Our Wedding Day Brunch

The morning of our wedding we had a praise and worship time with our wedding party followed by a brunch at my parent's house. It was a peaceful and beautiful morning to spend with our wedding party before everyone started getting ready for the wedding.

Before the Throne of God Above

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea
A great high Priest whose Name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart

When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end to all my sin
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me

Behold Him there the risen Lamb
My perfect spotless righteousness
The great unchangeable I am
The King of glory and of grace
One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God!
With Christ my Savior and my God!

One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God!
With Christ my Savior and my God!

These are the words to the song we had the congregation sing at our wedding. We chose this song because it acknowledges that Todd and I were not only standing at the altar of the church but ultimately standing before the Throne of God and making a marriage covenant. Having the congregation sing was one of our favorite parts of the wedding. It was a blessing to have them join us in worshiping our God.

Check back wedding pictures coming soon!

Our Rehearsal Dinner

We had a wonderful wedding weekend! The Lord blessed us with beautiful weather and amazing friends and family to celebrate with us. The weekend started Saturday afternoon with our causal rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. We had fishing, skeet shooting, and outdoor snacks and drinks. Todd and I wanted to create a fun and enjoyable weekend for our wedding party.



yummy snacks & drinks


Skeet Shooting


Here are a few pictures from the rehearsal at the church.




Our very cute flower girl and ring bearers! They were so cute and did a great job walking down the aisle together.




My cousin Macy did a reading in the wedding ceremony.






After the rehearsal we all headed back over to my parents for our rehearsal dinner! We had tasty fajitas, brownies and ice cream and S' mores to make using the outdoor fire pit.
















My sisters! They helped so much for the wedding taking pictures, creating decorations, setting up, cleaning up and so much more. Thank you!






Family friends of my parents and I helped during the entire weekend of the rehearsal dinner and wedding by setting up food, cleaning dishes and helping with cleaning up after the reception. It was a wonderful blessing. Todd and I could never say thank you enough to these thoughtful and giving women. Thank you for blessing us by serving us on our wedding weekend!

Excited to See You!

We realize there are 2 weddings in April the one across the pond with William and Kate and ours! We know their guest list is a bit larger than ours, but we won out with the most amazing guests and hugest response!

We are excited that so many of you are coming from CA, IL, NJ, VA, CT, GA, LA and all over Texas. Todd and I will be praying for safe travel for each of you and are deeply grateful for the time you are taking to travel to the wedding. Here is a picture of the sign to look for to point you to the church and the reception.



For the wedding party here are a few pictures of my parent’s house. To help you recognize it. It sits away from the road and has a long gravel driveway through oak trees.

Dr. Evans

This past Tuesday Todd and I visited with Dr. Evans, of Oak Cliff Bible Church, at his office for marriage counseling and preparing for the wedding. It is so humbling that Dr. Evans is giving Todd and I the gift of bringing us into the covenant of marriage before God. I had shared with Todd that Dr. Evans had been there for me through a very painful time in my life giving me wise biblical counsel that challenged me to believe there would be a dawn after the darkness. When Todd and I became serious I desired Todd to meet Dr. Evans. Todd asked many of his friends and family to pray before we went to meet with Dr. Evans, as Todd knew how important Dr. Evans opinion of Todd would be to me. Dr. Evans loved Todd, he past with flying colors!!!

Not only do I deeply respect Dr. Evans as a man who seeks God, but also I have seen him as a husband to Lois, his wife, as well as a father and grandfather all, which has only deepened my respect for him.

Dr. Evans gave Todd and I a few books to read about marriage including: A Woman’s Role in the Home, A Man’s Role in the Home, and Marriage Matters. They are excellent books and would recommend them! This last time we visited him he gave us the daily devotional book for couples that both Dr. Evans and Lois Evans wrote together. We are excited to read this daily devotional book for our first year of marriage!

Todd and I so value Dr. Evans role in our lives and seek to build a marriage that reflects all the truths of a biblical marriage.
Thank you Dr. Evans!!

A Sneak Peek

Wondering what I have been up to? Here are a few pictures to give you a sneak peek of the wedding details. My mom, my sisters and I have been having fun working on making wedding programs, menus, name tags, music note wreaths, and more for the wedding.

My parent's dining room where all the wedding items are being stored.








Wedding Programs






Making music note wreaths




Music note frame


I am excited how everything is looking!

A Sweet Gift

This past week Callie and Troy (my sister and brother-in-law) gave Todd and I a wonderful and thoughtful gift. Callie made a photo book on her Mac computer of our Couple Wedding Shower we had a few weeks ago.














They even wrote a sweet note inside the back flap.


The back of the photo book.

Thank you Callie and Troy. It will be a wonderful keepsake of our Couple Wedding Shower!