Tying Ribbons and Bows

Just had to share. Rickey and Abner eat breakfast together EVERY morning. I loved this pic. :)

Today I had the day off so I spent most of the time cleaning, sweeping Abner's hair off the wood floor (he's shedding his winter coat uncontrollably), making homeade lasagna for the boys who patched the ceiling when Brancy fell through the roof (if u didnt hear this story, I will blog regarding it soon), and doing wedding stuff. Tomorrow marks the official "4 month" mark to the wedding and we are down to doing the tedious tasks of "small but large" details for the wedding. Some days I feel soooooooooo unprepared for this one special day, I get so worried. But, im just holding fast that all these plans we have made so far will come together beautifully.

Some brides might not be able to say this truthfully, but I very well can. My fiance' is the absolute BIGGEST help in wedding planning and I appreciate him so much for that. Here recently, our time has been slim to none with each other due to our night and day schedules. Today, he got out of practice early and had two hours before he had to go to class, so we sat at our breakfast table and tied ribbons and bows on 144 tubes of bubbles. We had this explosion of chocolate brown and ivory ribbon everywhere and developed an assembly line that actually worked out perfectly. Who ever thought that Rickey Craig would get a kick out of making sure the ribbons were perfectly tied and perfectly even - he's so good. ;)

Rick had a project regarding the Mississippi Delta and had to take some photos of "delta things" for class. When he came home, we uploaded his pictures and I realized I had a ton of pictures of Monmouth Plantation where we will be having the ceremony and reception. Thought I would post these and navigate you around the grounds.... Please remember that we went to visit in January so nothing is in bloom.. Come Spring, this place will be blossoming!! So soon we will all be there saying I Do! Yahoo!

Avec tout mon couer,
Lace

main dining room

Front entryway to the Main House at Monmouth

second Dining Room

Front Door of Monmouth

side view of Monmouth

one of the sidewalks from the Carriage House to the Main House

side view of Wisteria Pergola. This is where we will have the ceremony.

View from Rickey's Room. He will literally walk from his front door to the ceremony, down this trail. Pergola is on Left side of pic - pond is straight ahead

Rickey's Room and Brothers rooms.. less than 100 steps from Ceremony

part of Garden Room where the reception will be held

Another part of Garden Room where reception is held.. they still had up christmas decor when we visited

outside of Garden Room for reception

front door of Garden Room for reception

The Garden Room from side angle

walking towards the Reception from the Ceremony (this is the path that rickey takes from his room also, seen above in pic

This is the Chef's Herb Garden, outside of the Main House

This is my walkway from the Main House to the Pergola. STRAIGHT AHEAD to I DO!

an outdoor courtyard by the main house

Quitman Cigar Room and Bar on the side of the Main House

Quitman Cigar Room and bar on the side of the main house

View from Wisteria Pergola up to the Main House

Walk way to the Reception from Ceremony side - on the side of Pergola

And this is the Wisteria Pergola from the front... :) Cant wait to see everything in bloom - we went in JANUARY