Potins meet McDaniels

Our parents finally met yesterday. My parents, also, got to meet Shawn's grandparents, Lauren, and John (Shawn's sister and brother-in-law). Everything went absolutely wonderful and everyone enjoyed themselves. There was enough food to feed an army. We ate a Boston butt, potato salad, baked beans, sausage, chicken and artichoke dip, corn casserole, "Baskin Robbins Pie," and pecan pie. It was all wonderful! It's a shame it took so long for all of them to meet....they really hit it off! Yay!

Less than three months to go!

It's now official the wedding party will be clothed. As of today, the bridesmaids have all been fitted for their dresses and shoes. Last week, Shawn and I picked out the tuxes. For being my first time in a tux shop, I think I did pretty well. I can definitely say that the groom sure has it easier than the bride when it comes to picking out their wedding day attire...geez.

Our big project for this week is finalizing the invitations. The wording on the invites isn't really the hard part....who knew that picking out a font/style could be so irritating!

The biggest event of the week, though, is on Saturday! My parents and Shawn's parents finally get to meet. You'd think they might have already met throughout our four years together, but it never happened until now! We will be having lunch at his parent's house. It should be fun! They're actually a lot alike. We'll keep you posted!

Bridesmaid dresses

This weekend, two of the four bridemaids were able to meet my mom and I at David's Bridal for their first fitting of bridesmaids dresses. They are so cute! It should be interesting as to how the dress is going to fit for Jean Anne, seeing as how she will be six months pregnant at the wedding!

Anyways, my best friend Debbie and her husband Stephen were able to come in from Gulfport to visit for the weekend, also. It was nice to hang out again. We were ever able to bless the End Zone with our presence later that night!

Shawn should be going sometime this week to pick out the tuxes for the guys. We have some ideas, just nothing too snazzy!

Starting out

This blog is our first attempt at "blogging," so bear with us. We are hoping to jot down our journey though our engagement and whatever holds for us after our "I do's." This should be fun!

Anyways, Shawn and I got engaged on New Year's Eve 2006 in New Orleans. We were walking down the boardwalk on the river when he sat me down on a park bench. Personally, I was ready to hit Bourbon Street, but he had different intentions. He got down on one knee and proposed. It was so sweet...and definitely unexpected! So, for the past four months, it has been non-stop planning. The planning has been fun, especially since I love checklists, to do lists, and all of that organizing stuff. I guess I'm weird like that, but it sure has helped!