Busy Weekend!

This will probably be a long post as this was a very hectic, busy, whirlwind weekend!

As most of you know, this weekend was our engagement party hosted by our good friends Fred and Beth Reevey. They were gracious to offer their house for our party and it was wonderful! Many of my bridesmaids and many of Beth's friends enabled all of this to happen by bringing various foods, beverages, a delicious cake and the best party favors ever! Christine and Laura, with help from others, slaved over a smores kit (complete with graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows) to fit in with the camp theme. Fred cooked up a storm on the grill and there were tons of other treats to feast on!

Belinga and I had a wonderful time with our closest friends and family--we only wish we could've spent more time with everyone! It seemed like we only briefly talked to everyone and some people we didn't even get to talk to. I guess it's good practice for the wedding because there will be three times the amount of people there and about the same amount of time. It's so hard to not have quality time with everyone, but it was so great to see everybody! Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate and made the party a success!

I will post some pictures up as soon as I upload them!

Before the engagement party, I took my sister Laura, my friend Blair who flew in from Boston, and Christine to Jeanette's in Manassas to try on more wedding dresses. Man, it really is tiring! You get pulled and squeezed so much to see how the dress would look on you were it to actually fit; my stomach was hurting pretty bad. I found a few other contenders, but my search isn't over yet! I like to make fully informed decisions so I'll probably hit up Bridal Visions sometime soon as well.

Then on Sunday after dropping my sister off at the airport, Belinga and I headed to Macy's to start another registry. Let me tell you, it's not as fun as I'd thought it would be! It's really tiring and there are so many choices it makes your head hurt. We spent 2 hours there and only decided on china, crystal and flatware. But we have plenty of time so we'll keep plugging away!

So that's the update so far--stay tuned for pictures from the party!