ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID...ALMOST THE BRIDE

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I’ve had the privilege of being a bridesmaid twice before…and last night I had the privilege once again!

It’s not everyday you are a witness/bridesmaid in an impromptu wedding ceremony! Oh the adventures I have working at @gtvictoria… was what I tweeted yesterday at 7:00pm.

The first time I was a bridesmaid it was for my beautiful friend, Chelsea ! (She’s actually expecting their first child, a baby boy (!), at the end of this month)

image from the amazing Jon-Mark Photography

Chelsea & Johnny are an amazing couple! Their wedding was beyond beautiful. Even with a few hiccups (the vintage car broke down, we were 45 minutes late for the reception), it was an amazing day!!!

The second time I was a bridesmaid was at my brother’s wedding last summer.

 

more from Jon-Mark Photography

Emy is seriously one sweet lady. My brother is so lucky to have her and we are so blessed to have her in the famjam! It was a beyond lovely day. They are off to Europe for two months this week..have fun guys!!!!

And the third time was last night…

here’s the story..

So this couple contact the church to get married.(She’s from America, he’s from the gulf islands, they’re in their 50s) They tentatively booked a date (June 12th) through an email in early May. I never heard back from them and (horribly) forgot. Yesterday at 1 minute to 5 (closing time), they entered the church office, ready to be wed! Some details had to be taken care of but an hour later Pastor Andy married them while Danae & I stood by as witnesses/bridesmaids.

They were seriously soooo sweet & seemed very much in love. The bride repeatedly hugged Danae & I and called us her bridesmaids. Her eyes were full of tears and she grasped her husband’s hand. What an honour to be able to pray for the newlyweds.

Even though it was last minute, even though it was in our little prayer room, even though there wasn’t a big wedding party, even though there were no rings to exchange, even though the Pastor was wearing toms, even though there were no flowers…it was an absolutely, beautiful ceremony where the most important thing was clear.

Two people who loved each other very much were united together in marriage in the sight of God. 

xoxo,

s.s.♥.

SNEAK PEAK

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Coming to a mailbox near you…..OUR WEDDING INVITATIONS!!!! I picked them up at the printer yesterday and I couldn’t wait to show James.

We opted to design our own invites. Part of my job consists of graphic design and James is pretty dang amazing at photoshop so we mixed our creativity and produced a beautiful baby…which we are ever so proud of….ha…

Over the next few days I’ll be assembling, tying and stuffing! Just waiting for the envelopes to come in, and then we’ll send them out!

79 days. It still seems like ages away. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! but i know it will fly by…seriously, I CANNOT WAIT TO MARRY JAMES… every time i think about it…which is very often…my heart melts…

God is so good.

looooooove,

s.s.♥.

DIARY // SHARP SHOOTER

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insert greasy hair, awkward stance, arm party, no shape shirt, paintball gun….don’t you love my outfit post? ohh what? you’re not going to pin my sweet style? 

that’s ok, i’d be running for the hills as well.

yes that is me holding a paintball gun. will you ever see me hold a paintball gun again? oh, heck no. we got the gun for our city youth city campout (it’s in august! register thursday city youthers!)

i was trying to get into the “i really want to shoot something mood” because tonight I’m watching the avengers with my man & some friends! wooohoooo

over n out,

s.s.♥.

ps. get ready for some sweeeeeet news tomorrow! 

DIARY // WEEKEND FUN

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Just a couple snapshots from the weekend…sooooo I reallllly, reallllly want to get an iPhone but my contract isn’t up yet with my blackberry and my fiancé is trying to convince me to wait for the 5…or as he said it “I’ll get the 5 and then you can have my 4s!” HA, YA RIGHT JAMES.

Just a couple things that I did this weekend…

The gym Friday night killed me and my besties…for reals.(Our friend Greg trained us…he wasn’t even that brutal on us and we could barely walk yesterday!)

But we’re buying a pass and going back tonight! We’re committed to going once a week and then running 2x on top of that…wooohoooo! Hello OWDB (Operation Wedding Dress Body)

Church picnic on Saturday was delightful! I heart my church family.

I took my sweet lil nephew to gymnastics on Sunday morning. He’s getting oh, so big! I can’t believe he’s turning 5 in July!

Sunday afternoon, James & I drove around tracking down numbers of places for rent…I’m going to move into our place August 1st! (If you know of any sweet pads available, let me know!!!) Ohhhh I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to decorate this place that will belong to me and my HUSBAND!

We start out marriage counselling this Wednesday….sooo excited!

Hope you had a beauty weekend

xoxo

s.s.♥.