The LaPrade Lifestyle

We are going on a Carnival Cruise and I can't hardly wait!! It will be our first cruise together to places neither one of us has ever been!! We are leaving Sunday and returning Saturday...well maybe returning! ;) Above is a picture of the slide that will be on our cruise...Ross is really excited about this slide and all the fun adventures!

This is a picture of Ocho Rios a lot of people have mentioned this place to us and Ross is eager to give it a try! You climb the waterfall and enjoy it's natural pools along the way!
I love waterfalls and can't wait to see it in person!

These are a couple of pics of Grand Cayman Island another one of our ports...where we plan on snorkeling and scuba diving! Ross will have to wear a lot of sunscreen on our vacation but I will already be tan as a peanut! We both bought new swimsuits and new beach towels for our vacation!! We are just a little excited! ;)

Mom and I at the bridal shower. Eager to open all the lovely presents!

Cathy, me, and Britt at the bridal shower! We are huge grey's anatomy fans! ;)

All the hostesses for the shower with Nora, Mom and I! It was such a great shower!
The gerber daisies were gorgeous and of course my favorite!!
Thanks for a gorgeous shower ladies!

The bridesmaids and I at the shower...Alina, me, and Britt!
We missed you...KC, Lorin, and Claudia!! see you soon though!

Memaw Hogan, Mom, Aunt Penny and I getting ready to go to the shower at church! We enjoyed discussing all week what we were going to wear and man do we look good or what! ;)
Ross and I received very nice gifts from the shower and I am so excited to move them into
the apartment and decorate! I have quite a few cookbooks now and so I am planning on practicing some recipes soon to try for Ross! We have lots of kitchen gadgets, frames, bedding essentials, gorgeous waterford crystal flutes, luggage, books, and so much more! We are really happy about our new adventure in life and excited to be together!

We went shopping for candy at Sams!! We bought gumballs, mike and ike, air heads, starbursts, m&ms, skittles, jelly beans and they come in all the bright colors of the wedding!! the candy bar is going to be amazing!! i just cant wait to see it all put together!

so we traveled to louisiana for my first bridal shower and after the shower aunt jan and uncle sonny took us to Cypress Inn where Britt tried a raw oyster and this is the face she made! haha!! she and alina tried the oysters... i just couldn't do it!

Britt, Lorin, Alina and I at the shower in Louisiana! It was an amazing shower and we all had a wonderful time despite the rain! We got a lot of kitchen gadgets and bathroom accessories! I am so excited to decorate and as soon as we have a key to the apartment I am putting nails in the walls!! :) my new projects are cooking and decorating in may!!

aunt penny, mom, me and memaw at the shower in louisiana

aunt jan, me and mom at the shower. the shower was at aunt jan's house and she made these amazing chocolate covered strawberries!!

Ross and I had this past Tuesday off and so we ran around town together and enjoying spending time together! We picked up Kinley's dress from David's Bridal and can't wait to see her in it!! She will look just adorable! Then we went to look for Ross a wedding band and he is looking at tungsten or titanium rings that are wide and with the brushed metal look!! It was really exciting looking for Ross a ring and having him try on the different styles that he liked! I get to buy it soon!! ;) After all that Ross decided we should see a movie and so we saw Watchmen which is a guy movie and also a graphic novel! It was 3 hours long!! Lucklily I was satisfied with gummy worms and popcorn to keep me interested in the movie! It was out there but still kinda interesting! We were in theatre 18 so of course I made Ross pose by the number b/c that's our wedding date and when we took our engagement photos at cinemark in plano they did not have a big 18 like stonebriar!! After our big day out we came back to the house and played a few round of dominoes with dad! We discovered that Ross does not like loosing or
counting the dominoes!! haha!!

we were the only two people in the theatre so i decided that we could take a few pics and ross made faces...this one is his "serious" look!! haha!! we had a blast together! :)

Ross at the theatre! look how excited he is!!

Kinley's flower girl dress! We are getting a hot pink sash to match
the bridesmaids dresses!!