The busiest, craziest, most jam-packed, fun, and exhausting weekend ever

I am still recovering from this past weekend. I have slept 9 or 10 hours every night since Sunday night, and I am still tired. Who knew that you could pack that much fun into one weekend?? 

I’ll recap in words and then pictures. It’s probably going to be a ton of pictures, so if your computer crashes, I apologize in advance :)

Thursday: Thursday was cleaning day at the Grant house. I cleaned all day to get ready for the lingerie shower Saturday night since I wouldn’t have time Friday to do it. Then, Thursday night, Travis and I went to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner for Matt and Maggie’s wedding. It was fun but hot outside! The dinner was at Luvici’s in Athens, and the food was awesome! I’d never eaten there before, but we’ll definitely have to go back. 

Friday: Woke up at 4:30 AM for work (not so much fun after being out after 10 PM the night before), and worked until 2 PM. I raced home and we got ready to leave for the wedding. I ended up being ready before Travis because he underestimated how long it would take to put on his fancy tux (it had suspenders and a handkerchief and everything!)…haha. We got to Founder’s Hall where the wedding was only a few minutes after 4 PM when we were supposed to be there. The wedding was beautiful, and of course, Maggie was too! It was hot when they were out taking pictures, but by 7 PM, it had cooled off a good bit. The reception was fun, and we had a great time. I’d say it was one of the most fun weddings I’ve been to. 

Saturday: Got up early to start getting ready for Alisha’s lingerie shower at our house. Emily Smith and Emily Grant came over to help, and we spent the day cooking, organizing, decorating, and having fun. We got it all done just in time for the guests to arrive at 6:30 PM. Even though we’d never made most of the recipes, they all turned out good! We had fun playing games and watching Alisha open her gifts, and we took a ton of pictures. I finally let Travis come home around midnight when the last of the girls left, and we were up til after 1 AM cleaning and getting the house back to normal. Whew!

Sunday: Sunday we went to church, and then it was time to celebrate Travis’s 25th birthday. It was a rushed birthday lunch, though, because we had to get to Mrs. Bev’s for Alisha’s bridal tea by 1 PM. I feel bad that Travis’s birthday got overshadowed, so I think we’ll have to celebrate this weekend or something :) Your 25th birthday is a big one, and it deserves some attention! Alisha’s bridal tea was fun, and she got a ton of stuff. I think she must have gotten at least 10 sets of her dishes, and a lot of other stuff too. By the time Sunday night rolled around, I pretty much was ready to collapse though. Maybe one of these days I’ll recover from all of that fun!

Ok, whew. Now I’ll post some pictures. If I posted every picture from the weekend, it would be almost 200, so I won’t do that to you. But here are some of the best :)

Some of the guys at the rehearsal for Matt and Maggie’s wedding

 

Maggie and Mrs. Angela observing :)

 

Matt and his stand-in bride for the night

 

Matt and Travis at Luvici’s

 

Collier, Matt, and Travis

The wedding party…I loved the bridesmaids dresses!

 

Apparently, something was funny :)

 

Close-up of the guys

 

Tried to catch them all jumping, but I didn’t do so good. Check out Travis with his hands in the air though! :)

 

Matt Watson being goofy

 

Collier and Travis

 

We’ve missed you, Matt Watson!

 

Me and my handsome groomsman

 

Matt with his sister, Amanda — she looked beautiful!

 

Travis and Matt

 

Groom’s cake

 

Loved these napkins!

 

Bride’s cake

 

The bell ringers were the cutest things ever! They walked up the aisle ringing their bells and saying, “The bride is coming! The bride is coming!”

 

Here comes the bride!

 

Saying their vows

 

 

Travis and Jonathan Caldwell

 

Matt and Travis again

 

Us with the bride and groom….I’m sad this one’s a little blurry

 

The get-away car

 

Little did they know Colby was hiding the backseat under a bunch of balloons!!!!

 

Found this sign at Party City…I thought it turned out really cute!

 

Emily cutting a watermelon for our watermelon bowl

 

The cake!!!

 

Cake and punch table

 

The lingerie banner that Emily made—turned out great!

 

Decorations

 

More decorations

 

Food!

 

Lots of food!

 

The bride-to-be! :)

 

Emily serving punch

 

All of Alisha’s gifts

 

 

Time to open gifts!

 

Alisha with her cake

 

One of my favorite pictures from the night!

 

This is why Travis is the best husband ever. He came home after the shower and helped load up Alisha’s and Emily’s cars, and then he helped me wash dishes! I am so lucky :)

Before Travis’s birthday lunch

 

Sad that this one turned out blurry too! :(

 

Alisha and all of her bridesmaids at the tea on Sunday

 

Alisha!

 

Opening lots of gifts

 

Cousin love – Emily and Aubrey

 

Some of the gifts

 

More gifts

 

Alisha and her cousin Reagan –so sweet

 

Baugay gave Alisha a quilt that Grandmother Smith made :)

 

Pretty girls :)

Ok, that is not nearly all of the pictures, but I think it’s enough to show how much fun we had this weekend. The rest of this summer is going to fly by I’m sure, but maybe we’ll catch our breath by the time August gets here :)

This weekend, Alisha has another party Friday night that I’m going to, and then Saturday Travis and I are going to hopefully install our new garage door opener. Looking forward to parking in the garage again…especially since it’s getting so hot outside. 

Oh and by the way, you can refer to me now as the “Coupon Kid.” I got that nickname at Publix yesterday when an older man passed me in the aisle and saw my big pink coupon binder. Haha :)

Fripp Island is in less than 2 weeks…can’t wait for a little R&R :)

Hope you’re having a fabulous week and enjoying the sunshine!!