Our first full day married!

The day after the wedding, we loaded up about 10 cars worth of stuff and headed to The Shack. Upon arrival, we stacked all the stuff in the house and headed out to the Crawfish Boil being thrown for us by Shawn and Lauren (the best man and his awesome wife).

I guess we were pictured out because I actually have ZERO photos from the crawfish boil! We got to hang out with some out of town guests and spend quality time with loved ones. Thank you to Shawn and Lauren for throwing it for us and thank you to everyone who came and hung out with us!

When we left Shawn and Lauren’s house we headed to The Shack to deal with the mess we had left…

 

Note the photo above – I cleaned the entire living room with the lights on and Sabrina knocked out. She was so exhausted! We all were really, but Doug and I were leaving in the morning for our mini-moon and I really wanted to get the house in order. And so I cleaned…and cleaned… until it looked like this:

Now that I look at it, it does not look much different, but I promise it was!

Doug also had his first husband duty. It was so exciting I felt the need to take a picture of it! Here is Doug leveling the washing machine. I have SUCH an AMAZING husband! Look at him go!

 

Well done Doug! :) I am still impressed he took on such a manly duty after only being married ONE DAY! heh.

Next Up: The Mini-Moon!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie

Fitbit–The Wedding Version

I was so pumped to see how many steps I was walking the wedding week that I did not take a step without the Fitbit on my body.

On Thursday, May 3, we packed up and moved into the JW (in eight cars). That day we walked all around to the rehearsal dinner spot, to the church, getting ready and back to the hotel.

On Friday, May 4, we walked to Arnaud’s for the bridal luncheon and tea, back to the hotel, and all over the hotel/suite.

On Saturday, May 5, we were up at 7 am with the fire alarm going off, I was all over the suite, walked all over Jackson Square, and experienced the wedding and reception.

I only had one meltdown/freak out on the wedding day. It was when I finally got into the wedding dress and could not feel the Fitbit on my body. I panicked because I wanted all my stats on the wedding day and sent the bridesmaids in a tizzy all over the suite to find the “lost” Fitbit. After about 2 minutes of looking, I asked Ashley to check to see if it was on my body and I just could not feel it though the wedding dress. To my relief, it had been there the whole time! The dress was so thick I could not feel it under my skirt!

 

( SO COOL- If you look at the calories burned by time you can clearly see the fire alarm going off at 7 am, the walk to Arnaud’s at 11:15 am, walking around Jackson Square around 4 pm, the short walk up the aisle at 6 pm for the wedding, the second line at 7:15 pm, and all the dancing from 7:30 to 10:30 pm.)

In total, from Thursday to Saturday, I walked almost 33 miles! Check it out!

Doug’s Fitbit update on the wedding day would have blown mine out of the water, but he forgot to charge it the night before the wedding. Doug ran from The Shack to the JW the day of the wedding (just over 8 miles) and before he got to the hotel, his fitbit died. It counted 14,108 when it died at 10:30 am. Had it been charged, I bet he would have had a 30k day!

I am still obsessed with my Fitbit. I check my data all the time and I try to get 10k steps every single day. I love my fitbit.  If you want to get one (and give us credit for recommending it to you) here it he button:

More Fitbit updates to come…

Love and Hugs, Lizzie

The final post about the wedding….thank goodness!

We have finally come to the end of the wedding description. I am so happy. This has been a long, extended discussion.
After all the dancing and revelry, Bridefilm had prepared the edited video to show the crowd.
We all sat down and watched the awesome video they made for us!
 
(Thank you Brian for taking the pictures!)
After telling everyone goodbye, we headed out to take some photos on Canal Street.

And just like that, the wedding was over.
What a fantastic event. We had such fun. The only regret I have is not making it a 4 hour reception!
Thank you for following along with the post-wedding wrap up. It took me four months, but it is finally done!
Love and Hugs, Lizzie

Alex Harvie….possibly the most popular person at the wedding…

I met Alex Harvie at a bridal show and once I realized his talent, I immediately asked if he was free 5.5.12. Lucky for me, he was available and I booked him on the spot at the bridal show.

Not only was he great to work with, but I also found out he is married to a fabulous girl who went to the same high school as Ashley and I.

Fast forward to the wedding: he arrived in his painted up tux and stole the show. I received more complements on his work than anything else at the wedding. :)

He was so excited when he saw the bridesmaids were in green. He said it would make the photo even better…and he was right.

By the end of the night, this is what he created for us:

He was such a hit. Guests would go speak with him and would watch as he “painted them into the scene”. They LOVED it.

