Fireworks Part 2

I love fireworks and I love love. This weekend was a combo of them both, and I adored it!

My sweet, sweet friend Marianne got married on Saturday.

She and I taught school together a few years back and, if you can believe it, were in the self created "Inappropriate Club". ( I know it is hard to imagine me in any club that has the work Inappropriate...nah, I can't even finish that sentence!! Who am I kidding, most of my life has been its own Inappropriate Club!! J ) Although she taught 1st Grade and I taught Middle School, our classrooms were across the hall from each other. ( I know! It didn't make sense to us either. All I can figure is that God knew I would need her across the hall! ) She was such an encouragement to me, especially that last year! She provided sanity and an outlet when I definitely needed both!!

Marianne is right up there on the same list with Leigh Ann as being one of the nicest people that I know. She has such a sweet spirit that you cannot help but love the minute that you meet her. She has the most adorable little voice - perfect for teaching little kids. Although she appears meek and mild when you first meet her, she loves to have fun and is quite hilarious.

David and Marianne have such a funny love story. They started dating a few weeks before both of them moved overseas. She moved to Bogota, Colombia to teach school for a year, and he moved to Moldova to serve a year in the Peace Corps. They "Internet Dated" during that year and then met back up when they got back home. Shortly after, they were engaged and now they are married!

Her wedding was so much fun. The ceremony was a super sweet traditional church ceremony, but the reception was in a barn. Everything was so cute and so Marianne! The food was very country - shrimp and grits, BBQ chicken, mac 'n cheese, green beans, and sweet potatoes. Drinks were served in Mason Jars. Daisy were the flower of choice and burlap lined all the tables.

During the reception, the DJ asked everyone to go out to the front lawn for the fireworks. They were amazing! What a fun idea!!

I loved my wedding, but there are so many fun things that people are doing nowadays. (don't I sound like an old married lady there?!) It is fun to go to weddings now and see what other folks come up with. The sky really is the limit these days, thanks to Pinterest especially!

A friend of mine and I were talking about how other weddings really do take you back to your own wedding day. Sometimes in the middle of regular life, it is good to think back on that day and the promises that you made to each other. It is just kind of a refresher. If you are married, do that today...think back...remember your vows...remember your love...remember all the tiny details...and be grateful!!

And that, my friends, is tid-bits from Reb!  J