"Hoppy" Easter!!

Hey everyone! I hope your having a fabulous weekend with your family and friends! I forgot to bring my computer to Shreveport with us for the weekend and I refuse to blog from my iPhone all weekend plus I want to hang with the family! I just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a very happy Easter!

He has risen!
Xoxo
The engaged couple

Our AMAZING Photographers -- Megan and Seth

          Lets see…were to begin with these crazy two. Megan and Seth are two very talented photographers that we were lucky enough to snag to document our wedding process. Andrew fell in love with them at the first meeting but I was still concerned. Photography is the most important thing to me when it comes to the wedding therefore I want to assure that it is perfect! After meeting with them again to discuss my bazillion questions and concerns I knew they were the right choice for us! I mean anyone who can still love me and want to work with me after being asked a ton of questions and responding to all my emails is a catch!

They are two of the nicest people I have ever met and our personalities really “click.” They know their stuff and although they have only been taking pictures for about 3 years you would never know.  I am confident they will take great pictures and document everything.  They are more like photojournalist than just photographers which is hard to find!

            One of the big things that set them apart for other photographers we met with is they are open to anything we want. Instead of having the attitude of we have been doing this for a while and aren’t open to new ideas they want suggestions! They are the types of people that want to get to know our personalities to assure that our pictures reflect us.  They also always capture the little details. I knew I wanted at least 10 hours of wedding day coverage to assure that every moment is capture but they go above and beyond; they will be with me from the moment I wake up if that is what I desire…They offer all day coverage and It doesn’t get better than that in my eyes!

            A quote that summaries my excitement to the T is from my mom, “Please at least wait till I stop the car to get out.” When we pulled up to the meeting on Sunday I was so excited to see them I almost opened the door before she stopped! I can’t wait to meet with them again to talk about new ideas, shoot locations, and everything else pictures not to mention take engagement pictures in the fall!

            Everyone should go over to their website and check out their work because it’s fab! SO HERE IT IS CHECK THEM OUT…. Megan and Seth's Website!!

Xoxo,

The engaged couple

My momma was here :)

            Wow…What an amazing weekend I had. Number one it was the start of my spring break which was much needed and my Momma came in town. There is something about having your mom in town that just makes you feel better…I don’t know what it is but I love it!! Andrew went down to Baton Rouge to hang out with some friends and ask someone, who will remain anonymous, to be in the wedding therefore we thought it would be the perfect girls weekend!!

            She came in on Saturday and we spent the afternoon walking around downtown Ruston, shopping and relaxing. We had plans to go to 102 Bistro for dinner since they got a new chef but ended up on the patio at Portico, one of our favorite places.  It was such a relaxing day and ended with us piled up in my bed watching a movie.  I felt like I was a little girl again. 

            On Sunday we drove over to Monroe to meet with Megan and Seth, a potential dating photography duo. Andrew and I had meet with them a few weeks ago and Andrew fell instantly in love! They are super sweet and have a great sense of style and personality.  Before we made any commitments I wanted my mom to meet with them and get a feel for their work.  She instantly fell in love and thought they fit Andrew and I perfectly! We had an hour and a half chat that ended with BOOKING OUR WEDDING PHOTOGRAHER!! All that is left to do is sign the contract and pay the deposit and the day is ours! I know they will be a tremendous asset to our wedding and I’m looking so forward to working with them! I know they will do a fab job at capturing every moment and will still love me when I have my bridezilla moments!

            Overall it was a very successful weekend and I wouldn’t have rather spent it with anyone else.  I love having my mom an hour away. She is my best friend and I feel so honored to call her my mom. I hope one day to be half the mom and woman she is!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous week so far. Since I am on spring break my goal is to catch up on all my blog post and get organized. I finally came up with a system that I think will help me stay on top of everything better!

xoxo

the engaged couple

I'm back....

     Hello everyone. I am so sorry I have been so absent in the blog lately. Andrew and I have both been so busy and just trying to keep our heads above water the past few weeks. Although we have both been very busy it has all been fun things.  Andrew went to Rome and had a blast but I was so happy to have him back safely.  In my last post I talked about all the projects I had going on and the project I am most proud of are my bridesmaid’s boxes. I knew from the moment I got engaged who I wanted to stand with me in my wedding. I only wanted the people that have helped me grown into the person I am today and who I can’t imagine my life without therefore I didn’t want to simply ask them verbally to be in the wedding; I wanted to do something special.

     I have now traveled from The Woodlands, Texas to Lafayette, Louisiana to ask everyone to stand with me.  I started out by asking my two cousins, Amanda and Rachel to stand with me as my matrons of honors and Amanda to be my maid of honor.  I then came home to ask Jessica and Emily to be bridesmaids, then finally to Lafayette to ask Bria and Cassie to be my two final bridesmaids…so there they are my seven of favorite people in the world.  I will post pictures of everything I included in the boxes and a little explanation of why I included that. I will also posting a post on each of my bridesmaids and why they are so special to me.

