Just Peachy

This morning Chris and I made peach cobbler together. I first went and bought 4lbs. of soft yellow and white peaches at a road side stand this morning. Chris helped prepare the batter while I was cutting up the peaches. The recipe came from one of my favorite cookbooks. I have attached some before, during and after pictures of our delicious dessert.

BEFORE

DURING

IN THE OVEN

THE FINAL RESULT...YUM!

We took the peach cobbler to an Enterprise Diversity Celebration. I have attached a picture of some of our Greenville employees. The weather could not have been better.

Help!

Does anyone have any suggestions/tips about veils? Style, cost, length? I'm not sure if it should coordinate with my dress, blend with my dress, or does it even matter? I have found some great websites that have pretty reasonable prices, but I'm just not sure of the basic fundamentals of veil shopping. Hey Kristie, if your reading this maybe you can go with me! :-)
Any help from our friends will be greatly appreciated. Off to bed, good night!

Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places

His new license plate

Tuesday Chris became an official SC resident! All we have left to do is sell the house in VA and get an (864) phone #. Slowly, but surely he is making the needed changes.

His SC license!

Happy Memorial Day

Sara, Amy and Kristie watching the TIGERS play!!!!

We hope y'all are enjoying the extra long weekend as much as we are. Saturday morning we got up early and went for a quick run and then headed off to the Anderson Jockey Lot. For those of you that have never been, please call us and we can save you a trip. We knew it was a flea market, but still thought that it would be fun to look at all the junk. We didn't even see any junk that we wanted to look at. After about 30 minutes of walking around and doing more people watching than anything, we decided to go to Happy Cow. Now, for those of you that read the blog you know that I am a big fan of Happy Cow, but Chris had never been. After another $30+ purchase of milk and cheeses, we headed home. Chris cooked us some steaks and I fixed marinated mushrooms and corn-on-the-cob. We watched No Reservations that we had rented from Netflix. Chris and I both enjoyed the movie. He was it wasn't too much of a chick flick. It was a great way to begin the weekend.

Kristie

Chris and Kristie at their wedding shower

Yesterday we served in the nursery at church and had about 6 babies, one was 4 weeks old and another was 8 weeks old. They were so tiny, but so precious. After nursery we met up with another couple and went to the lake. They have an awesome boat and we so sweet to invite us to spend the day with them. They just got married in March. Kristie worked with me at Enterprise and her husband, Chris, works with Chris at Duke Power. We all spent about 4 hours on the lake relaxing and looking at huge houses on the water. Chris even got up on skis for a few seconds. The water was cold! BRRR! After we unloaded all of our stuff off the boat and got it cleaned up, we went back to their house and had some delicious hamburgers and watched NASCAR. Kristie has a nurtrition test today which was why we left so get could get some studying in. Good luck, Kristie!

Who knows what today has in store? Maybe lounging by the pool, planting some summer flowers, grilling some shrimp? Funny how so many of our days revolve around food. ;-)

Have a fantastic day and take a moment to remember our troops who serve this country!

Another Decision Made

This morning I mailed off the deposit on the florist. We have decided to go with Leslie's company, Southern Stems. (http://www.southernstems.com) She was really able to put together some arrangements with the few specifics I was able to give her and add some great personal touches. I'm sure she will do a fantastic job. Also, now we are on the hunt for a great band or DJ so if you have any suggestions, please send them our way. We definitely want some great entertainment. We may be having so much fun at the reception that we might not want to leave, although that probably won't be the case! ;-)

For all those Clemson fans out there, keep in mind we play tomorrow at 8pm against NC State. Go Tigers!

To continue the earlier message about the ?? Jr. Bridesmaid, she has officially been notified and is so excited. Laurie Anne is an absolutely adorable little girl, although so not little anymore. Her family lives next door to my parents and I have watched her grow up over the years into a beautiful young adult. I am so excited to have her and her family be a part of all the wedding festivities with us.

BMW Pro-Am

The weekend was another one filled with golf! Thankfully this tournament was practically in my backyard, Thornblade Country Club. Once my shift was over Chris and I walked around the course and we were able to see some Nationwide Tour players as well as some celebrities including Dennis Quaid. The weather was great and we enjoyed just taking our time strolling the course and we both got a little sun on our legs. After we got home we took a trip to the neighborhood pool and then came home and grilled some delicious hamburgers that Chris made and had corn and homemade banana pudding. YumYum! Right now we are watching NASCAR. I would say today is about as southern as you can get! :-)

Home Run!

Tonight Chris hit his 1st homerun playing softball! HipHipHooray! I am so proud of him. His team hasn't won a game all season :-( but he still has fun playing and it's great exercise. Oh yeah, Congrats to Tim! Chris's brother graduated on Friday from Clemson. After an extra couple of semesters and some fun memories playing in the marching band, he is through! Good Job, Good Job!

I have officially mailed off the deposit to secure our photographer for the wedding...(get ready for the drum roll!)...Brooke Turner Photography. She is absolutely incredible and such a sweet person. We are so excited to be working with her and I know she can manage to get some great shots of Chris with his eyes open! We may have to get a pratice session in before the big day. Just kidding!

All of my bridesmaids have been asked and they all accepted! Whew! The dresses need to be ordered by the 15th, so I was definitely pushing it. I am still waiting on one more call back to confirm my Junior Bridesmaid so I'll post her name later. But here they are in no particular order:

Regan McKenzie McCathern
Kristen Longshore Wetmore
Lea Hogue Hardy
Marianne Elizabeth Sease
Ann Bomar (Lawrence's Girlfriend)
Matilda Watson (cousin)
Jr. Bridesmaid-??

