Wedding Favors... pretty!

Edith (my mother-in-law) and I worked on these favors allll day on Saturday. Ten bags of sweettart doves and 5lbs of Samantha's favorite candy, Jelly Bellys, in the wedding color!







Nalani dropped by and helped ink some of the tags too... then we went out to dinner with Samantha and Marianne!



PEI WEI was our unanimous choice for dinner! It was delicious and the company was fun!






There we are... mother of the groom & mother of the bride. She's the MOG and I'm the MOB... hehehee!



The hero of the day though was Edith!! She worked her fingers off helping with those favors!! Thanks Mom!!

Meet one of the Groomsmen... Kamran

Meet Kamran Salim! He is a part of our family... has been since he and Patch were in band together during their freshman year of high school at The Colony High School! As one of Patch's best friends... he is like another big brother to Samantha... and Cris' trusts him to look after her in his absence. Kamran was an obvious choice for one of the groomsmen!



Here he is trying on his tuxedo for the wedding. We ended up buying all the tuxedos at JCPennys because they were on sale for Veteran's Day and we had an additional $15off coupon for each one! Woohoo! It was gonna cost $145 to rent everything at Men's Warehouse, so instead we spent $119 to BUY the tuxedo and we will rent the shirt/vest/tie set at Men's Warehouse for only $29! Danny, the best man, is wearing the tuxedo jacket from Men's Warehouse below... I actually like the one at JCPennys better (Kamran is wearing it in the photo above)!



We have ordered most of the vest sets and all but one groomsman has purchased their tuxedos... so we are doing really well!

Tennessee Bridal Shower

The 'Tennessee' Family is hosting a bridal shower for Samantha on Sunday, November 23rd at cousin Kathy's house in Millington, TN. I think it is at 2pm, but will check tomorrow and make sure. So far, Samantha has registered at JCPennys and Target. We will try to get some more registrations done this weekend and will let everyone know. We are so excited to travel to Tennessee next weekend! We will be bringing the flower girl dresses and the bridesmaid dresses for Jes and Brooke! You can RSVP for this shower here... just click on the comments below. Or just give Kathy, Aunt Mary or Aunt Callie a call. Questions? Email me at ladybugandco@yahoo.com!

Goodnight!

WEDDING RSVP

If you are viewing this blog, then you no doubt have received an invitation to the Skinner/Lisenby Wedding on Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 6pm in the evening. This is the section where you can RSVP for the wedding ceremony and the reception afterwards. The reception will include dinner and dancing and will take place in the Frisco I Ballroom of the Embassy Suites.



Please indicate the number AND names of those attending in your party and whether you will be attending both the ceremony and reception by leaving a comment here. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me (Tammy) at 469-525-6293. Thanks!

Rehearsal Dinner

The wedding rehearsal is scheduled for 5:30pm on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at the Embassy Suites in Frisco, Texas. Immediately following we will host the Rehearsal Dinner in the Cypress Grille Restaurant located inside the Embassy Suites.

Danny (Best Man), Samantha and I had lunch there and chose the menu for the evening. We kept it simple and selected 4 choices and they will also have a kid's menu for the little ones. It was truly yummy!

Chicken Pasta... it was delish!



We decided to also offer a Cheeseburger Plate... thinking that it would be a fall-back for those who don't like the other choices. Well, let me tell ya... this cheeseburger was awesome! The fries were great too... like shoestring fries with a light coating on them.



Everything was very tasty and we are very happy to be hosting the Rehearsal Dinner at the Cypress Grille. But, I have to say that my all-time favorite thing was the tropical iced tea! It was great! So great that we are going to also serve it at the Wedding Reception dinner!



All in all... the Cypress Grille got TWO THUMBS up from the bride and best man!

Meet the Best Man...

This is Danny... He is Cris' big brother... Texas Tech student... manager at CVS... the Best Man!



Danny has such a great sense of humor! He is already having fun just thinking about the plans for the Bachelor party. It is scheduled for the Friday before the wedding, December 19, 2008. Poor Cris will be exhausted from traveling all night from Alaska... but the guys will take good care of him. Right, Danny? LOL!





Yep... I think the whole weekend is gonna be fun! There will be some 'Nerf' wars scheduled... the gals are going to enjoy the hotel spa on Saturday, while the guys are off to play paintball. And there will be a group going to see the Ice exhibit at the Texan Gaylord too! All we ask is that nobody get hurt before the wedding!

Junior Bridesmaid... Calli

Let me introduce you to our Junior Bridesmaid... Calli!



Calli is the daughter of Tammy's bff and Samantha's Matron of Honor, Angela. Samantha has been babysitting Calli since she was 6yo (she's 10yo now), and she is pretty special. Sam thinks of her as the little sister she always begged for but never got (sad, huh... not!). Anyway, this was Calli trying on her Jr Bridesmaid dress at the David's Bridal in Lewisville, Texas. We all went out to our favorite restaurant (Red Lobster!) for dinner afterwards...yum!









When together... these two are attached at the hip!