Love Wedding Marriage

Hey Everyone.! So with all this wedding stuff bouncing around in my brain, I started thinking about some of the wedding Journeys and that my friends have had in the past couple of years, and I am oh so proud of each and everyone of them in a different way.  So I thought that I would share a little bit about some of them, and I hope they don't mind.!

First I would like to start with my future brother in law, Delton Gannon and his wife Amanda Gannon, they had a destination wedding to, Belize in 2009, although for obvious reasons none of us were able to go, by the pictures it looks very beautiful and they both looked to be very happy. I can not wait for the day that I add them into my family.

Then there is my Best Friend Lacey Taylor Nowetner, and her husband Casey Nowetner! Lacey and I have been best friends since the fourth grade, we used to argue about the stupidest things, and then we would take a break from each other, sometimes fifteen minutes, and other times a couple of days. I don't think a lot of people understood our friendship, but as long as we made it through all these years, I know we will be best friends forever. Her and her husband were high school sweethearts, they began dating Lacey's freshman year, and Casey's Senior year. He has always been such a gentleman, and is such a wonderful guy, I could not have hoped for a better guy for my best friend. They got married in a beautiful southern belle wedding venue in June 2010.

Kyle's best friend Corey Charo and his beautiful bride Misti got married in August 2010. Even though it was such a hot day they looked happier than ever, and we all had such a good time. Corey is a really good guy and I absolutely adore Misti. Kyle was a groomsman and gave a beautiful speech, (although I can't lie.. he may have had a little help heeheehee.) he had everyone laughing one minute and then the next minute they were in tears. It was at there wedding that I knew.. Me and Kyle were going to be next...

Then there is my lovely "Sister" Kristen Marrero and her husband Arturo. Kristen was always a friend of mine, but we were never super close, until our freshman and sophomore year, Kristen really became a part of our family when an incident had happened and she came to stay with us for a while, but a while actually turned into quite a few months. We became inseperable, we even wore very similar clothes as twins do, and many people actually believed that we looked like sisters. I love and care for this girl so much, I would do absolutely anything for her. And I would also say, that she could not have found a more perfect guy.. I never actually expected them to be together, because they were such good friends, but it just works, and they are Beautiful. They got married in November of 2010. Sadly I was not able to make it to there wedding, but i deffinately was there in spirit and in heart.

Then there is Kyle's cousin, Dustin Gannon and his beautiful bride Mrs. (Juanita) Nicole Gannon. Now I can honestly say there could not be a more perfect couple. These two are hillarious, Dustin is one of the funniest guys I have ever met, and Nicole is equally as funny.  I can not wait until they are a part of my family. Unfortunately they got married on my brothers birthday, and I was unable to make it to there wedding either, but I know for a fact that if I was there I would have had so much fun. They got Married December 5 2010.

Last but most deffinately not Least, Christopher Wayne Johnson and one of the most sweetest girls I have ever met, his Bride Mrs. Kelsi Leigh Johnson. Christopher is in the same category as Dustin, he is histerical, he never meets a stranger, and Im sure there is never a dull moment with him.  He is not afraid to be himself in the least bit, and he really does not let peoples opinions bother him, which I admire.  In high school I saw him and his best friend Rand dance to (what is now known as Chris's "trademark dance") -- Pure Sugar at least ten times. hahaha, and once more at his wedding. Chris went into the Navy, and was greatly missed but also greatly appreciated. I remember at graduation as soon as I walked off the stage, I was immediately greeted by Chris running up to me, picking me up, and spinning me around, while yelling "We did it Big Mama We did it" haha, I couldn't image graduating in a better way.!! as for Kelsi, she and I worked together as hostesses at Gringo's she truely is a beautiful girl inside and out. The first day I met her I remember telling her that I wanted her to win Miss Sylvan Beach. And even though she is a Saints fan (Caugh.. Boooo.. Caugh) I truely do adore her. They got Married January 7, 2012.

Well, that is all that I can think of in the past couple of years, I am sure there are a couple more, and I hope I did not leave anyone off, but if I did you must know it was nothing personal, I was just reminiscing through my thoughts. But these were all very different yet beautiful weddings, and I can only hope that mine is equally as beautiful as any one of these, and that Kyle and I are as happily married as all of these beautiful couples.! :)

The Begining...

Hi guys, My name is Samantha Shepard, I am new to Blogging and super excited to begin. Lets start with a little bit of History about little old me :)
I am 20 years old and love my life, I have amazing friends and family. I love softball, and miss it dearly, but the true love of my life is my Fiance' Mr. Kyle Gannon. we met when I was a freshman and he was a sophmore in highschool, we began dating on October 27, 2006.

Me and my friends made some decorations and decorated his truck.. haha, it was a lot of fun we were young, and we had been "talking" for what seemed like a long time, and I thought he knew that I liked him, but I guess you can never  be too sure, so I wanted to make sure that he knew.

He finaly got the hint. hahaha, and like I said we officialy began dating on October 27, 2006. Since then we have enjoyed five years together, it wasn't the easiest five years, but we love eachother and our love got us through a lot.! : ) We like to spend our pass time riding four wheelers, hanging out with friends, and sometimes just being lazy together.! On our 5 year anniversary Kyle got us a hotel room in Galveston at the San Louis Resort. it was beautiful.

This was the view from our balcony. I can honestly say Galveston had never looked so pretty, God must have made it look pretty just for my anniversary.! : )
Kyle's manager had told us about this really "good" restraunt that was down there off the seawall.. and we went there, but it looked really sketchy hahaha. So we went to the Reinforest Cafe' instead:

It was both our first times to eat there, and we loved it, it was soo much fun, and our waitress was awesome.! We sat right by the elephants, and I smiled everytime they started to move, I felt like a little kid at Chuck E. Cheese hahaha.
That night when we got back to the hotel, Kyle Popped the question it was beautiful, and completely unexpected.. he tricked me by giving me my "anniversary present" at the restraunt, which were charms, and they were beautiful... but after recieving my so called present, I remember thinking that I was just going to have to propose to him one day ; )

We have been happily engaged now for a little more than 2 months hahaha.. no big plans yet, I did go to the Bridal Extravaganza with my Bridesmaids, and we all like the wedding date: April 27,2013 but nothing is set in stone yet, me and Kyle would like to get a house and settle in a little bit first, but I will deffinately keep everyone up to date on wedding plans and more.!