Sweet, Sweet Victory. Go Tigers!

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Black Friday

and I'm off to shopping. A few minutes after I had planned, but I'll be sure to let you know of any GREAT deals I may get. :)

Are you?

Are you getting up at 4am to go shopping in the morning? Hmmm...I'm debating. There are a few good deals I would like to take advantage of, but I think I'll wait until 8am to drag myself out of a warm bed and fight the crowds. I'm already planning to prepare some hot chocolate and hit the stores by myself. Chris will be sleeping since he is on night shift and will go into work at 6pm Friday night.
My mom and dad, Ann and Lawrence all came to Greenville today for Thanksgiving dinner at the Spaulding Farm Clubhouse which was hosted by the Bloodworths. This was the 3rd annual Thanksgiving feast and it gets bigger and better every year. I promise to update pictures once I get them from mom. Oh yeah, for those of you that don't know yet, my mom (Rosa Caudle) is on facebook so make sure to send her a friend request. She is excited about her new internet friends. :)
After Chris and I left, we headed to the movies to see the new Christmas movie with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, 4 Christmases. It was so funny and I highly recommend watching it this month. I must admit, we were reminded quickly why most of our date nights don't include a trip to the theatre and why a $9 netflix membership seems like such a good deal. For those that haven't been to see a movie lately, brace yourself...$9.50/ticket! Good thing we didn't have to pay for dinner or a babysitter. We might have had to take out a loan.

Also, I need to pick up the pictures of the tailgate shower we had last weekend that was hosted by Jennifer and Stewart Bloodworth. Once I get those, I'll be sure to add them to the blog. We had such a fun time hanging out with friends and staying warm by the fire. Thank you to those that came and to the Bloodworths for hosting another great party. They are pros at this stuff! Jennifer had Sticky Fingers cater the party and some tiger paw cakes for dessert from Publix. Yum! Be on the lookout for pictures. Should I post them in the form of a slide show? Is that easier to view? Leave a comment and let me know.
Happy Shopping to all!!

Jennifer & Stewart

Happy Thanksgiving!

To all our friends and family,
We are so thankful to be sharing this special time in our lives with you. Thank you for being a part of every step along the way. Sunday is two months before the big day and Monday will be a year anniversary since the day that we were engaged. We are so appreciative of your love, encouragement, and help. Words cannot express just how much each of you mean to us. Enjoy your Thanksgiving with family and friends. We love you!
Chris & Amy

The engagement photos are here

Visit the blog for our photograher, Kim Deloach, and check them out!

Getting to know your friends

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper. I have the cutest polka dot paper!

2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial

3. When do you put up the tree? Weekend after Thanksgiving

5. Do you like eggnog? No

6. Favorite gift received as a child? a real fur coat in the 3rd grade

7. Hardest person to buy for? Dad

8. Easiest person to buy for? My Mom, she loves to give me a list with all the details of exactly she wants. :)

9. Do you have a nativity scene? No. Chris has one that we will display as a family.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I can't received a really bad one that I remember. I do return some gifts.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Home Alone, National Lampoon's Christmas vacation, and A Christmas Story.

13. When do you start shopping? Actually all year long. It makes December not too hectic.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? no

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? anything chocolaty and sweet

16. Lights on the tree? orange and purple...I have a Clemson tree!

17. Favorite Christmas song? Let It Snow, Jingle Bell Rock (for all you Nursery Road alumni) :)

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? I would prefer to stay home once we have a family.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, RUDOLPH

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Mean people out shopping

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? apple green and red

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Anything we eat for Christmas lunch with The Love's.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? for everybody in the family to be healthy.

This weekend in Clemson

Of course we were in Clemson this weekend. The Tigers played Duke and we won! Thankfully we did not have any rain, but it was so windy! There was trash flying through the air inside the stadium. One of the funniest things we saw all day was when a little boy around us decided he wanted to start collecting plastic stadium cups. He came back from his hunt with a full cup and before his dad could stop him, he turned the cup upside down over the side of the upper deck. His dad intended to stop him because there were people below, but at the same time the little boy turned the cup upside down, a gust of wind came and blew every drop of that coke all over the entire section. It was so funny, we had to bury our face in our hands because his dad got mad at him. I don't think there was anybody in the section that was mad. In fact, most thought it was funny too.

