Blog..what's that?!?

OMG...I am a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad blogger!!! So in reality I get on here EVERY SINGLE DAY...no joke!!! However, all that I seem to do is catch up on all the blogs I love reading.  So here is a little recap of our lives since we last asked you to VOTE like crazy for the Benny Awards............

1. Michael got the flu waited 4 days and then went to the walk-in clinic...didn't tell me or his mother long story short he was there for a long time and I got cranky!!! (In my defense I was just realllly worried about him!!)

2. I got my haircut...bangs and 2 inches off.....eek I was super nervous about this transition, but I am lOVING it!!!  Iphone photo before the fabulous Benny Awards......

3. WE WON A BENNY AWARD.....say WHAT?!!?!?! That's right...you eyes read that correctly!! THANK YOU, GRACIAS, & MERCI to all that voted!!! We won the Most Dramatic Photo....we got an AMAZING print of the picture. Dale told me that the winner for this category usually gets a gift certificate, but he just really liked this picture so he decided to give us a print of it..yay!! I still need to get a frame and find a spot to hang it up. In the mean time here is a not so wonderful iphone picture of the picture.......

Also, while at the Benny Awards, Dale and Meredith announced a really cool thing that  Benfield Photography is doing..the Benny Booth aka a twist on the photo booth.  Michael and I took a few pictures before the party started and this is one that made it to the blog....check out more photos from the evening here.

4. We had a HUGE winter snow storm hit here in NWA last week and the schools were closed for 4 days..meaning that we have now had 7 SNOW DAYS..meaning that the last day of school for the children is June 1st...which means that we can get absolutely no MORE snow days because I have to be in FORT WORTH, TX for a WEDDING on the 11th of June.  I had plans to leave here and be there a whole week before the wedding...but who knows now especially since another storm is expected to hit on Wednesday. Who's wedding you might ask.....OH just my favorite cousin in the whole wide world!!!

       Megan & Sheldon @ mine & Michael's wedding

One of their super cute engagement photos!!



5. Michael and I saw No Strings Attached with Ashton Kutcher & Natalie Portman....yep just became my new FAVORITE movie!!

6. I re-decorated our living room with some super cute navy and cream pillows and matching rug and wall art from Target.

7. KKTNY (Kortney and Kim Take New York) has become a new obsession, GREEK and GLEE have returned woohoo!!!!

8. I began working out...we will see how long this lasts but I am really determined to get in shape!!  I went to our apartments gym and was on the treadmill for a whopping 30 minutes!! Then I started tanning for the cousins JUNE wedding!!

Well, I think that is all the updating for now....hopefully I will be much better about this whole writing on the blog thing!!

Benny Awards 2011

It is time for the BENNY AWARDS!!!  This is something that our fabulous photographer and his team do for their couples every year.  You might remember we were nominated for one of our Engagement Pictures last year and we asked you to vote for us.  Well this year, we are nominated in 3..yes that's right 3 different categories!!!  We would lOVE for all of you to go to the BENNY AWARDS and VOTE for us!!!  Michael and I were nominated in the Getaway/Leave, Dramatic Moment, and Wedding Portrait categories.

Getaway/Leave

We passed out glow sticks to everyone..they were a hit, especially as the night went on!!

Dramatic Moment

This is by far one of my favorite pictures from the day!! 

Wedding Portrait

We have this picture hanging in our house already!!

Also, one of my good friends Meredith and her fiance Matt were nominated for one of their Engagement Pictures..I am sure they would lOVE to have a few more votes!!  Last year, this category received the most votes and had one of their amazing albums as the first place prize!!

Meredith & Matt

I hope that you all go and vote..share with all your friends, family, and coworkers!!  This is something really awesome that our photographers do for their clients and let me tell you, the prizes are FABULOUS and I hope that Michael and I are able to bring one home this year!!

GO VOTE!!

It's the most WONDERFUL time of the year

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas in our house...

