Wedding Wednesday: Bridal Tea Party

Note:  This was supposed to go up yesterday....I typed it and everything.  I just forgot to push publish.

So, this is ridiculously late.  I know.  But, I just had to share.  I had two other bridal showers that I really wanted to share.  Why stop at a couples tailgate shower?  Who doesn't want two more?  I certainly did, and I feel so blessed to have had them.

FIRST UP,
TEA PARTY SHOWER

This day was absolutely perfect.  From big hats, to gorgeous flowers, to thoughtful gifts, and wonderful friends and family - every bit of it made me happy.  My lovely Aunt Joanne, cousin Julie, and two "aunts" (not by blood but by friendship - Aunt Linda & Aunt Joan) threw this fabulous event.  I'd never been to a tea party, but dangit I've got to believe this was one of the better ones. 

A little memorial for my sweet grandmother who died 10 years ago.  

Meet the Maids

MOH

 I'm so awkward at opening gifts.  My Nana embroidered some pillow cases for me and I immediately cried.  You only get pillow cases when you get married!

My sister made me a bridal beard.  Sweet right?  So fitting because of my Husband's beard.

Obsessed with this gift.

Amell Cousins (Two of these things are not like the others...haha.)

Me and the Three Amigos

Mother-in-Law

Cousin, Aunt, Me, Mom

Typical

Hostess, Aunt Linda

Two of my hostesses (Aunt Joanne & Julie)

ps.  Big shout out to my husband, my bestie, my cousin Tina, my sister, and my Dad who busted their butts helping to pull this beautiful event off.  Love y'all!  AND AS ALWAYS thanks to my four hostessses. :)

Tea Party in the Creek.  I'm so classy y'all.
Tomorrow I'll tell you all about my third and final shower.  :)

Cheerio,
Kel

Thankful Tuesday: puppies, pictures, and prosecutors

This has been such a week of happiness.  So, here's what I'm thankful for this week...

1.  Who let the dogs out?

...who, who, who, who?  I know what you're thinking.  Either (1) How does Kelly have friends?  OR (2) That makes me think of middle school.  Either way, whatever.  Keep reading.

If you know the LaPlantes, then you know that they have an unhealthy obsession with their almost four year old Schnorkie (or Yowzer...whichever you prefer.  He's a Schnauzer Yorkie) Sawyer.  To say our lives revolve around this boy is an understandment.

So we were really excited when we expanded our little family this week.

Meet Norah.  Our 8 week old goldendoodle and the newest addition to the LaPlante family.  We're nothing short of in love already.

Choosing a breed was a no brainer.  Hypoallergenic.  Non-shedding.  Smart like a poodle.  Cute like a golden.  Long living.  Great family dog.  Precious as all get out.  Um...duh.  Goldendoodle it is.

We always knew we were more of a two dog family.  In fact, we've been following a breeder for three years now.  We wanted to get a second dog before we were in a house and before children, and this felt like the perfect time.  Not to mention, we always believed Sawyer would be much happier if he had a pal during the work days when we aren't at home.  So here she is!

Sawyer still isn't entirely sure what he thinks of her.  He's slowly warming up to her.  She wanted to snuggle him immediately, but Sawyer wasn't so sure.  We keep making the joke that Sawyer is our teenage son who is a little annoyed with his new little sister.  But, we are sure that in no time they'll be spooning (or something like that).

2.  Dreampop Media maka me so happay

Many of you know that our friends, Jeff and Amanda, are the duo behind Dreampop Media.  They're a great couple, and they are seriously talented.  They did our engagement photos, my bridal portraits, and did photo and video at our wedding.  We've been nothing short of pleased with everything they have done.  But this week,  the lady part of the duo delivered our wedding video (the long form).  It is 25 minutes of pure happiness, and I cried through the whole thing.  We'll try to put it online sometime soon (if we can get the file to work).   At the very least, Amanda is going to have our short form video up in the next few days. I couldn't be more thankful to have had them come into our lives, and we are loving the friendship that has blossomed from all of it.

Here's a sneak peak of some of the shots Jeff took at our wedding:

3.  New Job - Holla!

Tomorrow I start my new job with the 9th Circuit Solicitor's Office.  I don't want to go into it too much, because a couple of things have to fall in to place for everything to be perfect.  But, when it does (or doesn't) I'll be sure to let y'all know.  Many of you know I interned here during my 3L year.  It's essentially my dream job.  So fingers crossed and prayers needed.  This girl's just getting started!

