Funny Maggie

This morning as Brian was getting up for work he found Maggie at the foot of our bed instead of her bed which is on my side.  Our comforter had fallen to the floor and I guess in the middle of the night Maggie decided either she was cold or just wanted to be covered up.  And people say dogs do not have personalities.

Engagement Pictures

We got our engagment pictures today.  I am so happy with them.  I can't wait until the wedding to see how those will turn out.  I have no doubt that they will be wonderful.  Erin, our photographer, is wonderful.  I hope to use her again when we finally decide to start a family.

    
    

Beach House

This afternoon I contacted the rental company to see if we could come take a look at the beach house to get a better idea of where we could place tables, guests, etc.  Brian's mom came along with us since she hadn't seen the house yet.

Our experience this time was much better than the last.  The first time we went to look at the house, the house was rented but the renters were going to be gone for a while and the rental company said we could stop by.  When we got there the renters daughters were still at the house and it made things a bit awkward.  So this time we were able to go through the whole house without feeling like we were being watched.  I only a couple of pictures of the house because my camera decided to die.

Montgomery Gentry

Last night we went to the Montgomery Gentry concert that was held at Trask Coliseum.  They were in town for Azalea Festival weekend.  I've only see them once before and even though this was a small venue, the concert that they put on was no different than a concert they would give in a huge stadium or arena.  Since Trask Coliseum is so small it felt like you were in the front row.  I was able to get decent pictures and didn't have to rely on jumbo trons to see the performers.

Engagment Session

Yesterday we took did our engagment session out at Brian's grandfather's house.  His grandfather ended up being there so he got to meet Erin our photographer and Maggie.  And because he was there we were able to take a picture with him.

Since it is the beginning of spring I was hoping for a nice day since the pictures were going to be taken outside.  I got that and then some.  I think the tempature ended up being somewhere in the 80's, bugs and pollen were everywhere.  By the time we left, all of us were hot and covered in pollen.  I'm just glad that we decided to take some bottles of water with us.  It was needed.

I am excited to see the pictures.  From the couple that Erin let us see, we should have some good ones.  Once we have them, I'll be sure to post some pictures.

Engagement Photo Location

Today we went out to Brian's grandfather's plantation house to check out the place again and see if this would be an option for either a back up location for the wedding or to use it for our engagement photos.  We decided to use the house for our engagement photos.  I'm excited about it.  I wanted to do them here because it has family ties to Brian and it is a beautiful old house.

The place is located on the Black River and has been used as a movie set for a couple of movies.  One of the more famous movies filmed here was Rambling Rose.  This move had Robert Duvall, Laura Dern and Diane Ladd.  One of the most interesting things about the movie is Brian's grandparents are in the movie.  It is interesting to watch and then see his grandfather on the tv screen in one scene and his grandmother in another.

No More Shrubs

 I didn't really like the shrubs that we had in the backyard.  I thought that they were a bit overgrown.  And evidently Brian didn't like them either, because we removed them.  It was a bit of a task, but it was worth it.  Our backyard seems so much bigger now.

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