Our Tree

Our Stockings

Our Door...a friend made this for our wedding reception, it was behind the cake tables

Dickson is enjoying the tree

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season and a fabulous start to the new year!!

Through the Eyes of our Friends and Family

So these are just a few of my favorites from the hundreds of photos that our family and friends took on our wedding day....

So I was holding my emotions together pretty well untill the lady that was doing my hair put my mom's veil on me...I cried, Nana cried, we all cried. This is my favorite picture.

I just lOVE these 2 little girls.  H & S were FABULOUS!!

Michael's cake turned out awesome!!!

A little Cotton Eyed Joe dancing...this was so much fun!!

So precious...S ready for the photobooth.

My GIRLS...so FABULOUS!!

Why yes, my family took the stage...The Love Shack will never be the same.

End of the night...Michael & I with our favorite family members!!

The sign at Church.

Wedding Rehearsal coming soon......

Soo...We are MARRIED!!!

I am horrible at this blogging thing.  I am much better at reading others than posting on my own.  Let's just say our wedding weekend came and went and I do believe it was FABULOUS!!!  The rehearsal dinner was fun and laid back.  The wedding day is kind of a blur but after we saw each other it became much easier and more real.  The ceremony was perfect.  The reception was a PARTY!!!

Best decision we made...seeing each other before the wedding.

Then we took some portriats...lOVE the leaves.

 Our fun socks and shoes!!

The KISS.

Our first dance.

Some fun party pics...glow sticks and props for the photo booth were fabulous!!!

And then we "left"....to go back in and PARTY some more with our closest family and friends.

(All photos courtesy of our fabulous photogs Dale and Lauren with Benfield Photography...check out their blog!!)

Coming tomorrow...some of my favorite photos taken by our friends and family!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOO PIG SOIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

In just a few hours the  #10 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS will be taking on the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide!!!!  I can't wait to be inside Donald W. Reyonlds Stadium calling those HOGS!!!

FOURTY FOUR days and counting.....

Wow the time sure does fly when you are planning a wedding, moving, and start a new job!!!  In the last couple of months Michael moved into our apartment, I started a new job, we sent out the invitations, the flower girl dresses came in, one of my best friends got marred, and the list goes on and on and on.....

First things first...I have a new JOB!!!  I am a pre-k assistant teacher with the Rogers Public Schools.  I love working for the schools and the teacher I am working with is fabulous.  This is our door that we worked on for quite sometime....

Secondly, one of my best friends and BM, Barbie got married to her best friend Peter.  Let me tell you, we had one fabulous weekend in Houston at the Hotel ZaZa celebrating their love for each other!!  Here is a photo that her fabulous photographer took..

Megs and I at the reception....

Next, WE SENT OUT THE INVITATIONS!!!! Wow I am I glad to have those out of our hands.  We decided to print them ourselves and I am happy with how they turned out.  I know that the only people that really care about them are me and my family so I was fine with not having fancy nancy invitations.

All of them ready to go to the post office...

We have also had our first wedding shower..our second one is this Sunday.  My lovely MOH Megan, Aunt Denise, and cousin Haley threw a shower for us at Las Palmas in Rogers.  We had so much fun, we got lots of great things, and had yummy margs to drink!! This is a picture of me with the 3 fabulous hostesses!!

Our gift table at the apartment after the shower...a lot more has been added since this photo and I can't even imagine what it will look like after this weekend!!

Also, our precious flower girls momma ordered their dresses and they came in. I love them and can't wait to see them in them.  My mom and I are going to Davids Bridal tomorrow to get a slip for me and we are going to look at the bows to see if they will fit with the dresses.  So after we figure out that I will post pictures of their sweet little dresses. 

On another note, Michaels Great Grandma passed away this week, her services were today.  Please keep Gran and the rest of their family in your prayers.  It is a blessing knowing that his Meme is in a better place and no longer suffering.