Our First Home

Today we officially have our first home together.  No it is not a house.  It is a loft apartment in downtown Booneville.  But a house does not make a home.  A home is made with lots of love and family.  Trey and I are so excited about our new adventure and are going to make this loft our home.  As you will see in the pictures below, it is full of character and is very rustic and historical.  There are original brick walls and even concrete walls that were once part of a hardware store many years ago.  The owner said he wanted to leave the original walls, so they cleaned them and sealed them and I think they are gorgeous!  To some it make look like the walls are falling apart and missing some pieces....but it is really so much prettier in person.  The hardwood floors are reclaimed from an old county schoolhouse.  I have never seen floors that were so beautiful!  So, next time you are in Booneville...please stop by and see us!  (after we getting moved in, married, and back from Key West of course)  :)  We feel very blessed to have found such a pretty place to start our new life together, as The Wards!

community courtyard/patio

kitchen
{look at those floors}



bedroom #1

bedroom #2

bedroom #2 again

hallway

I am so excited and can't wait to start moving stuff in the coming weeks.

I can't believe our wedding is 26 days away!

Time is flying by and we are getting excited!

Key West here we come!

{have I mentioned we are going to Key West?  :)}

I'm just a little bit excited...can you tell?

Have a blessed week and be kind to one another!

throwback thursday

One of my favorite pictures.

In the hospital on my day of birth!  My mom had just turned 28 years old.

I love my family so much and am so thankful for their love and support.

Excited for the day when Trey and I begin our own little family.

P.S.- To those wondering...no, we are not already planning kids...

we are too busy planning a wedding! 

We want to enjoy married life for a few years and then start our little family!  :)

For some reason, when you get engaged...people wanna know when the babies are coming.

Now you know (if you even cared)...haha!



Thank you.

Today we said good bye to my precious Memaw.  The service was beautiful and perfect.  Her coffin was pink and full of memories.  It was a hard day, but my family and I held tight to each other and tried to remember the wonderful memories we had with her.  She was 78 and had battled cancer twice before it came back at the beginning of May.  She was so optimistic and ready to battle it again.  But the cancer had taken over, and she was called home to be with Jesus. 

I miss her so much already.  But I know that she is in a painfree place....reading, cooking, and traveling through the mountains in heaven.  Thank you to everyone that has texted, called, and most of all - prayed for my family.  All were very heartfelt and appreciated.  I now ask you to please pray for my Pepaw, who has lost his best friend and wife of 58 years...Mrs. Mary Lou Blaylock Matthews.

I hope everyone has a blessed week!

- Leslie

Our Direction Is Changing...

I am very excited and thankful to share some news with yall!  (all 5 of you who read this silly thing)  A few months ago, we had plans to move to a city south of Starkville, off of Highway 45....now we have a better opportunity and have made a U-turn and are moving to a city NORTH of Starkville, off of Highway 45!!!! 

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”

We are moving to Trey's hometown of Booneville where he will be teaching & coaching at his alma mater - Booneville High School!  We are very excited, but also very nervous.  I am looking for a teaching job while we are also: looking for somewhere to live, planning a wedding, writing thank you notes, packing up my house.....the list goes on and on.  Don't get me wrong, I am NOT complaining.  We are so blessed and are excited about our journey to Booneville!  I am just starting to get overwhelmed and feel like I can't get anything checked off of my to-do list!

Anyways, we did get our honeymoon booked today!

Key West here come The Wards!!!

We changed our destination several times, and we are very excited about flying to south Florida in July!!!  Yippee!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and is kind to one another!

{too much of The Ellen Show?}

Showered with Love...

This past Sunday we had a beautiful bridal tea at First United Methodist Church Booneville, Trey's church.  Everyone was so sweet and the food was delicious!  My parent's drove up from Starkville and got to meet a lot of wonderful people at the shower.  I was so excited for them to be there!

Trey and I with our parents

Trey and I with our hostesses

I know I'm going in the wrong order on this post, but we got to witness a sweet wedding this weekend too.  Trey was a groomsman in C.J & Kristen's wedding and we spent Friday and Saturday celebrating this wonderful time with them!  Kristen looked BEAUTIFUL and CJ was rather handsome himself as well!  Here are a few pics from the weekend....

Josh, C.J., Trey, and Blake after the Rehearsal

Trey and I at the Rehearsal Dinner

Best Buds :)

Me and My Handsome Groom!

 Everything was so pretty and perfect and it made me very excited about our upcoming wedding on July 21st!!!  Mom and I are almost done stuffing and addressing invitations and are mailing them soon!  Can't wait for that to be over!!!

Keep us and our families in your prayers...have a blessed weekend!

overwhelmed

Wow... 46 days until the wedding and I am starting to panic.

So much to order and get done in the next two weeks!

Wish us luck!