Party Time!

This weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in suchhhh a long time! Our engagement party was soooo much fun and we had a great time with family and friends in our cute and small little town of Oxford, MS. Candice did an incredible job of hosting the shin dig at the 5 Twelve (the old Oliver Britt house in Oxford). There were beautiful flower arrangements done by my sweet friend (and wedding florist) Ashley Daniels of The Twisted Twig and Syd at the venue did a great job of food and drinks! Friday Afternoon before the party we had our guests come into town. Rickey, Candice, Mrs. Dana, Papa Rick and myself went around Oxford and looked at the Church of Christ and the Powerhouse, our wedding venues. They loved them and we brainstomed ideas for decorations and entertainment for the wedding. I think it was fun for Candice and Mrs. Dana to get to see what I have been emailing them about for months and months! ;) We then went and toured two places that we are looking to use for rehearsal dinner sites. We all went back home soon after and got ready for the party! We had a great turn out for the evening and after the party, went out to our favorite local hangout in Oxford, the Library. We had a BLAST! All the sisters and brother and friends were there to celebrate with us and we danced the night away!


On saturday we woke up and headed back to the sports bar for all the guys to watch the LSU vs Alabama game. After the game was over we walked to the Ole Miss game and hung out there with Ashley and Molly Adyson. The guys loved watching Molly Adyson and playing with her! Shes so precious. We decided to head back to the library to do some more dancing after the Ole Miss game and the LSU boys totally took the show.. All in all it was a blast. I am so glad that everyone had a great time and got to celebrate this weekend with us.. I kept thinking to myself, this is just awesome.. I loved that our best friends and sisters/brothers got to hang out because the next time that we will probably ALL be together again, will be at the wedding....... :)
Sunday our out of town guests headed home and Rickey and I were sooo exhausted we just were lazy. With a lack of sleep and exhaustion, we slept most of the day and watched the Saints win! YAY! Rickey and I decided that this is why there is a thing called a "honeymoon" after a wedding, because it can be sooooo tiring when you have these BIG weekends that you have to have some down time to come off the happy "high"..


Speaking of the honeymoon........ We have officially booked the HONEYMOON! YAY! We will be staying 7 nights at the Excellence Resort at Playa Mujeres in Mexico. This is about 35 miles outside of Cancun' and is an all inclusive luxury/gourmet resort which we BOTH were sooo excited about. When Rickey and I started discussing locations for the honeymoon, we both had things that we wanted.. We wanted it to be super luxurious-which it is... We wanted it to offer us great food since we love to dine out-it does... We wanted it to be all inclusive so we dont have to worry about expenses while we are there- it is... and we DID NOT want to have to fly and entire day to get somewhere- WE DONT! Our flight from Memphis is only 2 and a half hours and we are sooooo excited. We could have gone pretty much anywhere that we wanted but this was perfect for us because it met every single one of our expectations. I cannot wait to go. And when we booked our reservations, we were granted the honeymoon bonus and upgrade which allows us to have a spa day, be in the excellence VIP club during our stay, and have our chef cook us a candlelight dinner on the beach.. Now come on, how awesome is that! We are so excited and cannot wait........


More exciting news! WE FOUND A HOUSE AND WE GOT IT! Rickey is signing the contract tomorrow and getting the keys! We will officially be living there in December and are sooo excited. Like I have been saying, it has been MORE than difficult to find a place to live in cleveland because homes are mostly for sale and we had no intentions of buying a place in the delta. We plan to move to Baton Rouge/Denham Springs as soon as Rickey finishes his masters and didnt want to have to worry about selling a house we havent lived in for more than 2 years. That being said, we had a budget we wanted to stick with in the rental department and some other amentities that we needed (like a pen for abner in the backyard, etc.).. This house is PERFECT for us! Its a great size, on a corner lot so it has a nice big front and side yard, has a fenced in backyard area for Abner to play in, pretty wood floors (which totally sold me) and all in all is just a quaint little first time home. Its an older house and reminds me a lot of the Belhaven houses in Jackson. We have some great decoration ideas and we are just so excited. It makes all this getting married and starting a life together thing seem so much more real! I will post pics as soon as I get a chance to get to cleveland this weekend and take some. I will also put up some pictures from the engagement party as soon as more are uploaded from friends and family. For now, here are some of the funny and fun pics from the evening!

Avec tout mon couer,
Lacey Noland, in 229 days.