Another Momentous Occasion for Our Family

Kris had asked our permission to propose to Mackenzy several weeks ago and we gave him our blessing, but he wanted to wait until he came back for Christmas to ask her. She has known it was coming, because Kris has a really hard time keeping a secret. :) She has had a hard time being patient. 


Because the engagement will be long-distance, with both of them working lots of hours and taking lots of classes, the planning will have to done as quickly and efficiently as possible. The wedding is scheduled for June 2nd.

Thankfully, our dear friends have volunteered to let us have the wedding in their new backyard. 

All of the landscaping will soon be finished. It will be so beautiful. We kept telling them they didn't need to offer, but they said they would be honored for Mackenzy to be married there. After all, they've watched her grow up and have loved her since she was 7 months old, when we moved to Midland.


So we have the venue set.

Guess who volunteered to be the wedding photographer? That's a HUGE piece of the puzzle! What a blessing. :)

Last week, two of Mackenzy's friends, who will be some of her bridesmaids, Kris' mother and I drove to Lubbock where Hannah had made appointments for Mackenzy to try on wedding gowns. I thought there was no rush, but Hannah informed us that the lead time on some gowns is several months! Since we had time, we decided it would be fun, even though the engagement wasn't officially official.

These are the ones we didn't pick. We'll have to save pictures of her in the one she chose until after the wedding. 

Then we went to this charming little spot for lunch. To top it off, we had Kris' dad, mom, and one of his brothers over for dinner. It was a lovely day.