The Ted Knight Orchestra (the lovely musical entertainment for our wedding) has made a little page about Cody and I's wedding!! Check out the link below to see our new found fame-just kidding!! ENJOY!!
Ted Knight Orchestra
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
A Celebration of the Marriage benefits!!
Last weekend, I was able to throw my dear friend, Danielle, a lingerie shower!! I was so nervous, ask anyone in my life, but it was so wonderful and I really feel God was honored through it! I had such great helpers, too!! Thanks Rebekah, Sarah and Kristi!!
One of Danielle's maid of honors lives in Florida, so she couldn't make it to the party!! But, she sent me a gift to give to Dani when I got there!! This was her first present and she was so excited!!
A little shocked at the goodies!! :)
Dani was so sweet and got me some presents for throwing her the shower--she was too sweet!! The frame goes great in our house--p.s. maybe the worst picture ever taken of me.!! Word to teh wise: don't let friends take your picture at 10:30pm after a long car ride and a full day of work!!
The next day called for Pedicures!
Rebekah let us use her apartment--some of the decor!
Advice to the bride cards, name tags and the like
Alisha giving some advice for the bride :)
Introducing ourselves and how we know Dani
Quite entertaining stories!
Decorating the Undies game---it got quite interesting!
Memory Game
all the goodies Dani got to go home with!
Presents!
Toast to the Bride and Groom--Apple Cider, of course...we had a preggers there!!
Jackie--the preggers!
One of Danielle's maid of honors lives in Florida, so she couldn't make it to the party!! But, she sent me a gift to give to Dani when I got there!! This was her first present and she was so excited!!
A little shocked at the goodies!! :)
Dani was so sweet and got me some presents for throwing her the shower--she was too sweet!! The frame goes great in our house--p.s. maybe the worst picture ever taken of me.!! Word to teh wise: don't let friends take your picture at 10:30pm after a long car ride and a full day of work!!
The next day called for Pedicures!
Rebekah let us use her apartment--some of the decor!
Advice to the bride cards, name tags and the like
Alisha giving some advice for the bride :)
Introducing ourselves and how we know Dani
Quite entertaining stories!
Decorating the Undies game---it got quite interesting!
Memory Game
all the goodies Dani got to go home with!
Presents!
Toast to the Bride and Groom--Apple Cider, of course...we had a preggers there!!
Jackie--the preggers!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Free Food!!!
Go to this website to print out your Free KFC Grilled Chicken Dinner!! Act fast--the coupon will only be available until midnight tonight!!
http://www.unthinkfc.com/
http://www.unthinkfc.com/
Monday, May 4, 2009
A working couples "spring break"
Since Cody and I are a part of the "work force" now, we have desperately missed our College breaks---summer, spring and winter, well and fall for that matter!! So, in an effort to have our own Spring Break--we took a few days off work, the week after Easter and headed northward to Ohio--every Spring Breakers perfect destination..haha.
Enjoying Robin's delicious coffee!!
Father and Son!
Later that night, the family got together for a belated Easter dinner. After dinner, Cody and I hung out with Noah on the back porch and taught him the basics of catching a football!
We taught him "hands up" and the triangle with your thumbs and pointer fingers--he caught a few and we were so proud...if he ever goes Pro, we have this picture as proof!!
The next day, the guys went Golfing and the ladies had tea! We went to Miss Molly's Tea Room!
This was my first "high tea"--we had a great time! I just wish my mom could've been there too!!
Cody's grandma enjoying her Pomegranate tea
Perfect form--pinky out!
After lunch we stayed in Medina and went to the ROOT candles store---I LOVED IT!!! I wanted to know how we hadn't been there before!! :) It'll be a staple in our trips back to Ohio!
Grandma and Grandpa!
Cody's parents and us!
Matty came along for a nice little lunch before we headed back to Virginia! Always great to see him--those two together keep my laughing, for sure!
It was such a great trip--so relaxing and a great first "working man's" spring break!
Love y'all,
LaRae and Cody
Enjoying Robin's delicious coffee!!
Father and Son!
Later that night, the family got together for a belated Easter dinner. After dinner, Cody and I hung out with Noah on the back porch and taught him the basics of catching a football!
We taught him "hands up" and the triangle with your thumbs and pointer fingers--he caught a few and we were so proud...if he ever goes Pro, we have this picture as proof!!
The next day, the guys went Golfing and the ladies had tea! We went to Miss Molly's Tea Room!
This was my first "high tea"--we had a great time! I just wish my mom could've been there too!!
Cody's grandma enjoying her Pomegranate tea
Perfect form--pinky out!
After lunch we stayed in Medina and went to the ROOT candles store---I LOVED IT!!! I wanted to know how we hadn't been there before!! :) It'll be a staple in our trips back to Ohio!
Grandma and Grandpa!
Cody's parents and us!
