Taking Pointers

Last weekend Drew and I attended his friend's wedding. The bride had a very nontraditional dress. It was absolutely striking on her.Both the bride and the groom are in the military and spent time in Iraq last year. While I don't believe either of them were stationed in the area that Drew will be, it was nice to see them together and happy after their deployment. Drew was one of the groomsmen so he took some notes from the day of the wedding: what he liked, what he didn't. I too kept an eye on all of the details from the church to the reception - making mental notes of things throughout the night.
Here we are with Drew's two sisters...Each groomsman got a bat, engraved with a quote specifically for them. This is me winding up for a swing...
against Josh, another soldier... We have a love-hate type of relationship :)There are definitely a lot of details to consider, but we have plenty of time and a lot of people around willing to help. So far all we have really done is pick a date, church and priest. Drew and I actually had lunch with the priest Thursday. Drew has a lot of history at his church. His family has always been really involved and he worked there for 10 years as a server and doing maintenance. He and this particular priest have history. Father Dell says he remembers drew from when he was 9 years old and they have stayed in touch this entire time even though he no longer works at that church.We have also dived into finding the perfect reception hall and photographer. I definitely have my favorites for both of those, but it's all about reviewing numbers and making sure it's the right fit. I am hoping we can all agree on a reception site in the next couple of weeks. We have two more places set up to look at on Monday and then we might got back to a couple of our favorites with my mom.

I'll keep you posted.

I also have some fun Lexi pictures to post in the next couple of days. I think you will get a kick out of them!