"Obedience helps faith, and faith in turn, helps obedience. To do God's will is essential to true faith, and faith is necessary to implicit obedience."- The Necessity of Prayer, Edward M. Bounds

Good food for thought. Even when my faith may feel weak, obedience is still my responsibility.

Wedding Part 2

After we saw each other, the day just took off! Here are some of our pictures!

My handsome husband :)

Cedarwood did such an amazing job with the flowers!

This was one of my favorite details of our wedding! My family and I went around to a bunch of different boutiques in Nashville and picked out almost all of the dresses specific to each girl! It was a bit nerve wrecking because not only did the color have to go together but I wanted the girls to love the dresses enough to wear them again! (I know, typical bride statement!)

This is Cedarwood's awesome barn, where we had the cocktail hour before the reception!

I love this picture because it gets all of the moms in!

Meet my new in-laws!

Such a special moment

This was the face that I got to see coming down the isle! Lucky me!

One last smooch as Jenkins women.

I LOVE this picture! These picture frames were hanging in the front of the house. When people came in, they had their picture taken behind the frames with a mask of their choice. Then they stuck their poloraid into a scrapbook that we made and we used it as a guestbook!

 Just a few of the gorgeous details!

Meet my brother in-law, Jacob... He sang us a song at our engagement party entitled "It's not too late"... instead of a toast... he sang us a remix of that song. You can tell by our faces that it wasn't that funny. We're currently working on our first Jervis song to perform at the next family function.

Look at Taylor and Mr. Chip's profiles! Crazy similar! Mr. Chip and I were trying out our professional dance moves. :)

And.... we danced the night away!

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Jervis

Off to Mexico!!

Meet our photographers... Matt and Kristyn Hogan! Best. Ever!

All in all, our wedding was all that I ever dreamed of, which says a lot because I can be a big dreamer. Thanks to the wonderful staff at Historic Cedarwood for helping us bring a very special day to life. Thanks to our videographers at Full Frame Digital Cinema for capturing the moments that we hope to never forget! Of course a big thanks to our photographers, Matt and Kristyn who quickly became people who we call friends. Y'all are awesome and made our day so much fun! 

The biggest thanks of all to my mom and Laren! Sheesh... no one could stick through planning a wedding like you guys. I literally couldn't have done it without you!

Wedding Part 1

September 25, 2011 was the day that I married the love of my life, my high school sweetheart and my better half. In no way was I prepared for how this promise, this covenant would change my life. You know when you are about to embark on something great and you have that feeling that everything you know is about to change? Welcome to married life. Everything does change.


The morning of our wedding I woke up with a feeling of relief. It was finally here. After seven years, the wait was over and boy was it worth it.


All of my bridesmaids came over and we spent the morning eating, drinking coffee, opening presents, reading letters and watching Bridesmaids. Wonderful start to a wonderful day.

Here's a few pictures of the morning and some of their little goodies that were waiting on them!

Before shot. I couldn't pick my favorite if I had to.

Here are some of their goodies! Just a small thank you for being such an important person in my life! The night before I gave them each a small scrapbook that I made for them! Everyone got an awesome coffee mug with their initials on it! Also, I handmade paper bags with little love stamps on them, filled with goodies like handmade bookmarks and letter to each of them trying to explain how much they are loved. Try writing that in a letter.... no easy feat. 

Here are the mugs and bags!

Close up!

Hannah finally getting to look through her scrapbook!

Mom and I toasting to my new last name!

Dona: The miracle worker of all updos

Right before we left, my sweet friends prayed for me. Such a sweet time for me.

My sweet gran.

In conversation about weddings, people always said to me, "Make sure you take some time to enjoy every part of the day. It will be gone before you know it." So that's what I did. I was determined to soak in every laugh, every hug, every tear and every thought on our wedding day. Ya know, it's true what they say... it is gone before you know it. Push every care or worry out of your mind and take the day as it comes. Savor its moments. Create the silence you need to remember it. (you'll kick yourself in the fanny if you don't.)

