clowns in my coffee?

No, that would be CLOUDS in my coffee.

Just minutes before I was to walk down the aisle, my dad pulled this little prop out of his coat pocket.

Bell ringer/flower girl, Natalie, was fascinated and was very interested in trying on the nose herself. At the reception, my dad gave her a little gift.

*photos by Kelly Moore Photography

can miles truly separate you from friends?

When Todd and I got engaged and it came time for me to choose my bridesmaids, I didn’t have any trouble at all. I know that a lot of brides have a hard time narrowing it down or feel obligated to have a cousin or friend whose wedding she was in. Bridal parties can become really big really quickly. I felt so fortunate to know that the five women that I would choose were the only five that I could ever imagine being a part of my day. It wouldn’t have been the same without any one of them there and there isn’t a single person that I wish I had included.

All by one of us attended Louisiana Tech, but we all were Alpha Chi Omegas either at Louisiana Tech or UVA. I grew up with one of the girls– our moms were pregnant with us at the same time and they were best friends– and we ended up living together in college. I met one of them in graduate school and we were instantly friends.

The sad thing is that none of these girls live here in Columbia. I love visiting my friends and one of them actually lives in San Diego– the perfect vacation spot, I think! I still miss them, though. If I had it my way I’d put them all here or put us all somewhere together with our jobs, husbands, boyfriends, and pets and we’d live in a perfect world.

My California bridesmaid is also an event planner and my Dallas bridesmaid is a designer. We’ve all tossed around the idea of going into business together and finally living our dream, but geography poses a pretty large problem.

We’ll just have to settle for frequent flights and road trips to get all of those good times back. I often wonder how many girls live near their best friends and how many are dealing with long distance best friendships.

tailgate time

SEC football is on the horizon and I’m pretty much looking forward to everything about it. The food, the friends, the excuse to entertain, the competition, the black dresses and flip flops, Cocky, and most of all, hearing 2001: A Space Odyssey before kick off.

This year, we’re hosting friends at our house for the LSU game and the Tennessee game. The Tennessee game falls on Halloween weekend, so I’m sure Columbia will have an overabundance of orange, but we’ll make sure we get plenty of Garnet in there.


We know that two members of our household are ready for Carolina football!

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