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From Pocahontas and the Chief!!

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Source: google.com via Meagan on Pinterest

I've been trying to keep my few blog posts lately pretty upbeat in order to salvage any readers I have left, but forgiveness is something that's really been weighing on my mind lately. I've really been struggling to forgive some people that have hurt me. I just haven't been able to figure out what I need to do to get my mind in the right place for it. All that to say that yesterday I ran across a Facebook status that listed Mark 11:25 with the caption, "Forgive even when they're not sorry." I looked up the verse, and it really gave me so much peace. And you know what, once my mind was a little clearer I was able to think a little deeper into it.

Here I am sitting around struggling with forgiving when I need forgiveness daily from God and others in my life. Here I am thinking about how someone else has wronged me, but not willing to look in the mirror and realize that I'm not perfect either. What a wakeup call! I shared the the verse with a group of my friends, and one of them told me about a priest who compared holding on to grudges and not forgiving to taking poison and expecting the other person to die. How true is that?? Forgiveness is a gift you can give yourself, even if you're not ready to gift the other person yet.

That's just something I really needed to hear and thought I'd share in case anyone else needed it too.

Our photographer posted a preview of the engagement pics, so I'll leave you with that for purpose of recording on here. Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!!!

Engagement Shoot...

We had engagement pictures made this weekend with Erin Coker of Erin C Photography. She is amazing, y'all! Not only does she take fabulous pictures, but she makes you so comfortable while doing it. I know Justin was sort of dreading not looking forward to standing around and posing for pictures all day long, but he did such a great job. We laughed a lot when trying to be serious, but I think that turned out ok too. Our sweet, sweet friends Whitney and Michael were so amazing and offered their farm for us to take pictures at, and it was BEAUTIFUL! There were cotton fields, an old church, train tracks, a cute office with old signs, a beautiful yard and much, much more. It was exactly what I was looking for when thinking about these pictures. I absolutely cannot wait to see the edited pics!! In the meantime, here is one that Erin took of her camera and posted on Facebook yesterday.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!

Jamie

Planning...

First, I realize this has turned into a wedding blog. I know, I know!! It's probably a little obnoxious annoying. My only defense is to tell you that I just want to make sure I'm documenting everything. And hey, at least I'm doing it on here where people have free choice to click the link, instead of my Facebook page. Does that make it any better???

ANYWHO...

Wedding planning has been really fun so far. I have to admit, I've been planning this wedding in my head for a while now, but just now getting to solidify details. It hasn't really been stressful yet, and I'm really thankful for that! So here's a list of things that have been done so far.

Date

Location

Catering

Floral

Photography

Wedding Party Selection

Bridesmaid's Dresses

Wedding Dress

Guest Gifts (Picked not Ordered)

Registry at Belk, Bed Bath and Beyond, Everyday Gourmet and Persnickety

My side's guest list

I feel proud like I've really accomplished a lot in a month, huh? Still a lot of little details to do. Next up, rentals and engagement pictures. I'll leave you with a pic of the location.

Can't wait for April 13, 2013 to get here!

Say Yes to the Dress!

This weekend, on June 16, 2012, I found a MY wedding dress. I wanted to document this moment, because I want to remember how I felt and how excited I was that day! I only tried on 3 dresses, and when I got to the one I picked, I just knew. Well, actually I knew once we put the sash with it. I felt like a bride immediately. It was the weirdest feeling, but I LOVED it!

Since I'm obviously not going to post the dress on here, here are some dresses that I think are pretty...

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!!

Jamie

Engaged!

I'm soooo late on this post, but I wanted to make sure to document this time in my life. I'm so excited to share that one week ago, Justin and I got ENGAGED!! On June 8, 2012! I have never been more excited about anything. I'm so excited that I get to marry someone that I truly love and who loves and accepts me for exactly who I am. It's really the best feeling in the whole world. Here are some pics; and hopefully, I'll have some more updates on the planning as we go along. I'm challenging myself to blog more during our engagement, so I'll always have these memories documented.

 

I'm in love with my ring!! He did such a good job!

I had to post this pic, because Hudson was soooo excited for me!

 

Happy Friday Everyone!!!

Jamie

Catchup Time

Wow! I haven't done a post since March 9th! I've been a blog slacker before, but never this bad. I honestly just can't ever think of anything to blog about! I guess I need to get a new camera spice up my life. So here are a few things that have happened lately.

 

We went to Riverfest a couple of weeks ago in Vicksburg with my brother, Zach and Mallory. Sooo glad we ended going because it was so much fun and I got to see Lindsey and Hunt.

 

By the way, Lindsey's design blog, Sugar Plums, has some cute new wreaths at great prices. Go by and check them out!!

 

Sorry for the blurry pic, but Myers had a program at school last week and it was sooooo sweet. I can't believe how big he is getting. He did such a great job singing all the songs.

Here he is with Harris afterwards.

 

I just love this pic that I stole from my mom's fb page. Just makes me smile every time I see it!

 

Over the weekend, we got to watch Trey and Morgan Stokes get married. It was such a beautiful wedding, and we had such a great time!

Here we are before heading to Belzoni for the festivities.

Hope everyone has a happy hump day!!

Jamie