We're MARRIED!!

Hi from Mr. and Mrs. Matthews!  We survived the wedding and the honeymoon in Jamacia!  Everything was so wonderful and we're so thankful to have great friends and family!  Thank you especially to our parents!!  You can check our our wedding pictures at Barry Altmark's website by visiting http://www.pictage.com/client/event.do?event=527015&emailFlag=true and you can see the slideshow at http://www.altmarkphoto.com/slideshows/carolyn_will/iframe.html .  We enjoyed everything so much!!!  Below are some of the wedding pictures that I took from Barry's blog.  ENJOY and buy pictures!!!!!

Carolyn and Will Matthews

Almost there!!! The Final Shower

My mother's closest friend Dee and her family (they're all my 'adoptive' family) threw me a wonderful shower on October 25th.  Below are some of the pictures.  It was a 'tea party' theme...something that would be laid back and fun.  And we had so much fun!!!

    

The champagne punch was great...not too strong :) and the table decorations were so pretty.  Someone actually made the cake in the shape of a hat!  The little tea cups were our favors...we each got one for our birth month and received a wine charm to know which cup was ours.  Aunt Ellen made these...mine said "Bride"!

Christine shows off her hat...this was one we played with a lot when we were younger

Christine and Granny

Christine and Lori showing off their sas

Ms. Dee and Granny

Ms. Patty and Momma

This was my hat...my mother's bridal veil

Melanie and Ms. Suzan

Melanie, Suzan, Love, Ms. Patty, Ms. Dee, and Aunt El...don't their hats all look great!

Christine, Me, and Lori

We all grew up together...in a few days...we'll all be married!

Momma and her best friend Dee

My bridesmaid Rachel was voted 'Best Hat'

WOW!  Look at that pile!

This was one of Ms. Suzan's many gifts to me...she is such a talented artist!

Mom...goofin off

Love finished off our set of blown glasses...they are so nice...can't wait to use them!

Thanks to Christine who thought about me and my knack for cooking Thanksgiving Dinner...this allows you to stack casserole dishes

Ms. Dee and Aunt El

Thanks for Checking in...when you see me again...I'll be MRS!!!!

A Shower at Work

A big THANK YOU to all of my volunteers that came to the hospital this past Tuesday for my bridal shower...it was so sweet of all of them to put this together. I really appreciate it!!! I had a ton of fun being able to gossip with all of them :)

Traveling to Mississippi, Part II

On Sunday, Love, My mom, and I attended a shower in my honor at St. John's Methodist Church in Greenwood, MS. This is the church that Will's parents currently attend and the church that Will grew up in. There were so many nice people...and the food was so good. I have to say...it sure is hard to lose weight when so many people are fixing such delicious food!! This shower was a real delight because not only did I get to hear so many old stories about Will (these will be saved for later), but I also got to meet two of Will's aunts, a cousin, and a second cousin (on his Dad's side)! Below are some pictures from the shower:

Here I am

My mom, Me, Will's Mom

Will's Family: Ashley, Aunt Sister, Me, Aunt Patty, Angel, and Love

A shot with my mom also

Me opening gifts - I believe this was a set of the hand blown glass tumblers...they're so cool!!

This is my place setting...see the glass tumbler and wine glass...aren't they cool :)

When we got home, I unpacked everything to make sure that it didn't break...then I realized I didn't have pictures of the gifts...

This is an upclose picture

Another one

A sideways one

This is the cross that Love gave us...it's made of copper!

I had to include the Mississippi State Tumblers...and Will said he wasn't going to get anything :)

A member of St. John's made most of these...it's handmade pottery

Here is some more...the mocha platter in the middle is actually from Viking Cooking Store

Thank you again to all of the gracious women of St. John's Methodist Church we can't wait to use all of the wonderful gifts we received...we're just going to have to throw a party here in Trussville :) And to Jack's family...thank you so much for making the drive over! It was so wonderful to meet you all!!! I can't wait to be a Matthews :)