waiting..

Hey everyone..its 600 in the morning and I'm getting ready to take Lee to the airport so he can catch his flight to Alabama! He is flying in today and his interview is tomorrow. He will be home tomorrow night..they've set him up with a swanky hotel room and a rental car! We're pretty sure he's going to get this job..but he has two job interviews lined up next week in Norfolk and Newport news..PERSONALLY I'd rather live in AL, but that's just me! We found some AWESOME apartments in Montgomery and Lee is going to check those out today! :) My friend Natalie lives just a couple hours away from us and my friend Jonathan and his wife just moved there too..very close to us!! My friend Nykie is moving to Destin Beach Florida after she has her baby and we're only a couple hours away from her as well! I feel like we would be very comfortable down there...and will be close to a lot of cool places in that part of the country! Cross your fingers! Lee is really nervous!! :)
In other news...WE booked our wedding and reception sites!! We wanted to go ahead and do it in case we were moving out of state because I still want to get married in Roanoke no matter what!! I got a fabulous wedding planner...a book not a person! I swear that thing will be tattered and torn when I'm done with it! I LOVE IT! WE put down a deposit and signed a contract with the Plantation on Sunnybrook! Jen is actually getting married there in June. I absolutely fell in LOVE with it..and I asked her if she would be offended if I got married there too! She said absolutely not and she thinks its awesome that us being best friends would get married in the same place! At first I wanted to have an outdoor wedding..but its so risky these days..AND we will have Lee's family playing all sorts of instruments which would sound much better inside in a church. We will be getting married at my church! The reception is awesome because it's in the old plantation home that the people who now own, renovated a couple of years ago!



There are hardwood floors and a huge fireplace and various rooms where the buffet and cocktails and hor d'oeuvres will be! We'll have all the guests tables in the ballroom and a few of the tables leading to the outside covered veranda!! It's gorgeous and huge!! Therefore..no tent required! The DJ will also be out on the veranda and the dance floor as well...there's even a waterfall and pond with lights for the evening! Our wedding ceremony will start at 5:00 and the reception will be beautiful with the lanterns and candlelight! Our colors will be teal and lime green with punches of bright orange! We're having a ball already...it's going to be a very Southern affair..I'm all about those Steel Magnolias!! We've already planned out the menu and closer to the wedding we're going for a tasting..even though we know the food is amazing already..i highly encourage a sunday brunch there!! My mom is paying for the entire reception..minus alchohol which Lee and I are paying for..and we haven't decided on music yet. Lee wants a live band and I want a DJ....but we'll see that's a good ways into the future! I have an appointment with our photographer, Adam Barnes in a couple weeks with my dad and am going to try to get an appt with the florist again as well..just to get those big things booked before we leave so we can concentrate on the little things! Check out Adam's website..he is amazing!! Adambarnesphoto.com!
We still have a good ways to go before the actual wedding..about a year and half..actually a little more! We picked that date so we would have time to save up some money and get things out of the way. We also picked a long weekend so we could have all the out of town guests come to Virginia and we're making a huge celebration of it! It's also the day before my dad's anniversary to my stepmom!! We can't wait..I may have to start a wedding blog before its all over!! 570 days and counting!
lee's moms is coming this weekend to see the plantation and i will take some better pictures..that other one is taken two years ago!! yay!! Well..thats all for now..stay tuned! :)

Meg~