Show Us Your Life - Wedding Reception

Our wedding reception was at Cedar Plantation in Acworth, GA. It was absolutely beautiful and beyond anything we imagined. The house is so gorgeous by itself...all we added were candles and flower arrangements for the tables (and a few big arrangements for the food tables). The landscaping was gorgeous and everything in perfect bloom (we got married this June). Again, you can see other pics on the link to the blog and slideshow on my previous post.
Joy took this pic in the Bride's changing room, upstairs in Cedar Plantation. We had a lot of fun just dancing around and taking sweet pics while we were hiding out!

Here is a pic of our first dance. We danced to "Can't Help Falling In Love". We chose the Michael Buble version. So great!

I had the best baker and decorator for my cakes! Jennifer Punch works out of Marietta, GA and she created my ideal wedding cake. She made it look like the back of a dress with a rolled fondant bow. I found the broach at my favorite accessory store, Francescas! :)

Of course, Chad's cake was an ode to Ole Miss! We used old yearbooks and a pic of him as a little boy on the Groom's cake table.

Here's a pic of our beautiful wedding party out front by the HUGE magnolia tree. We have the best friends!!!

Let me say again: check out www.joywilsonphotography.com if you are ever in need of a photographer --- she's THE BEST!!!

Show us your wedding dress....

So, over on Kelly's blog she is doing a "Show Us Your Life" portion today. I thought I would repost the link to our fabulous photographer, Joy Goodwin Wilson, and the slideshow she made for us. Here are a few pics of my dress (and wedding party) as well....hard to believe it will be almost two months ago that I wore this and married the love of my life!!!




Here is the link to the slideshow by Joy: http://joywilson-photography.blogspot.com/2009/07/mr-mrs-logan.html

Sneak Peek of our Wedding Photos

Here is a link to the blog that our friend and photographer, Joy, did for our photos:

http://joywilson-photography.blogspot.com/2009/07/mr-mrs-logan.html

You can also view a slideshow she created there as well....

We've had an amazing month! We are continuing to get settled in Jonesboro, AR. I'll be better about blogging soon. In the meantime, we thought you'd like to see some pics :)

Love,

Kelly and Chad

We're really busy, okay??!! :)

With my lovely and unbelievable hostesses on 4/26.....they gave us such a great shower!!!

Me, Carly, sweet Annie Glenn, and Jessica ---- friends since college :)

We are set for the kitchen!! Unbelievable -- I didn't want to bore you with pics of ALL our gifts, but here are our appliances.....

My beautiful Maid of Honor, Jamie....best friends since middle school :)

Catching up with you.....

My apologies, again. My camera has been freaking out on me (of all times) and I've had to rely on the kindness of friends and family for these pics. Never fear, I'm getting it fixed this week! Just a quick recap: around the first of April my twin brother, Justin, came to visit us in NOLA and he got to experience the craziness that is New Orleans! Let's just say that on one of our first outings he witnessed Bourbon Street in all its glory: a man being arrested for solicitation, a hit and run, and several other things I can't remember because clearly it's been forever since I've updated this thing!!! Anyways, he treated us to some unbelievable meals that included: Muriels on Jackson Square, Galatoires (Bourbon Street incident!), and Commander's Palace (where we ate next to Kelly Ripa and Faith Ford). Yes, we did! She's even skinnier in real life. I doubt she ate...probably just pushed that fabulous food aruond her plate. But, she did look great :)

We spent Easter here in New Orleans and visited our friend Jason Brooks at First Baptist Covington. Jason is now one of the worship pastors at FBC and he is also doing the music in our wedding. His wife, Capri, is one of my bridesmaids as well. We are so happy for them!

Chad and I were given a beautiful shower last weekend in Marietta. We seriously have unbelievable friends and family. Again, we're overwhelmed by the kindness and graciousness of everyone. We are feelin' the love! On a completely superficial note, I can't wait to get in our home (wherever that may be) and set it all up! It's going to be like Christmas, I tell you.

As for jobs, there are a few exciting opportunities out there and Chad will be interviewing for them in the next few weeks. We trust in God's faithfulness and are committed to following where he leads. Now, I'll admit --- it's been difficult to wait around like this....but, we've learned so much and KNOW that He has the BEST in store for our lives!! Please pray with us during this time.

