Two weeks ago we celebrated our son Kurt’s upcoming marriage to his fiance Kellie Fuselier with a wedding shower here in Nashville.

A dear friend of mine (waving to you Kim Pressley) hosted the shower and oh, she did such a beautiful job. Don’t you just love people who have the gift of hospitality? I mean, everything Kim touches just turns into Magnolia Farms or Southern Living gorgeous!

And Kim is so creative. She bought these cute little white plastic pumpkins, antique painted them, cut the top off, stuck a Solo cup inside and made it a planter!

And she ordered the prettiest napkins from online that matched the invitations she’d sent out.

I think it was Kellie’s mother Leslie who came up with the idea to buy a Bible and have friends and family underline their favorite verse(s) and then sign a note for Kellie & Kurt in the margin. Love that! Talk about a lasting (and living) keepsake.

The lovely couple!

Me with Kellie’s beautiful mom Leslie. Just love her (and Kellie’s dad Phil too, although I never grabbed a pic of him and Joe that day. Mental note: do that at the rehearsal dinner.)

Leslie and I don’t have fun together at all. Nope. Not at all. : }

And still no fun being had here. : ) Oh how I love these people. From L to R: Joe, my better half, our daughter Kelsey, Kim Pressley and her ornery—can’t you tell by his smile—husband Jerry, moi, then Kellie & Kurt

It was a wonderful coed brunch shower and we’re so excited for December 6th to arrive…the wedding day!

Being the mother of the groom, I’m working on the rehearsal dinner and have most of the details confirmed and set. Again, another fun time ahead.

Kellie is the answer to our long prayed prayer for our son Kurt to find a godly woman to share his life with. God answers in his perfect timing and I’m so grateful he brought Kellie and Kurt—and our families—together.

In addition to their vocations, Kellie and her twin sister Kristen also have a passion for leading worship. One of my favorite songs of theirs is the acoustic version of Spirit of God. . .

I love Kellie and Kristen’s heart for worship, their heart for the Lord, and for how God is using the talent he’s given them to lift up the name of Jesus and to draw others closer to Himself.

So tell me all of you former mothers of grooms (and brides), any advice you’d give me for the rehearsal dinner? Or the wedding? Any special memories you have of the day your children got married?

I’m an open vessel waiting to drink it all in!

Love you, friends,

Tammy

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