Sneak peek....kinda!

The day had finally come to take my bridal pictures.

I spend the whole day getting ready for my "dress rehearsal". I got my nails done, hair done, make up done-it was a blast. It was so much fun getting to put my dress on!

My photographer and I decided that Brazos Bend State Park would be our backdrop and I am SO glad we did. It was amazing! It had exactly what I had wanted. Fields, whimsy trees, Spanish moss, alligators, and so much more.

Not only was the park amazing, my photographer and friend is the absolute best! Jennifer at JMP is just amazing. She is so much fun and really makes it a fun experience. 

I cannot wait to see the rest of them!

Next up-my birthday and THE BEST DAY EVER!!!!!

15 days y'all!

With love,

Deidre'

Since I've been gone...

Wow!

Here I am, almost 6 months later...

I cannot believe how fast time has gone by. 

In the past 6 months I have:

Seen family I hadn't seen in almost 10 years

Finished my 1st job in a classroom

Got an official teaching job

Planned a wedding 

Crafted my summer away

Found a wedding dress

Celebrated Corey's 25th birthday

Made my debut appearance on my favorite website theBerry

Gone through an amazing marriage prep 

Registered for our wedding

Sent out Save The Dates

Gone to WICKED

Gone to 2 TEXANS game

Began my official 1st year of teaching in a Life Skills Classroom

Gone to The Book of Mormon

Gone to Miranda Lambert with my soon-to-be sister

Sent out invitations

Had 3 wonderful bridal showers

Made it through my 1st 9 weeks of school 

I'm so thankful for all that has happened and I'm getting more and more excited each day for what's to come.

Next up-Bridal portraits with the most amazing photographer JMP!

Only 34 more days until the best day ever!

With love,

 Deidre

Time flies!

I've been engaged for 3 weeks y'all!

Time flies! 

3 weeks of being engaged and we already have a date set!

During spring break (Week 2 of being engaged), my best friend, Steph, and I decided we'd go out and start looking for wedding fun. Needless to say, it got me super excited and ready to start making some decisions. Thankfully C was on the same page. Whew! We both decided we didn't want to have a super long engagement, sooo the wedding planning began. All throughout spring break we researched venues and churches in Sugar Land/Richmond area and found out that these places get super booked and quick. It was a little hectic trying to find reasonable places with the right look, but thankfully we found it and we're in love! It's pretty perfect. Not only was finding a place difficult, but so was timing. We didn't have very many choices and we were still determined to be married before the end of the year. Just this past Friday we made the date official. 

November 30, 2013

And we also get to share that day with my soon-to-be sister-in-law, who's birthday is the same day. So thankful she is excited about sharing her day with us (and she said getting her new sister will be her birthday present :)). Love you, B!!! 

In the midst of wedding craziness we've had some fun too. I spent the majority of my spring break with Steph and we explored Old Town Spring, which is about 30 mins from us. Perfect day! Then, Corey took me to the horse racetrack in Houston for the first time. It was a blast! Cannot wait to go back. We went on a day trip to a few small towns did some antiquing and good eating. We also went to Top Golf not once, but twice this weekend. If you've never heard of it, you need to. It's amazing and the perfect hang out spot. It's basically a 3 story driving range with a ton of other fun stuff.

Now, I'm in the process of getting trying to get organized before the serious wedding planning begins (aka narrowing down my pinterest ideas). I'm trying to start up a binder and then I'll go from there.

Get ready for picture overload...

Celebrating our new Pope!!!

Hangin' out in Round Top

PIE HAVEN!

The pie

After the pie

Sneak peak of the outside of our reception venue!

Can't believe I get to marry this man!

With love,

Deidre'

Weekend Fun

It's safe to say I had the best weekend of my life. I feel that last Friday deserves its' own post, so more on that soon!  Get excited! 

Saturday I spent the day running around with C's mom and sister getting things ready for their sweet cousin's bridal shower. After that we headed to Huntsville for another cousin's wedding. Despite it being freeeeeezing, it was absolutely beautiful! We had a blast eating yummy food and dancing the night away.  

Sunday was full of family. We had a blast at C's cousin's bridal shower that his sister, Brittany, helped put together. She is so awesome at party planning and crafting. Everything was adorable. We had a blast spending the weekend full of family time. 

 Once again, my heart is overflowing. Wait till you hear what else happened!

With love,

Deidre'