Why a Thursday?

Several people have been realizing that our wedding day is in fact on a Thursday. Believe me, we're not in love with Thursdays or anything odd like that but, June 16th is a specific date that we wanted. I thought I would explain it to answer some questions.
We started dating on March 16, 2006.
My birthday is April 16, 1989.
Kyle's birthday is July 16, 1985.
So, because of this significant number, 16, we of course HAD to have our wedding on the 16th of some month!
I despise cold weather and Kyle is not fond of it either so a late spring or summer wedding was what we wanted. We were going to try and get married this year but it would not have been able to happen so 2011 seemed to be when we could have it. We didn't want the wedding day to be on either of our birthdays so that left May, June, and August. If we had it in May, not everyone would be done with school and it would be on a Monday (yuck!). If we had it in August, many people would be starting back school already and it would be awkwardly on a Tuesday. So that left June!

June 16th is a significant date all on its own. That is the day my wonderful Aunt Ginni and Uncle Jim got married so it's good luck!

So that's it! Now you know we're not weird anything... well, not more than usual. :)

pictures, wedding party, and dress shopping

Jennifer Woodbery took engagement photos of Kyle and I on Sunday in Montevallo. I love every single one of them! She made us look so cute. I plan on ordering a few of them to frame.

We have our final wedding party members set!
Colleen Radford will be the maid of honor. She is my cousin and we have been close our entire lives.
Stan Limerick will be the best man. He is Kyle's dad and my future father-in-law.
Andi Crist, Kelly Ianniello, and Emmie Kinard will be the bridesmaids.
Andi and I have known each other since elementary school and are great friends.
Kelly is Kyle's big sister and my future sister-in-law.
Emmie and I have been friends since the 4th grade and used to be neighbors. Our mom's are best friends and her mom Sheri is like a 2nd mom to me.
Trey Dozier and Austin McCombs will be the groomsmen.
Trey is Kyle's best friend and he's pretty cool.
Austin is my little brother and Kyle's future brother-in-law.

Today I went wedding dress shopping for the first time with my mom and Colleen. It was really shocking to see myself wearing a wedding dress... it felt totally unreal! Mom was fine until the assistant put a veil on me. She held it together though! :)
I probably tried on about 10 dresses and have narrowed it down to 5. I've still got 2 more bridal shops to visit though. There were other brides trying on wedding dresses in the dressing rooms next to me and I was definitely the one trying on the boldest dresses. I just don't like plain dresses. They're boring!