In case you haven’t been counting like we have been, you may have missed that today was our 6 month anniversary. Half way to the big ONE! So to celebrate this milestone, we’d like to show everyone every single last photo that we chose to keep from our magnificent photographer. Scanned in, cropped and finally added to our iPhoto library, this ordeal was quite the undertaking — what better way to celebrate the MLK holiday, right? But hey, now we’ve got backups gallore of our photos. What’s more? We scanned them in at ultra 600dpi High Res — thats right — each image, if we were to print as is, would be poster sized. Something like 42″ X 36″ of pure wedding bliss. So here’s a fairly large selection of the images for you to see once and for all. We recommend that you do not sit through them all in one sitting. Yes, instead we recommend that you come back a couple of times this week to check them out in small doses . . . so that 1.) That you don’t get sick of seeing our pretty faces. AND 2.) So that our daily visitor stats go up, so that Lauren can sleep better.

Finally, at Lauren’s request, she recommends that you put on some really sappy music to enjoy the images best.

Enjoy!

Everyone I’ve talked to says that etiquette for wedding thank you notes allows up to 6 months to 1 year from the wedding date. Well, those people do not have my two incredibly organized friends who also got married this summer and managed to send their notes, like, the next day. That’s okay though, because at last, the Teagues have written, addressed, and stamped notes that will be in the mail tomorrow.
The thing about thank you notes is that you feel like a little note is so inadequate for the gift received. People give the nicest things that we needed and use all the time, and somehow a little note is supposed to be enough? I feel like I’m missing something. Does everyone want delivered flowers or lunch or something?
That being said, I do have some disclaimers about the thank you notes.
I am not exactly a “multi-tasker,” so if something was on tv or if the phone rang, things like “thank you for our gorgeous dessert gift” (which makes no sense) or “Dear Dand” (instead of “Dan and”) happened. Please excuse those.
I know I have absolutely terrible, childish handwriting. It’s so embarrassing. Call if you need some help deciphering.
If you sent a gift and do not receive a thank you note soon, please let me know because I just have that dreaded feeling that I missed people.
And finally, we received a very fun gift that I understood right away and loved because we also had one at my house growing up. Unfortunately, the card came with it appears to have been lost or separated. So if you gave us a red Special plate (so fun!), please let us know who you are because as of right now, you are unthanked.
So, one more time, I would like to write and say-
Thank you so much,
Josh and Lauren Teague

The day before the wedding, the bridesmaids, the moms, the flowergirl, Silas, and I went to Virginia Highland(s) to eat pizza and paint plates. It was quite the showcase of talent from the feminine half of the bridal party and I ended up with some beauuuutiful plates. Josh and I are trying to figure out how to display them without any chance that one will fall, break, and be lost forever. In the meantime, we’re sharing them with you in the form of a happy game we like to call “Name that plate!” My incredibly talented, humoring husband worked his CG magic to create the fun, easy to use format. Given the names, try to guess who painted each plate. Click to find out if you are correct.

Word Bank (I’m a teacher, after all)-

Kreig, Joanne (mother of the groom and bride, respectively)
Tiffany, Mandy, Amy, Katie, Annie, Jaime, and Jeanine (bridesmaids)
Sydney (flowergirl)
Lauren (me)

Good luck.

Well, I must say I am really loving this whole marriage thing. (really hope this post isn’t too mooshy.)

Totally, totally loving it.

This weekend was the first time we’ve both been home for the entire weekend . . . Lauren was in a wedding out of town last weekend, so this was a nice new experience. I’ll try to not say “weekend” again for the rest of this post.

People ask me what it’s like and what I like about it so far and I must say that its the stuff that I really didn’t expect, all those small things. For instance, the first Monday back from our Honeymoon, I went to work and early in the morning I’m walking out only to pass Lauren’s car! Wait! She’s not supposed to be here! What the?? Did we mess up!

No, we’re married. Ahh . . . breath a sigh of relief, smile, and go make some money for this girl to spend.

We’re getting along wonderfully, as we probably should be at this point, but I am happier than I’ve ever been. I’ll take it!