Hope your week has brought you as much happiness as mine has.  Stay thankful!

xoxo,

Kel

Reboot, y'all.

That's it.

I'm officially a bad blogger. But the times are a changing, folks.  We've had some seriously exciting changes in this house, and I fully intend on sharing them.

So here's the plan.  I'm going to take a page out of my husband's (yes, I said husband) book.  By that I mean his blog.  He themes his days in order to get the ball rolling on topics.  This is what I've come up with:

Monday - Make My Monday - to recap weeks/weekends and everything they entail

Tuesday - Thankful Tuesday - to recap things that I'm incredibly thankful for

Wednesday - Wedding Wednesday - I had one amazing wedding.  I'm biased.  You should be biased about your own wedding.  You only get one, if you're lucky.  There's no way I want to put it all in one blog post.  Plus, I have two showers, 4 days of wedding activities, and a honeymoon to catch you up on.  So, I'll just use Wednesdays to spill the details.

Thursday - Throwback Thursday - to recap all the fun things we've been doing and I haven't been sharing with y'all

Friday - Friday Finds - we'll see if that sticks.  I just want a day to talk about the things/items/clothes/songs/books/movies I'm loving right now.

Now let me be clear - I have no plans to blog every day of the week.  BUT, when I do I'm hoping this will get me started.  Here's hoping I become an excellent blogger now.

xoxo,
Kel

Wait -- you had a tailgate....shower?

Y'all....I am such a lucky girl.

Two weekends ago, my big sister Heather and bestie Jackie threw Darryl and me an amazing couples bridal shower.  A few of our friends had done this kind of shower before, so once we were engaged we just knew we had to be copycats...or as it might be....copycocks? haha. (I find myself hilarious)

It was a couples shower involving one of our FAVORITE things in all the world:  South Carolina Gamecock Football.  So how do you incorporate this?  You have a "tailgate shower."  It's a really great, unique shower idea and is perfect for couples who are big sports fans.

We parked in the ETV Lot next to the stadium where we had a large lawn for corn hole and ladder golf.  Jackie, my sister, Jackie's parents, and my parents worked hard to create an awesome set up consisting of canopies, balloons, amazing food, great drinks, awesome friends, and a lot of Gamecock pride.

Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Seriously the most tasty "skinny" cocktail ever. 

I'm going to get the recipe and put it on here because it was so good.

The LaPlantes - Darryl's older sister Linds

Love, love, love Jackie!

Cute decor that Jackie whipped up

Heather says it has multiple meanings

"Forever to Thee" is the last line of the South Carolina alma mater, and also...D & I are totally going to be married forever and ever and ever.

HOSTESSES!

Our Dads - so handsome!

One of these people is not a LaPlante - but NOT FOR LONG!

My adorable, fabulous parents

Our family photo!  Missing three from Heather's family, but adorable nonetheless.

Us with our fabulous hosts.

A little cornhole action.

Our sweet game field

Winthrop Folks

Josh, Amy, Me, D, Whipple, Justin, Kayla

South Carolina Folks

You could be in this picture if you went to USC or you love someone who went to USC

Adam, Casey, Jamie, Me, D, my Dad, Jackie (went to USC for one day before she realized her credits couldn't transfer), Heather, Adele, Mike, Leigh (USC by association! haha sorry Leigh!), Reese, & Logan

My sister and Austin

 

Dad & one of his favorite guys

He's always looking for an excuse to smoke cigars with my college pals!

Guess what one of the best part of having a tailgate shower is?  You get TAILGATE GIFTS!  From stadium seats, to coolers, to platters, to drink buckets, to cups, and tablecloths - we are seriously SET to throw the biggest, baddest tailgate of all time.  I was one happy Gamecock, and Darryl was one happy adopted Gamecock who still loves the Winthrop Eagles.

These next few pictures are here just so you can see how awkward we are at opening gifts and displaying them.  I unwrapped and Darryl displayed. Enjoy!

Jackie's Dad was being really helpful to Mrs. Caron while she tried to make my bow-quet. Ha!

We had 35 friends and family at the shower which was an unbelievable showing.  There were friends from my undergrad and Darryl's undergrad, and we seriously couldn't be more thankful that they all showed up.

Big thank you to all of you who came out, and an even bigger thank you to the team who worked to pull this awesome event off.  Love y'all!

ps.  FIRST OFFICIAL WEDDING ACTIVITY?  Check!