He took the painting home after the wedding and let it dry. A few weeks later, Alex delivered the painting to my house. That is what I call amazing customer service.

Today, the painting resides at The Shack in a place of honor.

Thank you Alex! You rock!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie

The Draft– Lizzie is the winner!

As many of you are aware, we had “the draft” where we drafted guests from our guest list that we thought would return our wedding RSVP the fastest.

We had many updates and it was so fun to get the RSVP’s each day and see who was winning. At the wedding, we had boards up to show you what team you were on and how many points each person was worth.  Points were given based on how many days away the wedding was when your RSVP arrived. (So if your RSVP arrived 10 days before the wedding, you were only worth 10 points.)

Here was my team and their points:
Chris & Stacey Duggan   59
Gay & David Hanby    59
Steve & Gina Prechter    58
Cynthia & Brock Sawyer    57
Robin Deck    57
Jeff & Erin Hanby    57
Michael & Julie Willoz    57
Steve & Lisa Achenson    57
Johnny & Paula Devlin    57
Steve Maloney & Shelby Strickland    57
Mike & Carolyn Braud    57
Vincent & Carolyn Giannobile    57
Gregory & Sandy Hallner    57
Curtis & Crystal Settoon    57
Amber & Robbie Benson    57
Steve & Kelly Connors    57
Jerry and Yvette Dellucky    57
Josh & Amber Beezley    56
John & Jennie Guidry    56
Gary & Claudia Levy    56
Barry & Denise Andalman    56
Joyce Strusseling    56
Jim & Marie Malkiewicz    56
Kim McDuffie & Ruth Eddie    55
Mary & Larry Balyeat    55
Charlie & Cindy Warner    54
Laura & Jake LeBlanc    54
Kristian & Byron Towles    54
Amanda Ball    54
Brandon Haynes    54
Alex Peyroux    54
Nhung Pham    54
Tammy Astleford    54
Don & Cheryl Schaneville    54
Nikki Guidry    53
Jeff & Barbara Smith    53
Keegan Farbe +1    53
Katie BREZ    53
Emily Vilmerette    53
Scott & Lynn Buzhardt    52
Cade and Jessica Reynolds    52
Kenneth & Dana Murphy    52
Tom & Marie Pelle    52
Jay & Sissy Raque    52
Bill & Kimberly Bezak    51
Amber Douet    51
Ken & Carla Smith    51
Ryan & Kat Thiel    50
Becky Jones    50
Zandy Vernaci    50
Dan & Kelly Burich    50
Terry & David Arroyo    50
John & Debbie Ryall    50
Lindsey Shumaker    49
Stephanie Strickland    47
Amy Kennedy & Noel Waddington    46
Gail & Laurie Suson    46
Butch & Rhonda Baronne    45
Sean & Jackie Philips    45
Andra Ponson    44
Amber & Mike Dickson    44
Brian & Tez Spitzer    44
John & Jennifer Rehak    43
Peter & Laura Chaibongsai    42
Ryan Taylor    42
Scott and Lauren Milam    42
Brigdette & Jeremy Starr    40
Byron Whiddon    40
Jerrett & Veatrice Hickman    40
Benjamin Maynard    40
Ken & Danielle Aucoin    40
Shannon Serwich    40
Dave & Meghan Hermansen    40
Chris & Theresa Minter    39
Aidan & Angela Shori    38
Sabrina Sambola    38
Matthew Hunnell    38
Pat & Marci Murray    35
JF & Addrienne    33
Emi Gilbert    31
Cyril & Gail Gaudet    29
Dave & Kelly Dillard    26
Jeremy Joiner    23
Norisha Kurts    21
Gordon & Angela Barnes*    12
Ralph & Liz LeSaicherre    10
Harry and Anna Acardo    10
Bart & Carolyn Bedford   
Chad & Dawn Terrell   
Leslie Taylor   
Lauren Notariano   

