My side of things

Long time no post for me. We've had a fun, and busy, first few months. We're moving soon, which is really exciting, and I'm sure there will be a post on that one day.

None the less, its time for me to blog about my side of things. I left the Atlanta area for Augusta a day or two after Corrie, after picking my brother up from the airport. We traveled out to North Augusta, SC, which is where our golf cottage (cabin, lodge, house...anything more manly than cottage) was, and waited there for a bunch of the other guys. It was a good time, we had 4 BR, 4 Ba house with full kitchen and living room and stuff. We also had (best thing) free access to the driving range. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures right now, as I didn't have a camera. We'll see what I can dig up.

On rehearsal dinner day, in the morning, I learned that Corrie had the flu (maybe swine) and was really...shocked. She never gets sick, so it was crazy to think that of all times, now she was. I spent the day running errands and helping her in any way that I could. We opened a few gifts, and did the rehearsal and dinner, it ended up being pretty good!

After the dinner, we all (girls and guys) went and hung out in/around downtown Augusta. It was a really good time, and was great to cut any nervousness. The guys went back to the cabin and hung out for the rest of the night, and I got some sleep.

We woke early-ish the next morning to go set up tables and chairs at our reception area, and then all had breakfast at a Waffle House in North Augusta. Then we went back to the cabin and chilled out until it was time to get ready.


Aaaaaaaaand that's all I'm going to leave everyone with for now. I'm sure we'll have a wedding post up soon with pictures, and then the honeymoon too! Thanks for reading, leave some comments!!

rehearsal dinner

Not sure if anyone is even reading any more, hehe. Since we are so slow in updating! I've tried convincing Ryan to blog about some of his events and his side of things, but haven't been too successful yet, hehe. I'll try to wrap up at least my side of things soon.

After rehearsal, we had dinner at Julian Smith BBQ pit. Ryan's parents rented out the building, and Ryan's dad cooked bbq for everyone. The sides were provided by Roux's catering, and my sister did the grooms cake. Everything was delicious!






The amazing cake! Holly should really open her own bakery. It was four layers of different flavor cake, pound cake, chocolate cake, mmmm. She did a fondant icing in the shape of GT's Bobby Dodd stadium, decorated in Tech colors and everything! Sooooo delicious!

rehearsal

I stole these from Lauren, one of my bridesmaids. I thought everything went pretty well, we had a tired ringbearer though so it took a lot of time to work with him. Note for anyone putting kids in your wedding, they may reeeeally hate rehearsal and you may spend a lot of time trying to convince them to walk down the aisle that night, and they may not do it or cry a lot...you get the picture. But don't worry! Because the day of, the kids will really surprise you and do a perfect job! Now I wish we hadn't fussed so much on rehearsal night, because our ringbearer was really perfect the next day.

pow wow with Raegan, our good friend & wedding planner


getting set up...my minnie bride hat from Lauren on!


with the maid of honor & our officiant Dr. Jon snuck his way into the background


check out my AWESOME bandaid from my shots earlier that morning


practicing the unity candle sans flame

that fateful friday

So now that we're back, we can recap all the events of wedding weekend. Let's start where I left off, that fateful Friday that started off a chain of, as a co-worker noted, movie-worthy events.

Remember, I was feeling sick with a cold all week before the wedding? Friday morning, right after I blogged, my mom suggested I go to an Urgent Care just to see what they could do for me to make me feel the best possible. I had argued all week that it was just a cold, but I finally gave in and went to the doctor. They tested me for strep and the flu. The results came back and duh duh duh!!! I had influenza A, and the doctor said most likely the swine flu, since that was the only strain of influenza A they had seen going around. THE SWINE FLU!!!! Talk about a breakdown. Commence sobbing. What could possibly be done to make this situation better, seeing as we had wedding rehearsal that night and the wedding festivities all day the next day?? Well, I got 2 shots, one in the shoulder and one in the butt (that burned like crap) and a ton of drugs. The doctor recommended lots of rest, so we went home, still sobbing. As we pulled up to the driveway, all of my relatives were standing with somber looks on their faces, like someone had died. So I sobbed some more as I went into the house, layed down, everyone tried to lift my spirits etc...the shots started to kick in and I felt better in a couple hours. My sweet Ryan went and got my medicine and also got tested for swine flu & picked up tamiflu for himself so he could avoid it if possible. After all, we had a 1 1/2 week honeymoon ahead of us, which could have been miserable if we both got the swine flu!

To further lift my spirits, my extended family wanted to do a mini shower type thing because they really wanted to be there when we opened presents. So here are some of the pictures.

We thought this was hilarious! They're so used to writing Corrie & Holly on cards, they accidentally did it for a wedding card. Oops!!


We love Calphalon! I wish we had a picture, but even their critters gave us a present - these cute little egg utensils, like a flipper, whisk and mini omelet pan with little egg characters on the handles. You can check out the whisk on Bed Bath & Beyond's website here.



They went down the aisles and bought us everything green. Too cute! Even paint chips! (Ryan is holding one of those, haha)


Thank you Aunt Debbie for taking me to Urgent Care, and thank you Aunt Debbie, Aunt Sherry, Uncle Bub, Nick and Jesse, as well as the critters, PC, Petey, Willy, Gabby, Patches, Cheyenne, Josie, Manly and Buddy Goober. You made an otherwise bleak morning a much happier memory! :)

proofs are up!

If you enjoyed the sneak peek, you'll really enjoy all the pictures that Lauren Wright took. If you're interested in seeing everything, shoot us an email or leave us a note, and we'll make sure to send you the link straightaway! Don't know if we really want to broadcast that link to the whole world :) However, when we get the digital files, I'm sure you'll see our favorites either on the blog or in a web album. Stay tuned!

we're back!

Today is our first day back in Atlanta as The Duckworths! We got in late last night.

We have SO MUCH to catch y'all up on...there will be many more blog posts to come.

To tide you over til then, check out this sneak peek from our photographer, Lauren Wright.

roses!

Probably my last post for today...the roses came on Wed!

From wedding prep