The cake at her bridal luncheon was made to look like her dress...very nice!

The Parker sistersand the moms.....
Gifts from Shannon! So cute! We got some pearls earrings and a really nice, super silky robe that we got ready in before the wedding

Brittany models those cute earringsShannon and the flower girl...who reminded me SO MUCH of my flower girl! We have good flower girl taste :) Jessica and Brittany

The dress cake......lemon!

Mrs. Parker getting her nails done. She is so sweet. We got to talk about what we would do if we won the lottery while we were waiting on Shannon's nails to dry.

The bride and maid of honor, Rebecca

THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE!

The next couple getting married in July!I love this picture! They're perfect together!

GIRLS!

Linds felt funny in the picture so she backed out....

Isn't he precious! That's Carter, Shan's nephew

Sally and Caroline

One of my most beautiful best friends, Erin! The next American Idol!

Yeah, Jessica!The beginning of the basketball dance....and I have the WHOLE THING on video...yes!

Sisters do as sisters should, even when they fall in love.....

HA HA Kyle wasn't ready to stop kissing his bride! The only bride I've ever seen that had to pull away from the kiss...classic!

She looked amazing

The most interesting and awkward bouquet toss ever....Erin and Kyle's sister both held on to the bouquet, for an awkwardly long time... Erin gave in but if you look carefully, Erin had it first, for sure!There they go! Off to the honeymoon!

It was an absolutely beautiful wedding and you can tell when Kyle and Shannon are together, they're happy, and he really is good to her! I wish you two the best of luck and I hope that maybe one day you'll end up closer to Nashville :) Love you Shannon Binkley

Shannon got MARRIED!

So every year, the week before school starts, Harding has a bunch of activities for freshman, I don't even remember what it's called...but one of those nights they have a hynotist pull freshman from the audience to hynotize. So the guy goes through the audience and there's this super loud and annoying girl standing on her chair in front of me, waving her hands to get called on. He didn't call on her, but she ran up there anyway. At this point I was like, this girl was seriously rubbing me the wrong way but she got hypnotized. She got REALLY hypnotized. She was so into it, hilarious. So it turns out my roommate grew up with that girl. Her name was Shannon Parker, and because Michelle and her were friends, Shannon and I became friends. One of my best friends, in fact. And last week....we had to let Shannon go...to a boy named Kyle Binkley. And they are SO CUTE and SO HAPPY together! And I'm really happy for them! Here's some happy time from Shannon and Kyle's wedding!

North Carolina Days 5 & 6

NC Days 5 & 6 are now posted on my travel page!

North Carolina Days 3 & 4

Days 3 & 4 were action packed and posted on my Travel page!

North Carolina Days 1 & 2

We made it to Nags Head! Now posted on my Travel page!

Berry Good Banana Pudding

Now posted on my Recipes page

Nags Head, here we come!

This time next week I will be packing my bags for Nags Head, NC! My mom likes the little beach towns of the Outer Banks. That's a long strip of island off of the coast of North Carolina. They're very quaint beach towns, where "Nights in Rodanthe" took place. Very laid back and relaxing, it's not a Spring Break, party town, which is why it's so wonderful! I plan on sleeping, laying out, enjoying the local seafood spots (and homeade ice cream shacks) and cooking and taking photos, of course! We might even get out on some jet skis. I'm sure it'll all end up here on my blog! Here's our beach house! The best part is the rocking chairs on the back, covered porch that wraps around the house...Can you say relaxing! OBX here we come!

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.

Hellllooo world! Here I am! I spend so much time looking at blogs (mainly baking blogs) that I figured why not make my own?! I love my family and friends, cooking/baking and traveling...so I thought I'd blog about those things! I am TOTALLY new to this! I am open to suggestions (like how to get the title of my blog centered with my banner) or how to download different fonts to my blog, just for fun! (I may or may not have spent two hours following these directions - http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/tutorials/how-to-use-a-cute-font-for-your-blogger-post-titles.html - on how to download fonts to my blog..that didn't work) But I'm really excited, whether it's just my mom and dad reading or the whole world, this is my blog! LG