Royalty

WOWOW!!! As I sit here and watch the Royal wedding I am getting chills just anticipating my day! This was truly a Royal event. I couldn't imagine celebrating this day with millions around the world, but it was nice to share in their special day from afar. They both looked absolutely stunning!!! I wish we could have tuned into the reception... now that would have been fun to watch.

OH THE HATS!!! Amazing, it made me feel like I was somewhere in a southern baptist church. That was such a cute theme. The pastor/priest did an excellent job too. He did a great job depicting the sanctity of marriage and how important the covenant is between the two of them. Congrats Royal Family!

Hey Janelle, before I let you continue on w/ your post, I just wanted to say these are 2 of my favorite hats :-)...See more here.

My real Royal couple are the Obama's though. I LOVE BLACK LOVE~

Lastly, even as some may wish to bask in royalty, I'd like to remind you that we as children of Christ are a royal priesthood.

1 Peter 2:9

"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Be Blessed

Another Anniversary?!?!?!?

Hey Guys!

Ya'll need to get on my soon-to-be wife.  She has been holding information from you guys.  A lot has been going on, but I'll leave it to her to share it with you guys.  But one day that I did forget to blog about was our 1 year anniversary of our engagement!!!  Well, honestly it was just another day and probably because we were so busy that day all we really did was say, "hey it's our anniversary!" and kept it moving :-).  I guess we're wierd like that :-).  So just to recap, April 9th is our dating anniversary (although I think differently about that date! lol) and April 17th is our engagement anniversary.  Next is the celebration of Janelle's (and let's not forget newly engaged Jennifer (you made the blog again!)) birthday on May 17th!

Photography...Invitations...+ More!

Well it looks like my wife has been killing the game with her recent posts and putting me to shame! Oh and yes I did call her my wife! I'm getting into the habit of calling her my wife. It's funny because titles have always required an adjustment period for me. When Janelle and I became official...I sort of liked to refer to her as my "lady-friend" as my young nephew would call it. The "girlfriend" title took a long time to stick. Then came the "fiance" title. My goodness, if you have never had to say that word before in reference to someone, it takes a lot out of you to say and even more so it just sounds like a word that is just too elegant to come out of my mouth. It's soooo, mmmm, how do you say it...FRENCH! LOL :-) But I did get used to it as of late, but now I'm just calling her my wife to those who know me. I must say...it sounds great. It comes out so fluent and all...but this isn't what this post is about...so let me get on course! So the other day, a follower of this blog got on me because I had not posted anything in awhile. I told them, oh just wait, I have lots to share. But when I said that, I really wondered to myself...I really don't have much to say right now. Of course a lot is going on and probably more so because at this point everything is moving so fast right now. For the most part Janelle is tackling many different projects right now and I'm just there to attend meetings and be her support. My sole responsibility during this time has been to find a photographer. Well, I'm happy to announce that after weeks of visting websites, taking calls and emails from vendors and meeting face to face with photographers we have finally selected our person to capture our moments on our special day. We will be working with AKGilley Photography and her name is Amanda. We meet Amanda just last week and I am not exaggerating when I say we had the best meeting out of all our meetings with the photographers we visited. All of our other meetings were great, but we just enjoyed our time with Amanda and I'm sure she will be delighted to work with Mr. & Mrs. Photogentic, so we really look forward to it...and we will be able to share more pictures on the blog as we have agreed to do another complimentary engagemenet session :-)...but you guys will have to wait for those... Other things that are going on...THE INVITATIONS ARE HERE! Well in pieces that is...now we will spend the next couple of weeks, but hopefully days putting them together! Yes, I have signed up to help folks, hope Janelle let's me in the lab to do some damage. Arts & Crafts may not be my thing, but I can do some mean cutting (along the dotted line of course :-). Let's see...we're also meeting with florists. I wish you guys can see me in these meetings. Janelle and the florist are so into it and I'm just left sitting there wanting to get to the bottom line...the $$$$ :-). In fact, most florist don't even talk to me until they ask what kind of flower(s) I want in my boutonniere. All the glits and glamour of flowers and stuff isn't me, but I continue to follow along. I'm just there for support for the most part but I love to see how Janelle's visions come to light. So I hope you guys are impressed with what we're working on towards the look and feel of the ceremony and reception! Lastly, we had a meeting with our event planner (Randi) yesterday and scheduled our food tasting...mmm, can't wait! Randi told us to make sure we bring our appetites and ya'll know she didn't have to tell me that twice! She also informed us of some great news that we wanted to hear months ago, but hey, better late than never huh? :-)... All and all everything is starting to come together. I need to make more updates instead of these long brain dumps that I'm sure tends to bore you guys. So if you made it this far I commend you! :-) Until next time - "Peace...Out!" *in my Shaun T voice* lol (sidenote: Shaun T is our personal trainer that we despise! lol)

"Weekend to Remember"- Family Life

Renard and I have been so busy the last couple of months that we never got a chance to share what a blessing the Weekend to Remember conference had been to us. We both felt that during our engagement process it was very important to seek marriage counseling and learn more about this ministry of marriage. We began last July with Pastor Sterling of Kettering Baptist Church and upon finishing his counseling we began counseling with Pastor Aaron of Infinity Church (SN: he will be officiating our wedding).

As part of this marriage counseling Renard and I were required to attend one of the Weekend to Remember conferences, so we attended this conference in the beginning of February. THIS CONFERENCE ROCKED!!! While most attendees of this conference were married individuals, this conference couldn't have been more on time for us during our engaged season. We learned so many helpful tips, lessons, biblical principles and much much more to help us in preparation for this new ministry we are about to partake in. While a large majority of the conference was geared toward various seminars, it presented us with a lot of time for self reflection, attentive communication and expression toward our significant other.

I definitely recommend a conference of this type for any engaged couple. It truly allows you to learn and understand God's purpose for married couples, while also teaching various methods and principles that help aid in a successful lifetime of marriage. To say this conference was magnificent is an understatement,... it was absolutely amazing! I challenge those engaged, married, or single looking to be married to attend one of these conferences and I promise you that you will be blessed. Another nice part of the conference was at the very end, each married couple got a chance to renew their vows... it was a beautiful experience to witness lives being changed, marriages being renewed and love being shown by all.

We are looking forward to A weekend to Remember 2012... we vowed to attend this conference again as part of our one year anniversary of our wedding! We also promised that we would bring another couple along with us to share in this wonderful experience... won't you join us??? They are held all over the U.S. Check out the link below!

(http://www.familylife.com/site/c.dnJHKLNnFoG/b.3204559/k.F5BB/Attend_a_conference.htm)

Be Blessed!

April 9th

Today is such a special day for us as we celebrate our anniversary and our 3 month countdown!!!! Time is flying by, but that's what happens when you're having fun. Can't wait to become his Mrs.

SN: Shout out to my Gamma Tau LS's... happy 6th anniversary!!

Wedding Wire Forums

I'm clearly months into wedding planning, but I can't believe I just recently found out about wedding wire. A friend of mine who is also engaged told me about this site almost a month ago and I have been addicted to their forums ever since. Brides from all around share so much useful information about their planning process. Literally there is an answer for any question you have concerning your special day. This site has seriously been a huge help, just really wish I knew about it sooner :)