Matty came along for a nice little lunch before we headed back to Virginia! Always great to see him--those two together keep my laughing, for sure!
It was such a great trip--so relaxing and a great first "working man's" spring break!
Love y'all,
LaRae and Cody
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Playing catch-up....EASTER!!
This Easter, Northstar decided to have a "Pancake Breakfast"....so, as the head of the Hospitality team, this meant I had quite a busy weekend!!
The weekend started off with an interesting trip to Sam's Club, but when I got home Cody was done with his Worship practice and was such a great Hubs...he helped me cook sausage....ALL-DAY-LONG!!
I think after Easter, we will never eat sausage again!!
We cooked for about 3 hours straight and made over 400 sausage links--Our house smelled lovely!!! I burned my entire supply of candles that weekend--I'm in the market for more!
The next morning, Easter Sunday, we had such an incredible group of volunteers and congregants lending a hand---TRULY allowing themselves to be God's hands and feet! And with needing over 600 pancakes in an hour and a half...it was such a stress relief to me!
For the service we set up round tables instead of the regular "rows" of chairs, lending to a more "coffeehouse" feel--the volunteers did an amazing job setting up and making the place look great!
The stage looked amazing, the cross was faintly lit in the background and Cody had streaming video of sunrises all around the world on the big screen!
A group of our guys enjoying the great food!
Cody leading worship---It was an absolutely Christ-honoring and Holy-Spirit filled worship service!
Cody came up with this great idea to divide the service into 4 sections: Birth, Life, Death and Resurrection. Darryl (speaking in the picture) and Shane each taught mini-sermons on each section and Cody filmed 4 church members talking about how that specific section impacted their life and what it meant to them. (He asked me to speak on the Birth section....it was a pretty cool experience)
-The service ended with the song: "Shout out to God"
The enemy's been defeated
Death couldn't hold You down
We're gonna lift our voice in Victory
We're gonna make Your praises loud!
Shout unto God with a voice of triumph
Shout unto God with a voice of praise
Shout unto God with a voice of triumph
We lift Your name up
We lift Your name up
Seriously, what in INCREDIBLY powerful song after Darryl just talked about the Resurrection of Christ!! Our God is so amazing and ONLY HE is the ONE TRUE GOD, who has risen again!
Wish you were there and could've experienced that!!
Well, I'm sure you're wondering why I have a picture of a cute little boy...but this is, of course, the only picture I have of our Easter Sunday Dinner!!
For our FIRST Easter Sunday as married folks, we were all alone and couldn't spend time with our families! So, one of our favorite couples invited us and a few other couples who are "loaners" (haha) and family-less to come over and share Easter Dinner with them!! We had a great time at the Carver's and loved getting to know Kimberly and Kevin, as well! I came armed with the famous Lee Family Banana Pudding and OF COURSE, Mashed Potatoes for my hard-working hubby!
*This picture is of the Carver's little boy-he was super cute and of course, captured my attention!
Thanks again, Carver Family for having us over and sharing the holiday with us!!
So Blessed,
Cody and LaRae
The weekend started off with an interesting trip to Sam's Club, but when I got home Cody was done with his Worship practice and was such a great Hubs...he helped me cook sausage....ALL-DAY-LONG!!
I think after Easter, we will never eat sausage again!!
We cooked for about 3 hours straight and made over 400 sausage links--Our house smelled lovely!!! I burned my entire supply of candles that weekend--I'm in the market for more!
The next morning, Easter Sunday, we had such an incredible group of volunteers and congregants lending a hand---TRULY allowing themselves to be God's hands and feet! And with needing over 600 pancakes in an hour and a half...it was such a stress relief to me!
For the service we set up round tables instead of the regular "rows" of chairs, lending to a more "coffeehouse" feel--the volunteers did an amazing job setting up and making the place look great!
The stage looked amazing, the cross was faintly lit in the background and Cody had streaming video of sunrises all around the world on the big screen!
A group of our guys enjoying the great food!
Cody leading worship---It was an absolutely Christ-honoring and Holy-Spirit filled worship service!
Cody came up with this great idea to divide the service into 4 sections: Birth, Life, Death and Resurrection. Darryl (speaking in the picture) and Shane each taught mini-sermons on each section and Cody filmed 4 church members talking about how that specific section impacted their life and what it meant to them. (He asked me to speak on the Birth section....it was a pretty cool experience)
-The service ended with the song: "Shout out to God"
The enemy's been defeated
Death couldn't hold You down
We're gonna lift our voice in Victory
We're gonna make Your praises loud!
Shout unto God with a voice of triumph
Shout unto God with a voice of praise
Shout unto God with a voice of triumph
We lift Your name up
We lift Your name up
Seriously, what in INCREDIBLY powerful song after Darryl just talked about the Resurrection of Christ!! Our God is so amazing and ONLY HE is the ONE TRUE GOD, who has risen again!
Wish you were there and could've experienced that!!
