Real Wedding Find on Green Wedding Shoes

Green Wedding Shoes is one of my favorite Wedding blogs for inspiration.  Now that I have more time to actually read wedding blogs again, I had to share a Wedding that I found inspiring.  Please check out Megan + Simon's Backyard Wedding on Green Wedding Shoes.  It has color, it has style, it has succulents!  I also LOVE the bouquet shown below.

(Photo credit: JAC Photographers)

Going for a R-I-D-E

One of Tucker's favorite things is going for a ride.  Until Jake and I are completely, 100% ready to put him in the car, we cannot say the "R" word.  If he hears it, he will bark until you just have to get in the car, forgetting whatever else it was that you were supposed to do before you left or bring with you.  So here is a recent picture of Tucker on a ride, nose out the window, taking the world in as every Chocolate Lab should. :)

A New Look

I have another confession: I was never really in love with my Blog template.  But luckily, I found one that I feel suits me and the blog, its Rounders 4 by Douglas Bowman.  Wherever you are, thank you Douglas!

Back to Blogging!

I know I've fallen behind on blogging, okay?  The first step is acceptance - no denial here.  Its very clear that I have been slacking off when Jake has asked me 2 or 3 times since my last post if I've updated my blog at all.  The answer now will be, YES!  October always has been an incredibly busy month for my family, so I can put some of the blame there.  Work also has been extremely busy - I've been working overtime every week which is nice when the paycheck rolls around but long days are not my favorite (are they anyone's?). 

We have our first wedding-related event coming up the first weekend in November, our Engagement Party!  Mom and I still have a lot of work to do to prepare, but we are both looking forward to it.  I don't have any real updates in terms of wedding planning, except that Mom's friends have called dibs on my Bridal Luncheon.  Oh and Jake and I took some fabulous engagement pictures at the State Fair last week!  We had a lot of fun with April and Emily, her lighting assistant.  I expect to have proofs sometime around December and I'll be sure to share once I do! 

*THE* Bridesmaid Dress?

This past Saturday, my local Bridesmaids joined me at David's Bridal for our first Bridesmaid dress outing. We had a lot of fun and I felt like it was a huge success.  If I had to decide on a Bridesmaid dress today, this would be *the one* - I know, this is completely different than what I had in mind when I went.  I originally wanted black, then greens and blues.  Well the dress itself (style 88312) didn't wow me in the green or blue options that they had.  But what I did really like was the color shown below, Sangria!

Here is a link to the dress on the David's Bridal website.  The best thing about it, besides the fact that its fun, flattering on everyone, and could definitely be worn again are (drumroll please) the POCKETS!  I have a few pictures from our outing that I'll try to get on here soon - they are on already Facebook for those of you who can view them already. 

So, if I go with this as the bridesmaid dress, then Sangria and green (with accents of yellow and orange) will be our colors!