Taylor and I decided to see each other before the actual ceremony. I'm a bit of a romantic so people were surprised when I told them. I am so thankful we did this for a few reasons... 

1. The moment I finally got to see Taylor was one of the sweetest moments to me. We were alone (except the photographers and videographers that were creepily lurking in the bushes... you know who you are :) Since we were alone, we got to share exactly what we were thinking. The smiles and smooches that I got from him in those moments eased every nerve that tried to distract me. 

2. Since we saw each other, we could get tons of pictures done so that we could catch the best lighting of the day and also spend more time with our lovely guest after the ceremony! 

3. Taylor had his back turned while I walked up behind him. Seeing him standing there waiting for me was a beautiful memory that I will never forget. I could focus on him... not on the 175 other people that were starring at me :)


Here are some pictures!

I'll blog more tomorrow about the rest of our day! In the meantime, go to our photographer's website and check out some more of her incredible work!

Whirlwind.

Wheeeeewwwww... believe it or not that was actually the first time I've exhaled since we got married! Not really, can you imagine if that were true? Honestly, that's what it feels like. The past two months have  been jam packed full of change, u-hauls, coffee table discussion, laughing, sweets, burnt dinners, smooches, gallstones, bird decor, deer watching, breath taking sunsets and blessings upon blessings. 

If I could sum up the past two months of my life in a few words they would be.............. ok never mind I couldn't do it... it's too much to put into a few words. All I know is that God has been good to me and has blessed me more than I'll ever understand by allowing me to marry Taylor.

More to come on all of the fun exciting stuff!!

one week.

Hello blog world! I know, I know, I've been completely absent. I wanted to stop in for a brief visit and write one last time as Lacey Jenkins. I get to marry my high school sweetheart in 7 days. I am going to Mexico in 8 days. I am moving to Tyler, TX in 17 days. WHOA. It's almost funny because I am not one to  love change and here the Lord is about to change everything in my life, down to my last name. 

I am a person who looooves stability and control and right now I don't get either. 

I'm in a good spot right now because I am on the edge of an incredible adventure with the love of my life. And by the way, in case you don't know Taylor he is everything that I am not... he is so calm and even keeled, he has no stress, ever. He has no resilience towards change. He will charge full steam ahead straight into it and that's why he will be my leader. haha We are about to step off a gigantic ledge, hand in hand and trust that the Lords plans are good and that He is faithful, and we know that He IS faithful just by our relationship a lone. I am trusting that God is the stability I need and the control is always His.

These next 7 days will be hard for me to wrap my mind around but I simply cannot wait to walk down the isle to see my groom standing before me, waiting. It's such a beautiful symbolism of where I am with the Lord right now. He keeps reminding me that He is waiting for me. I Can't wait for this veil to be lifted so that I might know the Lord more deeply through marriage. 

 Signing off for the last time as Lacey Jenkins. See ya on the other side! .... of the wedding :)

Meet Ricky.

I just ran across this picture of one of my dogs. I desperately wanted to share it with the world. So, enjoy. This is Ricky. Yes his name is Ricky. The meanest Chihuahua this side of the Mississippi.

ahh, young love.

 Our incredible photographer Kristyn Hogan took our engagement pictures and these aren't even all of them! They were so much fun to be around. #1 important thing to remember when choosing a photographer... you need to mesh well. if you wouldn't call them your friend, then they aren't for you. You want to have that connection with them so they can catch each moment that is special to you. Annnd... Kristyn could be the greatest. ever. I'm just sayin. Can't wait for her to do our wedding!!

Normalcy.

So nostalgic. haha

I adore this one of Taylor. So handsome.

Nerds at heart.

 

Needless to say, we had a blast! Can't wait to marry this guy. I mean look at him. He's a bundle of fun!