Oh, and the SWINE FLU caused us to cancel our honeymoon to Mexico!!! I mean, seriously. Really?? Well, I don't want to go on my honeymoon wearing a hospital mask (it would ruin my outfits) and I definitely don't want to get any strand of the flu --- especially from a pig. Don't have time for it. Chad is now keeping our new honeymoon destination a secret from me....which is KILLING me!! I'm a control freak and a planner. Clearly, God's trying to teach me something :)

The next few weeks look like this: finish finals, move our stuff to Bruce and ATL, GRADUATE!!!, move to ATL, finish planning the wedding, get married on June 13. Hopefully I'll post between now and then, but I promise to be more consistent at a later, unspecified date. Promise.

Love to you all....

Kelly and Chad

Blessed...

Melissa (Sister-in-Law), Sandra (Mother-in-Law), me, and my Mom (Kay)

My wonderful Mom :)

Our beautiful host home --- look at those flowers!!!

Our custom-made bedding!!!!

Arthur Court and Crystal gifts...

Lamps and Decorative items....

Well, I am officially well-versed in Old-Mississippi wedding tradition! Chad and I are completely overwhelmed at what we were given this weekend. I mean, the pictures above were just a sampling of the things we were so generously given. This Georgia Girl was thrilled to death to receive such beautiful things. Where I'm from we get necessities - linens, flatware, china, towels, electrics, etc... In N. Mississippi you register at the little gift shops and get all the beautiful decorative pieces that you saw in the pictures above. We are still completely overcome. I can't wait to "get to where we're going" (as Chad's Grandma says) and set all of this up. A dream. Seriously.

As if that wasn't enough to fill our day, Chad was ordained into the ministry on Sunday night after the shower. It was such a special service. I'm so very proud of him. My Dad and his Dad were there at the ordination council and had the privilege of signing his certificate....what a treasure! So, that was our weekend....now I'm onto the task of writing thank-you's for all of the lovely gifts we received....

My Mom...

I just have to say that I have the best Mom in the world. It's so true :) We have always been so close and enjoyed so many of the same things. My entire life, she has been there for everything (as well as my Dad). She has always sacrificed to make sure that my brother and I have everything we want....and even though I am 26 years old, she is still the same way! She has been so unbelievable throughout all of this wedding planning. I said in my previous post that I think she is having more fun than I am (if that's possible). She has morphed into this incredible wedding planner and I don't know what we'd do without her!!! She is truly one of my very best friends - I love to shop with her (which we always find an excuse to shop for something when we're together), catch up on all the latest news with her, and just plain spend time with her. She is the best! She has learned to put up with a lot in our home - primarily because she is the brunt of most of our sarcastic humor....She's a tough woman!! Haha. Seriously, I hope to one day be the wife and mother that she is.

I just thought I'd send a little shout-out to my Mom today....thanks for all you do!!! I am so thankful for the bond that we have!!! (Dad, I love you, too...more than you know!!!)

Invitations, Flowers, and Cakes....

For Spring Break, Chad and I went home to Marietta for a marathon of wedding planning. My mom has been wonderful through this whole engagement (I think she's having more fun than me...if that's possible?!) - she's helped in so many ways, considering the fact that Chad and I are 8+ hours away from home and trying to plan a nice wedding. This Spring Break was a wonderful time to see our family, but not much was spent relaxing. From the very beginning we had meeting after meeting after meeting...

On Tuesday we met with our Cake Baker, Jennifer, and picked out the wedding cake and Groom's Cake. Jennifer is from New Orleans, so we instantly hit it off with her. We love her and are so excited about the cakes. Not only do they taste fabulous, they are beautiful!!! Following our meeting with Jennifer, we met with the florist to finalize table decorations for the reception and the floral decorations for the Church. Poor Chad, I know his eyes were rolling in the back of his head by the end our meeting. I was even tired of talking about flowers (you know, me and my short attention span). Thankfully, we got all of that finalized and I am so excited about everything.

Wednesday, we met with Jim, my pastor, and talked about the wedding ceremony. It is going to be such a sweet time to have him as part of our ceremony. He's been my pastor since I was in the 4th grade. On Thursday we met with one of my best friends - Mandy. She will be the pianist in our wedding. I was in Mandy's wedding and our day just wouldn't be complete without her there. She is amazing! Thursday we finalized all of our music selections and talked about the order of worship for the service. Of course, this was the most fun for me. :)

All week long we worked on the invitations. Whew! I hand addressed all of them and then Chad and my Mom helped me stamp and stuff all of the invitations. Fun! Fun! I'm sure Chad is so glad to be done with all of that. So, that was our week. Full of fun wedding stuff. I feel relieved and now can move on to another list of things that need to be done before June 13. We have our first wedding shower in Bruce this weekend and Chad will be ordained into the ministry, as well. This will be a special time for our families and we're looking forward to it. (Pictures to come).

Hope all is well...Love to each of you -

Kelly and Chad

(Our invitations)