Well, I'm sure you're wondering why I have a picture of a cute little boy...but this is, of course, the only picture I have of our Easter Sunday Dinner!!
For our FIRST Easter Sunday as married folks, we were all alone and couldn't spend time with our families! So, one of our favorite couples invited us and a few other couples who are "loaners" (haha) and family-less to come over and share Easter Dinner with them!! We had a great time at the Carver's and loved getting to know Kimberly and Kevin, as well! I came armed with the famous Lee Family Banana Pudding and OF COURSE, Mashed Potatoes for my hard-working hubby!
*This picture is of the Carver's little boy-he was super cute and of course, captured my attention!
Thanks again, Carver Family for having us over and sharing the holiday with us!!
So Blessed,
Cody and LaRae
Monday, April 27, 2009
Camera Cord, where art thou?
I am so bummed that I haven't been able to post any pictures from the past 2 weeks!! I can't find my camera cord!!!! Here's to hoping I find it soon!!
If so, PICTURES TO COME--if not, I'm gonna get them off my camera somehow!!!!
~LaRae
If so, PICTURES TO COME--if not, I'm gonna get them off my camera somehow!!!!
~LaRae
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Controversy.
I'm not sure if many of you have heard of the recent controversy over fellow "celebrity" blogger, Perez Hilton and Miss California 2009, but apparently it's all the rage in the media circuit. In case you weren't one of the 20 million people glued to the tube Saturday evening, here's what you missed....
I'm sure many of you know my stance on this issue, so I'll spare you the soapbox rant, but beyond the content of her answer or even the question, the sad fact of this entire situation is how people, namely Perez Hilton, have responded to her opinion.
Many have said that as a public figure representing America, Miss America should be "inclusive", not dividing the people. People have said that she should have been more "politically correct". My misunderstanding here is, when did America become the land of checking our opinions at the door? We are a democracy, a land founded on the majority vote. Clearly, that means there will be an opposite, or different, minority vote. Case and Point, the President of the United States-are they supposed to be "politically correct" with controversial issues? NO! We vote on politicians based upon their opinions and views of issues, NOT how well they don't offend the public.
Regardless of how Miss California answered, and yes she could have been more eloquent in her response, her opinion should not have "allegedly" cost her the crown. It has been her poise and character throughout this entire controversy that leads me to WANT her to be Miss America. She has been called every name in the book by Perez Hilton and she has taken it in stride and not dished it back.
It is so clear that the reason he is so upset, is because she didn't answer the way he wanted her to answer. I think he was looking for another venue to condone same-sex marriage and when it was shot out of the water, he had no other defenses. Furthermore, I think because he was the one asking the question and he, himself is a self-proclaimed homosexual, he was personally offended that she didn't take that into consideration and sugar coat her answer.
Once again, regardless of who I agree with on the subject, I was so disappointed that just because someone doesn't bow to the "political correctness" of society, it cost them something so significant. I want someone representing America that has a backbone and doesn't back down from what they believe, regardless if I believe in it or not. THAT produces the respect of others, not shifting your opinions just so people will like you or name-calling when they don't. Didn't we learn that when we were little, "stand up for what you believe in"??
Something to think about!
~LaRae
I'm sure many of you know my stance on this issue, so I'll spare you the soapbox rant, but beyond the content of her answer or even the question, the sad fact of this entire situation is how people, namely Perez Hilton, have responded to her opinion.
Many have said that as a public figure representing America, Miss America should be "inclusive", not dividing the people. People have said that she should have been more "politically correct". My misunderstanding here is, when did America become the land of checking our opinions at the door? We are a democracy, a land founded on the majority vote. Clearly, that means there will be an opposite, or different, minority vote. Case and Point, the President of the United States-are they supposed to be "politically correct" with controversial issues? NO! We vote on politicians based upon their opinions and views of issues, NOT how well they don't offend the public.
Regardless of how Miss California answered, and yes she could have been more eloquent in her response, her opinion should not have "allegedly" cost her the crown. It has been her poise and character throughout this entire controversy that leads me to WANT her to be Miss America. She has been called every name in the book by Perez Hilton and she has taken it in stride and not dished it back.
It is so clear that the reason he is so upset, is because she didn't answer the way he wanted her to answer. I think he was looking for another venue to condone same-sex marriage and when it was shot out of the water, he had no other defenses. Furthermore, I think because he was the one asking the question and he, himself is a self-proclaimed homosexual, he was personally offended that she didn't take that into consideration and sugar coat her answer.
Once again, regardless of who I agree with on the subject, I was so disappointed that just because someone doesn't bow to the "political correctness" of society, it cost them something so significant. I want someone representing America that has a backbone and doesn't back down from what they believe, regardless if I believe in it or not. THAT produces the respect of others, not shifting your opinions just so people will like you or name-calling when they don't. Didn't we learn that when we were little, "stand up for what you believe in"??
Something to think about!
~LaRae
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