Rehersal Dinner

Time for wedding updates!

So Friday June 1st was officially the day before the BIG Day.  I woke up and headed to the nail salon with Meredith and Megan.  We had some bonding time over mani's and pedi's.  After running some errands, we headed back to Kara's apartment (girl wedding central) for some lunch and relaxation.  The plan was to head to the venue to help Cindi decorate for the rehersal dinner, but I decided to try my dress on one last time and really wasn't satisfied with it.  So we did some minor (major to me) work to tweak it to make it perfect for me :)  I'm going to lie and say I was totally calm and emotionally stable during this process haha.  

It was finally time to get ready for the rehersal and head to the venue.  During this time it started to rain outside.....I wasn't too sure what we were going to do.  

Once we got to the venue (which looked beautiful thanks to Cindi and her decorations) the rain had let up and we decided to go ahead and have the rehersal outdoor as planned.  Things went very smoothly and the dinner following was delicious.  

Mother and Son

My mother and brother

The boys walking in

The beautiful bridesmaids

My father and I

Going through the process

The beautiful flower girl

Our entertainment at dinner

People kept asking if we were sisters....so we pretended like it.  

It's Jess!!!!

Bachelorette Party!

I'm finally getting a chance to post some pre-wedding activities!!! On May 5th (Cinco de Mayo), my friends threw me a bachelorette party! It was sooo fun! Just wanted I needed at the time to get my mind off the events of the week before.    I headed to OKC for drinks and chips/queso at Iguana.  Since it was Cindo de Mayo and it was a mexican restaurant, they had an extra bar (block party) set up outside.  So it was fun to hang out there and get the party started while we waited on our table.  

Afte we had some delicious margaritas, chips, salsa, and queso, we headed out to Teaze.  The girls had all brought stuff to dress me up in.  Then the dancing began :)  It was a lot of fun and I was super sore the next week!  You use muscles that you wouldn't even imagine!

How do I look as a blond?

All the girls

Trying to learn the "moves"

I conquered the flip!!!

We then headed back to the hotel to get cleaned up, eat more food and open presents.

Delicious cookies Meredith made!

We then proceeded to finish getting ready and headed out on the town where we ended up at a bar for a couple drinks.  We called it a night and what a fun night it was!

Friend Shower

Some of my parent's friends threw Ricky and I a shower.  It was so fun to be able to see some friends that I haven't seen in too long!  Sadly I don't have too many pictures of this shower but I'll share what I have!

The amazing food, including the lemon cake!

My amazing hostesses and mother!

Family Shower

Ricky's family was so gracious as to host a Couples Shower for him and I.  It was so beautiful! They had it in their back yard and of course decorated in yellow and wheat!  

Super cute decorations!

Delicious food!

You can't get any better than desert from Merritt's Bakery

Super cute favors

Gift Opening time! I shared I promise :)

The beautiful hostesses!

My mom and aunt

My family

Part of Ricky's family

Sorority Sister Shower

Over the last few weeks I have been blessed to have had several Bridal showers thrown for Ricky and I.  Our first shower was hosted by my amazing sorority sisters at Betty's house in Guthrie.  It's always so fun to all get together and reminisce about old times.  

Enjoying some delicious food!

I don't remember what was so funny, but this is such a cute picture of me and my mom.

Almost all of the girls that attended!