Cliff kills turkey #1 of the season..

April 10th: My home church CWF ladies threw me Bridal Shower #2

Easter Weekend

Saturday was spent driving to Jasper, Florida where Cliff's dads family lives.

The women were throwing me a Bridal Tea at a beautiful historic inn about 45 minutes from their hometown.

All of the pictures are currently on my Mom's camera.

It was a great experience & very uplifting!

Easter Sunday:

{did you notice I missed the "blue" memo?}

Heading out to the farm!

Easter afternoon was spent at the famly farm. Even though our great grandparents have passed on, we still meet at their home for every major holiday :)