Well, Mango (what my sweet friend Kelly nicknamed the baby) and I just returned from Mexico!
We went for my dear friend Jill's wedding. I just adore Jill. We joined the same sorority, and they made us wear our bid day shirts to the first day of classes so that we could find our new sisters throughout the day and start to make new friends. Jill and I were both psychology majors, and had apparently signed up for the same freshman block of classes, because at the end of our first day, she came up to me and said, "Hi, I'm Jill. We are both AXOs and have all the same classes, so we are going to be friends". I agreed, and that was that. We lived together and went through all our important college experiences together. Our boyfriends even lived together at one point - ha! That was 10 years ago! Needless to say, her friendship and the memories that I have with her are invaluable to me.
Being pregnant in Mexico was interesting...no cocktails (of course), and no dairy, including cheese! Going to Mexico and not eating cheese, well, just doesn't seem right - haha! Very limited seafood intake, and not as much energy = hungry & sleepy. I owe my friends a huge thank you for being so sweet and understanding - I am very blessed to have friends like you!
Her wedding was beautiful! I don't know that I have ever seen such a beautiful, happy bride! This was my first destination wedding to attend, and I loved it! It was like a fun private party with the bride and groom's families and all of our closest friends. So fun! Here are a few pics from the weekend....
Fun at the pool
Jill's Shower
A few of my favorite friends!
Beach Day!
Paradise
The perfect setting for wedding vows
Me & Lenti
My favorite friend and me!
Bran & Rickey
The happy, beautiful Mrs. Berg! Isn't she radiant!?
Jill, I love you so much and I couldn't be happier for you! Thank you so much for including me in your wedding celebration!
I must add that hubby did the laundry, the yard, and cleaned the entire house while I was gone. I don't know if I have ever been so grateful for anything he has done for me! There are no words to describe how nice it was to come home to a clean house with no laundry to do!
I love weddings. I especially love them after we had our wedding. I'm so much more appreciative of all of the details after planning my own. I just had to share some of the beautiful details from Lindsey and Greg Smith's wedding. It was beautiful! They were married at Saint Pauls Downtown, and had their reception at the Houstonian. It was a very classy, fun night. Above are the welcome baskets that guests staying at the hotel received, with a handwritten note from the bride and groom. Isn't that thoughtful?
They had two packets of personalized hot cocoa. It was so fitting, considering it was the coldest weekend of the year!
Her escort card table was beautiful! It had pictures of the bride and groom throughout their childhood and highschool years.
The tables had gold organza overlays - dazzling! The menus were tucked into the napkins at each place setting. The food was so good. In lieu of favors, they made a donation to a charity. I love that.
The bride and grooms first dance.
The happy couple!
The bride and her Daddy.
I love the combo of colors she chose for her flowers. So unique.
Her niece and flower girl. She did great!
Her bridesmaids wore beautiful, full, floor length dresses.
They had these blowie things for their exit, along with tiny silver stars. As you can see, my husband was a huge fan of his.