Here was Doug’s team and their points:
Kenny & Courtney Schaneville +1    60
Sarah Balyeat    59
Ashley Peyroux & Andrew LeSaicherre    59
Dale & Patti Peyroux    58
Bruce & Betsy Giaimo    58
Leon Contavesprie    58
Scott Hedlund +1    58
Nick & Mara Jenisch    57
Robert & Donna Taylor    57
Darelle Deslatte    57
Scott & Stephanie Abadie    57
Jo Ann & Floyd Toups    57
Scotty & Beth Emmons    57
Brandon Page    56
Ryan & Courtney Mumbower    56
Shawn & Lauren Pitz    56
Keith & Sonia Campo    56
Ann Warner & Lindsey Flowers    56
Stephen Segari    56
Craig & Jenni Wyatt    54
Ryan Delaney and Dustin Tomlinson +1    54
Bret & Kelly Silewicz    54
Maureen Witt    54
David & Amy Cespedes    54
Kenny Leveque    54
Roger & Bonnie Smith    54
Doug & Laura Lee Porrier    54
Steve & Leslie Goula    54
Chris & Dana Spitzer    54
Nick & Michelle Muguira    53
Matt & Janessa Huddleston    53
Matthew & Melody Thomas    53
Billy & Sue Catchings    53
Marlon & Charlene Rovira    53
Dave Brown & Liz    53
Colin Taylor    53
Erica & Mikey    53
Steve & DJ Miles    52
Eric Porter    52
Jan Bolton    52
Leonard & Sandra Palmisano    52
Jack & Terri Stanart    52
Tom Miles     51
Demetrius & Tyra Brown    51
Tim & Kerrin Rogerson +2    51
Greg & Karen Serwich    50
Wayne & Gloria Walker    50
Shawn & Jamie Brewin    49
Jan Soeten XV    49
Kenneth & Jen Friar    49
Bill & Carolyn Schwam    49
Pat & Jackie Welker    47
Katie King    47
Chad & Tammy Kuhn    46
Chris Walther    46
Jay Marcel    45
Danny Vichot    45
Chad Foret    45
Neil Peyroux    45
Steve & Steph Betts    45
Carrie Westphal & Paul Donnelly    44
Samir Patel    43
Joe & Ashley Wegmann    43
Kevin & Meredith Voyles    43
Fred Neal, Jr.    42
Brooke Caccavelli     40
Eric & Molly Clore    40
Chuck Credo    40
Maclean & Sara Carr    38
Gay Pitz    37
Bobby and Paulan Varnau    36
Darby Dillard    35
Rob & Carol Spitzer    33
Pedram Amini    30
Kristin Dillard    30
Michael & Blanca Serwich    29
Doody & Elaine Guidry    29
Duane & Ginger Brown    24
Jacob & Nicole Verdon    23
Alex Hessler    19
Nathan & April Newman    11
Rick Hart & Lisa Sins    7
Ashraf & Jennifer Ghoneim   
Sarah Castline   
Patrick & Robin Evans   
Sam Williams   
Tyler Dillard   
Billy & Carol Schwam   
Lance Baronne   
Raymond & Dana Dempsey   
Jeannette Matos   
Ben & Stefanie Markey   
Nicole Conway   

At the end of the day, I had 4126 points vs. Doug’s 3888. I beat him by 238 points!! I had a rockstar team that made it happen! :)

The last thing people always ask us is what the prize was! First of all, it is bragging rights for the rest of my life. Secondly, I get to marry Doug! I think it was really a win-win.

Love and Hugs, Lizzie

Congrats to Ashley and Andrew!!

This past week came with a big announcement. On Wednesday night, Andrew proposed to Ashley! It was a well planned and executed chain of events.

Andrew was coming in town to see Ashley and celebrate their anniversary. To distract her from reasons as to why they were getting dressed up and going to City Park, we cooked up a scheme to “relive” their first date. On their first date, Andrew came to my parents house, I took fun pictures of them, they went to eat dinner and then came back to the house. So that was out plan, we were going to go take photos to remake some of their first date photos and then they would go out to eat.

Ashley was scheduled to meet us at City park at 6 pm, which gave us about an hour to take photos. I drove there with Andrew and we waited for her arrival.

He was so nervous…

Ha, just kidding. He was cool as a cucumber.

Once Ashley arrived, we headed to the bandstand where they reviewed the photos we would be “remaking”.

Here is an example of what we were remaking:

We took quite a bit of cute pictures!

So when it was time, Andrew said the code words, “Let’s take one back to back”. It was time.

Ashley got right into position.

Then it was time for me to deliver the ring (which was in my bag the whole time). I walked to Ashley and fixed her hair and told her to look forward. I went around to Andrew and told him to “fix his tie” and handed him the ring. Then we took this one..she had no idea what was about to happen!

Andrew placed the ring in his pocket, said some sweet words, and got down on one knee. As he was getting down on one knee and right before he pulled out the ring, I got this awesome shot:

Then he asked for her hand…

And she said YES!

And then she was shocked…for hours…

After Andrew proposed, they went to Commander’s Palace for dinner where they met up with Andrew’s parents, Mom and Dad and Doug and I. It was lovely!

Congrats to Ashley and Andrew! We are all so excited for you two!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie