Updates

Since I have been a bad blogger, I thought I would post an entry with some updates:

11/26/08 - 11/27/08 - Thanksgiving, Hamilton

11/28/08 - 11/29/08 - Thanksgiving, Louisville

12/1/08 - 12/4/08 - Kris & Stacey's visit, Nashville

Kris & Stacey Layton came to town and we met them for dinner 2 nights - Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville and Mellow Mushroom in Franklin. I got to hold Briley!

12/5/08 - E&Y Holiday Party, Sommet Center - Downtown Nashville

12/6/08 - Crowe Holiday Party, The Factory - Franklin

http://www.factoryatfranklin.com/

12/7/08 - Carrie Underwood Concert, Sommet Center - Downtown Nashville

Pat, Tom & Erin came in town (along with Erin's friend, Blair) and we all hit up Wildhorse Saloon (yes, again! - we love it :-)) and then walked over to the Carrie concert. Little Big Town opened for her and we loved them as well!

12/12/08 - 12/15/08 - Girls Weekend (& Chris & John), Nashville

Katie, Devon, Heidi & John came in town. We hit up Wild Ginger on Friday night . . .

. . . did a little bridesmaid dress shopping . . .

. . . and of course introduced them all to Tootsie's!

Bridesmaids (& man)

Well, we have finally picked our bridal party! Everyone has received their cards from me and replied yes, so I thought I would introduce my bridesmaids (& man). (I will let Chris blog about his.)

Bryce Williams - So I am switching it up a little bit and decided I wanted my brother as my "man" of honor. I still haven't decided on an official title, so if anyone has any fun suggestions let me know! I was blessed with a brother and I just didn't want him anywhere else besides standing right next to me. I mean he put up with me being the annoying sister that always wanted to play soccer and basketball with his friends growing up, so I figure he deserves some special recognition for all those years!



Erin Iglehart - Erin is my 17 year old cousin who lives in Louisville. She acts and looks much older than that. The workers in one of the stores we went in when we were wedding dress shopping thought she was the bride . . . I believe because they thought she looked older than me! Also, another store offered her a potential job helping out in the store. How cool would that be at 17!? She's already been a big help in dress shopping and getting all my papers neatly organized, but I know she will be a huge help up until the day of the wedding. I need her opinions, good and bad, and I know she will share them with me. ha



Katie Pierce - Katie and I met when we were 16 and working in Findlay at the movie theater. We became close over serving popcorn and cleaning the nacho machine. We ended up both going to Miami and rooming together Freshman year, and then again Senior year. She recently moved to San Francisco to follow her dream and I love that about her! She's fearless and fun and she helps bring that out of me - which is not easy. ha



Devon Hauck - Devon lived next door to Katie and I in our Freshman dorm and we all became close. She and I were complete opposites that year. I would pass her sitting on the front porch of the dorm having not been to sleep yet for the night/morning at 7:30am, as I was heading to my 8am Calculus class. I don't think she made many classes that year, and I don't think I missed one! We ended up living together Sophomore year and influenced each other in good ways. She helped bring me out of my shell, and I helped get her to class. ha She's now an official lawyer (having just passed the Bar exam on the 1st try I may add - YAY!) and working in Philadelphia!



Heidi Day - I worked with Heidi for 5 years at EY in Indy and we became close over busy season Iced Tea runs for lunch! I'm not sure if it was the tea that helped get us through the day, or the 20 minutes away from the office to vent to each other on work, life, and everything else. Chris refers to her as my twin, because we are so much alike. He and John (her husband) compare stories on having to put up with us - good and bad I guess. ha I waited to ask her until after her wedding so that the thought of more wedding talk wouldn't scare her away! I'm excited to have an experienced bride in my bridal party to help keep me on track!

Introducing our Flower Girls, Ring Bearer & Ushers!

Chris and I are blessed to have 5 adorable nieces and nephews and couldn't wait to ask them to be a part of our wedding day! We wanted to make it special and something fun for the kids, so we sent them puzzles that they had to put together in order to read what we asked them to do! Check them out . . . .

2nd Celebrity Sighting

Ok, so not quite Kenny . . . BUT I did see Keith! Yes, Keith Urban . . . at Publix grocery store this evening in Brentwood. :-)

Devon was my first phone call after I oh so nonchalantly pretended to be looking at the same organic vegetables he was. I came out of the grocery with organic vegetables and nothing for dinner because I was so flustered. So flustered, I forgot to ask for the "Mystery penny item" that Publix does on Mondays at the check out, which is the reason I went INTO the store tonight in the first place. And so flustered, that I didn't notice that the check out guy forgot to include my 75 cent coupon that was the reason I bought 3 things of pillsbury rolls instead of 1 which I so didn't need.

So, Keith ended up costing me about 8 bucks tonight. I left him alone, even though the only reason I even noticed him was because I heard a girl ask for his autograph. I figured I'd let him get home to Nicole.

Did I mention how good he smelled? Flustered. . . . . can you imagine if that had been Kenny!?