I have attached a picture of another type of cooking dish we registered for. Too cute!

Some Pictures

Plans, Plans, and more Plans

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week I took off from work to spend time in Columbia and make some progress with the wedding plans. Mom and I definitely were able to get lots of details worked out. On Monday, we met with Dupre at Vista Events and decided on a preliminary menu and what "action" stations we are going to have. He has such great ideas and is going to be so awesome developing the food and layout of the reception. We met Hank and he will work with us helping to organize the details of the rental facility, and other small but important details. Monday evening I met my friend Kelly for dinner. It has been way too long since we were able to catch up. She definitely keeps herself busy so I'm glad I was able to get a slice of her time! :-)
Tuesday morning mom and I got up early and went to Belk to complete my registry there. I registered for the cutest dishes. Black and White polka-dot. If Chris was reading this, you would probably see him roll his eyes. He knows I'm such a sucker for anything polka dot, especially black/white, orange/purple or white. Right after Belk we met Hank at Palmetto Party Rentals to reserve the tables, linens, plates, etc. Our next appointment was with Brooke Turner Photography at 3pm. Brooke was a tour guide with me at Clemson, so this has been a great way for us to get reacquited again. Mom and I just loved her. Her pictures are fantastic and she has such a sweet personality. Her website is listed in "our favorites." Check it out! Right after meeting with Brooke, we met Leslie with Southern Stems at Starbucks. She was referred to us by Brooke. Leslie made it so easy to describe exactly what I was thinking regarding flowers. I'm not really big into flowers, but I think the 3 of us (Leslie, mom, and I) came up with some colors and ideas that we hope will look good.
That's about all the appointments we had. I feel so much better that we have completed those and now we are just waiting on proposals and contracts to be emailed. Oh yeah, Chris and I started dance lessons this week so I'll be sure to update y'all on those another night. Until then...

Wachovia Championship

This weekend Marianne and I volunteered at the Wachovia Championship, a golf tournament on the PGA tour and part of the FedEx Cup. We wern't quite sure what we were getting ourselves in on the way up on Friday and felt completly unprepared. Thankfully, we were able to stay at my aunt's house in Charlotte. Her family lives about 1 mile from the course so that saved us some time in the mornings. Marianne's shift started at 7am each morning, but mine did not start until 8am. I was on the admissions committee, which means that for most of two 8 hours shifts, I was at the entrance gates punching tickets and/or scanning tickets for the patrons. You wouldn't believe how many Clemson fans I saw coming through. I guess because Lucas Glover and D.J. Trahan were playing. Over the 2 days that I was volunteering, I was able to see some great golfers including Lucas, Anthony Kim, Vijay Singh, Jesper Parnevik, Zach Johnson and my favorite golfer...Phil Michelson! He was within about 3 feet from me. That definitely made the weekend worth it.
All of the volunteers that I met and worked with were great and everyone had such great attitudes, except there were a few bossy ones but we just laughted it off and remembered that this was a volunteer event, chill out :-). At the end of the weekend everyone said "see ya next year!" Will they? I'm not 100% sure yet. Some of the sweet ones that I worked with want me to bring back my husband next year if I do it again. Yep, by this time next year he will be!
Out of a committee of 60 people, only 10 of them were 1st time volunteers. The organizers really do make sure everyone has a good time and wants to come back again and again. I would definitely recommend volunteering and/or attending the tournament. If you do decide to volunteer, they give you 2 free tournament passes that you can use on days you don't volunteer or can give to friends or family. Feel free to visit http://www.wachoviachampionship.com/ to learn more. Volunteers sign-ups begin in November.

OK, so what was Chris doing this weekend while Marianne and I were in Charlotte? Let's see, I think he studied, went to church, ran and...had a great steak dinner prepared and a dozen roses waiting in the kitchen. The dinner was delicious and he even had picked up a Key Lime Pie from Publix. For those of you that love Key Lime Pie you definitely need to try it from Publix. Their's is the best because it is not too tart and it is only about $8.

I'm off Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week. In a few minutes I'll start getting dressed and packed to drive to Columbia. Mom and I are scheduled for some wedding appointments today and tomorrow. I'll be sure to update you all on some of the decisions that were made about the photographer, florists, menu, etc. Until then...have a great week!

Happy Cow Creamery

Today on my way home from Greenwood, I pulled into a place I have been wanting to visit for a while now...Happy Cow Creamery! What a great place. The customer service there was fantastic. If you haven't tried their milk out, you definitely need to. They have so many different varities of cheeses as well as dressings, meat, etc. I got Chris a couple of surprises :-) A 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk (which tastes like melted chocolate ice cream), buffalo wing cheese, and harvari jalopeno cheese. All of these are d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s. He tasted them all before I left his apartment tonight. I drove all the way to Seneca to see him play softball, but after 6 outs the game was over. Oh well. Anyway, back to The Creamery. The prices are fair, but again...the customer service was great. What other farm has a drive up window for you to get your milk and eggs? They also have a place to pick your strawberries. $34 later, I'm on the road with a bag full of cheese and milk and as happy as a lark :-) I will be going back soon, but next time I'm taking someone with me. It's too good not to share! I have listed a couple of comments from their website below (http://www.happycowcreamery.com/).

-There is a place on Greenville County's south side where the fields are green and lush, the milk is fresh, and the cows are always happy.

-"You can't even get into the store on Saturday," he says. "You have to wait on people to come out."

-A point of pride is that his milk travels only 48 feet - and only makes one trip - during the processing from pump to bottle. "No one else can say that," he says, adding that many larger milk companies pump the product through miles of pipes up to 20 times.