drumroll please....

here it is: the announcement of the big day!

  john and i are gettin' hitched on july 12, 2008! 

(and for your viewing pleasure, a picture of us from last july!) 

jp and i knew that we wanted to get married in blacksburg- it was the place where we met, where our relationship blossomed and where we fell in love! it was an easy decision to agree upon a location. now, for long-distance wedding planning....

i am heading up to culpeper to meet john tonight at 6 & from there, we will ride together up to his dad's house in salem for the night. tomorrow we make the rest of the trip to blacksburg for a saturday filled with wedding planning! (note the blue? it's one of our primary wedding colors!) we are meeting with our bakery (carol lee!), caterer, florist and hopefully making final arrangements for the ceremony. hooray! 

AND blacksburg is in a "Severe Weather Warning" for the weekend- woohoo! wedding planning AND snow? what more could a girl ask for?! 

have a great weekend everyone! :o)

my favorite renfrows :o)

i have yet to post about the newest addition to the renfrow family: miss claire marie renfrow! claire was born on december 20th, 2007 and is absolutely beautiful. my parents were in raleigh for the birth of baby claire and i went down two days later (after the last day of school) to see her. i must say, she appears to have her aunt ashley's olive complexion and dark brown hair. regardless of her adorable appearance, she was a bit jaundiced and had to get her healthy glow from a fiberoptic lamp for a few days. after some time with the magic light, claire's jaundice disappeared and left her even more beautiful than before. she is simply perfect!

while mom and ali tended to claire, my buddy and i played with some verizon toys. :o)

and the color version of us!

my lil farmer in his carhartt overalls

i know, he's adorable ;) 

baby blue eyes

wyatt just LOVES his shoes :)

check it out

so i waited a long time to post this, mostly because i think it's tacky to post close-up pictures of your engagement ring on the internet. marriage is about the love you share with the person God blessed you with and the engagement should be a celebration of just that: your love, not the ring! but after lots of requests (and being so far away from everyone!) i have decided to post a picture of my ice. hey- i'm proud of this bling i get to wear everyday! nice job, john!

you GOTTA check this out!

wow!!!! :o)

so i have to give a HUGE shoutout to Christi Austin of Christi Austin Photography! after entering a contest via her blog online ( i love the blog-verse!), tonight i found out that she picked john and i to receive FREE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY! this is so amazing, i still don't know what to think. i cannot seem to upload pictures well with the new mac like i could with a pc-- any suggestions? because i want to put as many props as i can to this amazing woman (with her permission!) and her generosity. christi, john and i are both SO EXCITED to meet you and so very thankful for your amazing gift. i thank God for your gift for photography and your generous heart.

check her out everyone!

http://christiaustinphotography.com

and here is her blog!

http://christiaustinphotography.blogspot.com