     Andrew has not asked all his groomsmen yet so I can not share his list yet but as soon as he does I will let everyone know!  Thanks for sticking with me and I promise to be better this week.  This week you have the following post to look forward to…

1.      My trip to Houston

2.      My trip to Lafayette

3.      Bridesmaid boxes details

4.      A post about Amanda Brown

5.      Flashback Friday

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and I just wanted to end this post wishing a very good friend of ours a very happy 21^st birthday!  Happy birthday Jordan Chiasson! We had so much fun celebrating last night and thanks for including us in your special day. We love you!

xoxo
the engaged couple

The Ultimate Project!!

Planning a wedding is like the ultimate project. For those of you that know me well, y’all know that I love to be involved in a project at all times. I’m not good at just sitting and need to have something going on in my life and I have realized that planning a wedding is the ultimate project. I am really enjoying this wedding planning stuff and think I could have a future of an event planning side career ha-ha!

Since Andrew is gone and I’m out of school I have a lot of time to get wedding organized and work on a few projects. I can’t wait to get to share all the things I have been working on very soon but for now you’ll just have to wait; I know the suspense is killing you.

Happy Monday and hope everyone had a great start of your week.

xoxo

Amber

Friendships

Well today Andrew left for Rome and it really stinks. I already miss him but I guess that’s a good. I spent the day lying around, doing laundry and watching TV shows that Andrew hates.  My best friend at school, Jessica, got me hooked on One Tree Hill and Andrew hates it.  I started from season one about a month ago and have wanted 106 episodes. There are 174 in the whole series so far and I hope to be completely caught up by the time Andrew gets back. It’s a silly goal but it’s nice to relax and watch something that I know he despises.

Tonight Jessica came over so we could catch up. She is someone that could never be replaced. We became friend’s freshman year but became best friends somewhere during sophomore year. She is a friend that I know I will have for the rest of my life because she knows how to be a friend. She puts in the extra effort and I know she really cares. The problem is she has this new stinky job that takes up ALL of her time! I’m so happy for her because she is getting great experience for when she becomes a big time CPA but it makes me hate tax seasons almost as much as I hate session since my Nanny is a lobbyist and that job keeps her pretty busy too. Anyway, with her new job it leaves me looking forward to Monday night bachelor even more and any other time we get to spend together because I really miss her.  We haven’t had the opportunity to sit down and talk since I got engaged and tonight she came over to cheer me up and talk wedding. It was so much fun and I loved getting to share everything we have planned so far and give her the inside scoop.  It was great just to be us.

I know this is a random post that many might think has nothing to do with wedding planning but to me it has everything do to with the wedding. Tonight reminded me how much friends mean to a relationship.  I feel that many couple get engaged or married and seclude themselves from the peers because they are so excited and in love.  Andrew and I have always been pretty good when it comes to keeping our friends and I feel this doesn’t mean we love each other less, but to me we love each other more; ee know how important the friendships are and we encourage each other to cultivate our friendships.  So although I miss Andrew tonight I filled the void of missing Jessica- SO TO YOU JFRANKS…I LOVE YOU AND THANKS FOR COMING OVER.

 P.S. Andrew if you are reading you better not have to much fun without me

 xoxo

Amber

Venues...Check

Hi everyone! It has been very busy in Ruston the past week. We finished up the quarter on Tuesday thank goodness! I made out with a 4.0 and Andrew got a 3.0 and we were both pretty excited to just be finished. I can’t believe this will be my last quarter at tech and will be graduating in May.  Andrew leaves for Rome tomorrow and I’m so sad that I can’t go with him.  We’re not used to being apart for a week and especially when we can’t really talk so it should be interesting; I see lots of girl time in my future and hopefully a good present when he gets back (hint hint Andrew).
Anyway, Andrew and I got a lot of wedding planning done this week. We had a lot of appointments and got to check a lot of things off our list. We had already been by the church to reserve our date but had not met with the wedding planner or asked one of the pastors to be our officiant so on Tuesday we went by and paid the deposit on the church and talked to Mr.  Len Woods. He agreed to marry us which we were both very excited about. He is good friends with Andrews parents and reminds me of my Uncle Steve who I love very much! We also paid for the Norton Building which is where the reception will be held and I got all the information from Mr. Andy about the old historic fire station which is where we will hold the rehearsal dinner. So we can check Venues off the to-do list.
Now that we have our venues I am having photographer tunnel vision. My biggest fear is that I will hate the pictures and wedding pictures aren’t something you can really do over again therefore I have looked though TONS of photographers websites and only 5 have made the cut for emails. One photographer emailed me back and was rude, rude, rude; why are people rude in the first place it doesn’t get them anywhere. Amanda, my best friend from home, told me I should just blow them off since they were rude in the first email but I wanted to give them a chance so still asked for a pricing list. When they responded with a price that was 4,000 dollars over my favorite/dream photographer I crossed them right off the list. We met with two different photographers that we both really liked last week. I feel that they would both take great pictures of our day but just need time to think about it, meet with the other two people we like and then come to a decision. Why do their have to be so many talented photographers in my area, I wish there was only one person to choose from.  After We pick a photographer I’m sure I’ll move on to something else but right now I just have photographer in the brain they are one of the most important elements to a great weeding right?!

Well that’s what has been going on over here in Ruston.

Xoxo

The Engaged Couple