Low Country Boil...Yum!

Before the game

During the game. One of our many self portraits!

Enterprise had an employee outing at the game this weekend. for $5 each employee and a guest got a ticket and a great meal, lowcountry boil. Yum, thanks Josh! I have added some pictures from today above. Please forgive the hat. My hair was blowing all around and that seemed to be the only thing that could contain it. The pictures below are from the homecoming floats that the students organizations complete in the week leading up to the game.

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Engagement photos

Here is a sneak peak from the engagement photo session we had yesterday in Clemson. My parents, Lawrence and Ann came also. I can't wait to see all the pictures!

Kim was so fun to work with. Feel free to visit her website and check out some of her awesome photos. You can also visit her blog to see more of her work. The slideshows are just precious.

As I promised

A few weeks ago I blogged about the precious gifts I had ordered the most adorable twins I know. Call it "bridesomnia", but I forgot to take a picture of the gifts as promised. Jennifer took a picture of the gifts and emailed to me. Whew! Thanks, Jennifer! So...are they as cute as promised?

A picture from the halloween party

Don't Forget!

Our weekend activities

This weekend we went to a murder mystery Halloween party. Unfortunately I took my camera, but not my memory card. You should have seen some of the costumes. As soon as I get pictures sent from the camera I did use, I will update the blog. There were smurfs, 2 pippi's, a gingerbread man, hippie, pumpkin, Maverick from Top Gun, Borat and lots of others. I was named a suspect in the murder so I was super excited about that. Everyone had to get to know all the others attendees at the party so that when clues were revealed about the murder suspect, you would have a good idea of who it was. There was a surprise for the 1st correct guess submitted after 10pm.

I'm sure you are wondering...what did Chris and I dress up as? I was a chef and Chris was a mailman. I thought he looked pretty studly. The shirt he wore was from his ultimate Frisbee days in Clemson and it fit a little snug, but he looked good. I'm so proud of him. He is has lost over 15 pounds since moving to Greenville.

On Saturday we attended a wedding for Matt and Lora Hogan. The ceremony was at the chapel at The Cliffs of Glassy. Wow! Breathtaking! I have attached a few pictures of the family outside the chapel once the ceremony was over. My brother was a groomsman. Matt and Lawrence have been best friends since 2nd grade. The reception was in downtown Greenville at the pavilion near The Falls Park. They just make such a beautiful couple. One of the pictures I took of them looks super cool, but really my camera was just acting up and not cooperating.

Update on our wedding plans:

My bridal portrait is on Wednesday.

Caudle Family and engagement portrait is on Sunday.

Invitations came in last week.

Currently deciding on whether or not to use a calligrapher.

Attempting to make contact with the soloist to determine songs.

Talking with pastor about ceremony.

Need to reserve tuxes.

Can you think of anything else?

bad dream

Clearly my mind has been on the wedding all day, everyday and even during the night. I recently had a dream that Chris and I were at our wedding reception and I couldn't find him. He was nowhere in sight. We had not had our first dance, we had not cut the cake and the DJ was just playing music and everybody was dancing. There were people on the dance floor that we didn't even invite! Funny!
I finally found my parents and told them that I couldn't find Chris and could they help me? Oh yeah, my dad was wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt. A few minutes later, I find my parents outside just chatting with some of their friends. They hadn't even started looking for Chris. At this point, I am almost hysterical, but I can't cry because there are cameras everywhere. I eventually run into one of my parents friends from Irmo and just started sobbing that I couldn't find my new husband. I was crying so hard it woke me up. Has that ever happened to you? My pillow was soaking wet and I could hardly catch my breath. I finally feel back asleep a few minutes later once I dried my tears and got my breath back.
Actually the dream was more like a nightmare.