I’m going to start by saying, I love BEO. He is perfect.
Except.
He really doesn’t fully grasp the idea of loading the dish washer.
But it’s ok.
I love him.
And that’s what matters.
After we were married, I started leaving little notes on the kitchen faucet reminding him to load the dishwasher.
They had lots of hearts, smiley faces and happy exclamation points. I didn’t want to come off rude.
I received this via text from BEO. I thought you might get a laugh out of it.
Sunday nights are big around these parts.
Most Sunday’s you can find me and my closest neighbor-friends huddled up at one of the 5 houses on our block cooking, laughing and eating.
We all play a part in the food.
Yesterday, I was assigned the role of dessert-maker. So in my quest for the perfect dessert, I ended up on my friend Ree’s webpage.
For the record, she really isn’t a “friend”- but I wish she was.
I decided to cook this quick and easy peach parcel.
This is how Ree’s looked.
This is how mine looked- can we say amateur?
They looked a bit better than this when I placed each of them on a bed of whipped cream and drizzled a little caramel over them.
For the record, I did make one change to the recipe.
I traded peach schnapps for my new-found love, Cake Vodka. It was worth it.
THE day finally came.
And went.
And it was amazing.
I’ve been waiting for some of my friends to post pictures so I could borrow them for a blog post since Sunday. Note: I promised BEO I would put down my phone and camera from Friday, September 15 at 4 pm until Saturday, September 16. It was hard- but worth it.
In the mean time, BEO’s adorable cousin Andrea wrote a super funny blog post about the wedding with a lot of pictures.
So did Brooke.
And, if these two blog posts weren’t enough, Jennifer posted a YouTube video of our bridal party’s speeches. You might not want to listen to this with your kids, grandma or anyone else that doesn’t have a really good sense of humor. I wish you could have seen the look on BEO’s Grandma Kathy’s face! It was priceless!
Below are are a few pictures I thought summed up the weekends activities best. I borrowed these from my lovely sister Cindy, C & W Ranch’s Facebook page and from cousin Andrea. I hope they don’t mind. Professional pics to come- I promise 
Dad arrived late on Wednesday along with his lovely new bride Beverly and my sisters Cindy and Pacita. We were all tired and hungry so we ate and I settled in with Cindy, Pacita a night of Pinterest and girl talk.
Thursday morning everyone was super curious to see the lay of the land so we went to visit C & W Ranch. The ranch is where we decided to have our reception. It was just as beautiful as I remembered and everyone was happy to see us- even this handsome fellow.
We didn’t stay too long though, we had lots to see and decorations to gather. I think this made Cody the Ranch Dog sad.
Sorry Cody. We’ll be back. Right now we have to go drive by the church.
Wow that’s pretty.
And then it was off Hobby Lobby. Please raise your hand if you and your closest friends and family have ever pushed around 5 Hobby Lobby shopping carts at once?
But before we could decorate Thursday evening, it was off to the rehersal dinner at Martinellis. Yum, BEO’s Mom and Dad chose the place. It was amazing. If you ever get a chance to visit Martinelli’s, try the homemade salad dressing. It’s smack your momma good- just don’t smack your momma.
Our last stop on Thursday was to decorate- and decorate we did. Until 3 a.m. You won’t see any pictures of that. People were looking awful shady come that time of night.
It’s here that I must give a little extra mention to my sister, Pacita. She runs a fantastic home decor and retail business north of Altanta, GA called Pineapple Park. If you’re ever in the market for the perfect gift or decorating ideas for your home- contact her or peruse her Facebook page. You won’t be disappointed.
She did a fabulous job making the entire barn come together and even had BEO steal a old farm door from his Grandma’s house for deco.
Here’s what the barn looked like when you walked in.
It was cooler than I could have imagined. We went to bed very, very tired.
We woke up just as tired but concealed the dark circles with great makeup and hair, thanks to the girls at the Hair Loft. For the record, Lana- I love you {that was the fabulous gal who did my hair}.
From here on out the day was a whirlwind of my last tweet as @jtgirl, hours of photography, a 15 minute church service and then to the ranch for the reception.
I wonder if BEO was nervous here?
Here is Dad and I waiting to head up to the alter- I was nervous. I could just see me doing some type of face plant walking up the isle. You might laugh, but that is soooo Jodi.
I made it without a big fall! Check out the look of relief on my face.
I wonder what BEO was thinking here?
Before we knew it, I was Jodi Oleen.
Back at the ranch and after a quick dress change, I was ready to role with some really good help by my side.
From there on out it was the normal wedding reception stuff. Cake cutting, bridal party speeches {seriously, you will want to hear this}, first dances and time with friends and family. Here are a few other pictures I just couldn’t leave out.
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