Spill About Your L-O-V-E

On this sunny Wednesday morning, I saw this cute little link-up and thought I'd join in!

Spill About Your L-O-V-E 

 {1} Describe your dating life prior to finding your husband/boyfriend/fiance.

Prior to meeting my fiance Cody, my dating life was pretty much non-existent. I had been in a relationship for three years, which lasted much longer than it should have. It was a high school relationship that tried to transition into our first year of college. It failed. [Luckily :)]

{2} Describe your husband/boyfriend/fiance in one word. How would he describe you in one word?

How Cody would describe me...

Compassionate

He knows how much I love my friends and family. I truly care about their well-being and when something isn't right I'm truly bothered. And animals - I have a bigger heart with animals than people sometimes! Like the baby bird our dogs, Hank and Maci, tried to eat in the backyard. I ALMOST DIED. 

How I would describe Cody...

Southern.

I love that about him! He can be such a southern gentleman. [when he wants to be :) ] I love that he comes from such a sweet and loving family. He's polite and has manners. He is easy to talk to, and loves talking to people. And I can't forget about those cowboy boots and southern accent!

My country themed Graduation party.

{3} You had a really silly fight. Embarrassing silly. What was it about?

Ok. When I wake up, you normally don't want to touch me with a ten-foot pole. I am not a morning person. Cody is the opposite. He's up bright and early, with a big ole smile on his face to accompany his perky morning personality. Not only does he want to have full on conversations at sunrise, but cuddle and show affection as well. 

He tried to cuddle with me one morning and I was NOT nice about it. AT ALL. I was tired. I was grumpy. I was mean. It started a fight that lasted all day! Over cuddling! By the next day we realized just how stupid and silly it was.

{4} In three sentences (and only three!), describe where you both hope to be in 5 years.

In five years, we will be happily married, contrary to how far away our wedding date feels. We hope to own our own house, in a place we both love. We hope to have started a family by then too!

{5} Tell us something about your husband/boyfriend/fiance we wouldn't know from reading your blog. 

He sleeps with a life size batman every night. 

Don't tell him I told y'all.

I will deny it.

{6} What's one thing you never thought you'd do in front of your husband/boyfriend/fiance, but you did?

I'm about to gross y'all out. 

Pee.

Never did I ever think I would feel that comfortable with somebody and him with me.

Now it's second nature.

 Now it's your turn! Link-up with A.Liz Adventures to Spill Your L-O-V-E.

Weekend In Review

It's Tuesday, I know.

I'm a day behind in my weekend review post, but with all the fun festivities I didn't have time and I can't let it go to waste!

So here we go...

Friday

Cody and I met our friends Paul and Ashley for dinner. We went to Cheddars, which I highly recommend. Cheap food, cheap (HUGE) drinks and you would never know it. Delicious.

Me and Ashley.

 Saturday

I really had NO plans Saturday originally. Ashley was going to shoot a wedding that day, her very first SOLO wedding! I had mentioned going with her to help and assist with whatever she needed. Weddings last all day so I knew it would be tough to do by herself. She asked Friday night if I was still interested and said I could even bring my new Canon Rebel T3i along for the trip. With Cody going to play golf and spend a night in Athens with Paul, I jumped on the chance!

She picked me up at nine that morning and we headed up to the salon where our bride was getting ready with her girls.

Miss Ashley, the professional photographer.

Since the bride had her hair done so early, and her ceremony wasn't until six that evening, her hair fell a little bit. Ashley, being the sweet and generous girl that she is, helped the bride redo her hair and actually did her makeup. (As well as the rest of the five bridesmaids.) With Ashley being tied up, nobody was there to take pictures of the girls getting ready - except me. Yeah.

Not only can I barely work my new camera, I have NO photography skills, experience, nothing. Luckily, the bride was really easy-going and didn't expect too much out of her pictures since her original photographer canceled two weeks before her wedding! Hesitantly, I picked up my camera and started shooting away. Once I took a few, I was instantly comfortable and was able to take the pictures that I would want from my own photographer at my wedding. 

