Mr & Mrs Smyth

We said "I do"! Sky and I are officially man and wife! We said our vows, just the two of us, on Hawsknest Beach on March 23, 2012. Our friend Dru preformed the ceremony on that beautiful afternoon. Our friend Yelena Rogers did a wonderful job capturing our special day with gorgeous photographs! We spent the weekend relaxing and enjoying the beauty of our St John. We are currently finalizing our honeymoon plans, to be taken later this year! 

Since we eloped and couldn't have our family and friends join us, we are in the process of planning a huge celebration! We will have a vow renewal and reception next year on our 1st anniversary and we look forward to celebrating with everyone!!! Invites will be sent out in the next couple of months.

Thank you friends and family for all of the love, support, congratulations, and well wishes! We are so happy, so in love, and looking forward to a life full of adventures and joy!

xoxo,

Mr & Mrs Smyth

Getting Married

I have to be honest! I definitely won't be tying the knot until I'm 100% sure but.... some days I can't wait to get married just to have the big party, beautiful dress and amazing food!!!

My Dream Ring?

So, sadly, I lost the engagement ring that Sky gave me. I know, I'm an awful fiancée. I really do feel very badly about it. We had always planned on replacing it anyway, but it was still very sad losing it. It wasn't very expensive, but it had sentimental value, and that's the part that sucks. But now that we're starting from scratch with buying a new ring, I am completely overwhelmed with how many styles, shapes, carats and metals there are to choose from. I always thought this would be the easy part, picking a pretty sparkler to wear on my hand for the rest of my days!. Alas, it's harder than it looks. I'm jealous of all those girls out there who knew what they wanted and got it. I just don't want to wind up with ring regret. But honestly whatever he chooses to get me I'm sure I will love and cherish forever, as long as I don't lose it!

Any favorites?

 GIRLY

 TRENDY

 CLASSIC

ELEGANT

So Romantic

Today Sky and I won a once in a lifetime prize!! Right after we got engaged I, of course, was obsessed with all things bride and wedding related. I joined The Knot so I could start getting ideas about what we wanted on our wedding day. At the time there was a contest on The Knot website. All you had to do was upload a picture of yourself and your fiancé and tell a little bit about how you met and your engagement story. I thought it seemed like a cute idea so I entered and forgot about it.

Fast forward to today! I received an email saying that Sky and I actually won the contest!! An associate at The Knot told me that we were the runners up, but one of the couples had to drop out so would we like to take their place? I was so excited that I was shaking and barely heard a word that she said!!!!

So our prize? We, along with 13 other couples, are getting married at the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day!!!! It turns out that the only day that you can marry there is on Valentine's Day!!!! And you have to apply and be chosen for it!!!!  We are so excited (can you tell?!!!) and grateful for this. And boy did this good news come at just the right time.

So the rush is on for me to find a dress, a suit for Sky, book accommodations to NYC and choose the 20 people we'd like at the ceremony. I think that last part will be the hardest since we want everyone we know and love to celebrate our day together!! The consolation is that we plan to invite any and everyone up to NYC for the weekend to help us celebrate and party, even if we can't take everyone to the ceremony. And we definitely plan on having a big celebration here in Georgia late next year for those who can't make it.

This really changes all of the plans that we had going for our wedding, but you don't look a gift horse in the mouth! Besides isn't getting married in one of the most amazing cities in the world, in one of the most iconic buildings in history, on the most romantic day ever just a dream come true?! It certainly is for us!!