It’s already Thursday and I am just now updating this page! Time flies when you are having fun!!! Friday at 1:00 Greg and I left Fort Worth and headed east. 10 and 1/2 hours later we pulled into Nashville! We hit the ground running on Saturday morning and had a wonderful day enjoying the cooler temps and being out of the Texas sun. Saturday evening we were privileged to have a reception held in our honor at the Madison church were Greg grew up. I had the opportunity to meet many wonderful people that have known Greg since he was born. I heard story after story about Greg growing up and even heard stories about the rebellious things he did during his school days. Several of his teachers from elementary school were there as well as some of his groomsmen and friends from high school and college. It was so nice to meet all of these wonderful people and it was so fun to see the love these families have for Greg. In the midst of meeting so many strangers on Saturday I did have my cousin Sherri and my bridesmaid Sarah come to the reception. They both live in Nashville and it was so fun to have them there. Thanks to both of you for coming! After church on Sunday we had a Texas themed lunch at his Uncle Mark’s house with the Gingles side of the family. I had met most of them earlier in the year when we went for a visit so it was nice to see familiar faces. We had a wonderful two days and headed home on Monday morning. Thanks to all the ladies who helped plan the reception for us. I hope to put a picture of all of them on her soon.

When we got home (late) Monday night Greg told me that he had a special surprise for me on Tuesday night. I immediately started shaking my head no and said I didn’t have time to do anything because I needed to pack. (we are moving my belongings to Greg’s on Saturday and right now you can’t even walk into my house. There are boxes everywhere and it looks like a tornado has come through) He said that he had already planned out the evening and I needed to be ready to go by 6:30.  I reluctantly said yes and was ready to go by 6:30 Tuesday night. He had told me to dress nice so I instantly thought we would be going somewhere nice to eat……like Texas de Brazil!! You can imagine my surprise when Greg showed up with a pizza in his hand!!!!! He said we were going to eat at my house and then head out about 7:15. Around 7:30 we were ready to go and all of the sudden there was a loud knock at my door. It was Jessica and Morgan and they were kidnapping me for the night. I thought, “how sweet that was of Greg to plan a night for me with Jess and Morgan!” They put me in their car and blind folded my eyes. They are both in college so it wasn’t to crazy that they were doing this but I couldn’t figure out why they were in shorts and flip flops and I was dressed so nice.

We drove a ways up the road and they go me out of the car. As we walked (still blindfolded) they lead me through some grass and almost made me fall by tripping over a curb. Before I knew it they took the blindfold off and there before me stood some of my most favorite girls in the world. They had kidnapped me and were throwing me a surprise lingerie shower…….and I was surprised!!!!! The night was SO fun and we had lots of good laughs. My sweet friend Dana White drove all the way from Temple just for the evening-thank you so much for coming!

I do have to say that I have tried to avoid this type of shower. I have been sooooo mean to so many of my friends at their lingerie showers that I thought I would be smart and just not have one. Guess my friends didn’t like that idea!!!!!! It was a great night and I appreciate all the hard work to make the night a total surprise!

It’s moving day on Saturday even though I don’t have to be out until the 31st. You can check with us about 1:00 on Saturday and see how much energy we have. If we don’t answer you will know the heat go the best of us!!!!!!!

Hope you are having a great week. Only 16 days!!!!!