Our Bride.

 Luckily, Ashley was able to snap a few in between hair and makeup too. So my pictures aren't the only ones this poor girl has to rely on. After the girls got ready, we headed to the ceremony spot. It was stunning! A beautiful North Georgia farm. Ashley had the girls take pictures together before the guys came. I really just stood back, let Ashley do her thing and I took pictures when I saw something cute or interesting. Ashley took beautiful pictures, and with a few of mine added in, I think our bride will be ecstatic with the outcome.

A picture I took of the bride and groom.

We ended up staying up there until 11:30 and we were completely pooped. NEVER. EVER. Did I realize how much work it is as a photographer to stand all day, squatting up and down, trying to get the best pictures possible of somebody's dream day. We had so much fun together, but it was a lot of work! We rewarded ourselves with some Taco Bell. :)

Happy in the Taco Bell drive-thru.

But sad because our little legs hurt so bad.

[Once I send Ashley my pictures, and she edits them with her super cool editing software, I'll share more pictures with y'all!]

Sunday

Sunday was Father's Day, and Cody and I headed to meet my family for a hibachi lunch. After lunch (and some shopping) we headed up to see Cody's dad for dinner to spend the evening with them. I'll be seeing my dad next weekend for Father's Day.

Nannie & Poppie

And then our cook made a big flame and almost burned Nannie's eyelashes off.

Our family picture. Thank you hibachi guy.

My mom and step-dad, Chuck.

Melt my heart. Cody walking with Nannie.

My cute future Hubby. :)

I hope your weekend was just as good as mine!

The Men In My Life

Happy Father's Day to all the men in my life!

My dad and I at the Georgia vs. Alabama game. Go Dawgs!

My awesome step-dad, Chuck.



The best grandfather I could ever ask for.

And Cody, the best dog daddy in the entire world!

Have a great day with all the dads in your life!

Five on Friday

Happy Friday y'all!

After the storms we had last night, it's nice to see perfectly blue skies this morning!

 Today I'm linking up with Darci over at The Good Life for Five on Friday.

Five things that I'm loving, on my mind, anything!

One

Monday I'm taking a mini road trip to see my friend Brittany in Auburn, Alabama!

The last time I saw her was at her baby shower and we weren't able to talk much at the time because of all the festivities. We lived together in college and became good friends. She's now having a baby, and we're hanging out one last time before Luke comes at the end of July. I also have a very special delivery for her! ;)

Getting ready at Brittany's wedding last summer.

Two

One of my best friends, Ashley is shooting her very first wedding this weekend! She's an aspiring photographer, and caught a lucky break when a bride's photographer CANCELED on her a few weeks before her wedding! (My heart would stop.) Ashley is headed up there tomorrow to take on the challenge. I'm so excited for her! 

[She blogs over at A Thousand Words!]

Ashley and I at the Jason Aldean concert last April.

Three

Father's Day is this weekend! I have yet to buy any gift or card for my dad, step-dad, future father-in-law or grandfather. Way to be proactive, Lauren. Nonetheless, I'm excited to celebrate with my family this weekend!

Me, My Dad, Whitney

Four

 Today is my [hopefully] last day of working on my "Will You Be My Bridesmaid?" gifts. No joke. I've been working on them for two weeks straight. I know it's my fault that I waited until the last minute, but school was honestly my main focus until the end of May. I'm so excited to almost have them done. I hope my girls love them and say yes! I'll be delivering them next week and hopefully show y'all by the end of the week! So exciting!

Five

Did I tell y'all I found my WEDDING DRESS? :D

Maybe one, two, three times.

I can't stop looking at the pictures of it! I have them secretly hidden so Cody can't stumble upon them. I'll be taking Cody's mom and a family friend to see it the first weekend in July, when I take my bridesmaids to try on bridesmaid dresses. I hope they love it as much as I do!

There it is. My Five on Friday.

Happy Friday y'all!