Catch Up

This blog was created to share the joys and excitement of our wedding planning.  Unfortunately, life got in the way of me updating the blog frequently or not at all, as it has been in the last few months.  I write to you now as Mrs. Alicia Roe, or technically Dr. Alicia Roe.  Life during the past few months has been so hectic but AMAZING!  God has done some unbelievable work in our lives, so let me catch up to date!

The bridal tea was April 10, 2011.  It was the first of the wedding festivities and it was the most humbling experience!  Sweet Mrs. Dena Parker had offered to open up her beautiful home in order to host a celebration for me, and then all these women (and a few not pictured) offered to help!  It’s such a wonderful feeling knowing all these women love, support, and pray for me and my marriage!  As more and more women walked through the doors to offer gifts and congratulations, I was overwhelmed!  We were so blessed!

My sweet friend, pharmacy mentor, and cousin, Tiffany Elrod, created a wonderful atmosphere for us to spend a night with friends and family at the Around the House shower.  This was Daniel’s first humbling experience!  We are so thankful for all of those precious friends and family members who made that night so special for us!  Daniel has all those pictures and I will post those soon. 

April 27, 2011 is a day that I will never forget.  I got a phone call from my best friend, Kasi, telling me frantically to call my parents and make sure they were ok.  They of course were ok, but little did we know that was just the beginning of a life changing day for some people.  I left my rotation early due to weather, and went back to where I was staying in Fultondale.  I waited for Lizzie to get home, and we watched the weather the rest of the afternoon.  As we watched the tornado destroy Tuscaloosa on TV, James Spann mentioned it was headed towards Fultondale.  That’s when fear set in, and we spent a good 30 minutes riding out the tornado that was mere miles from where we were.  By the grace of God we were completely fine!  Lizzie’s dear friends Bonnie and Josh took us under their wing for the next few days so that we would have a place to stay with power.  

Due to the tornados in Arab and the lack of power we decided to postpone the family tea that we were having.  After going home and seeing the houses that were destroyed made me realize that while people had to dig through their belongings that were scattered for miles, we would have been receiving gifts.  The thought of that just broke my heart!

The following weekend was my bachelorette trip!  It was a much needed trip especially after all the excitement from the tornados, and I just needed some time away from wedding planning!  We went to Mexico Beach, and I will have to say that I can't wait to go back there.  I am so glad that we were able to make some memories together that weekend!  Not to mention I learned a lot in the car ride down there! ;)

Road Trip!

I was so thankfull that everyone could come, except for my pregnant bridesmaid.  We missed Joanna!

I must admit I was not a huge fan of having attention drawn to me out in public.

We played a game where you had to kiss the stud...

...and a game where you had to put the pole thru the hole.  Lizzie and I couldn't stop laughing long enough to do it!

Then came the day I had been waiting six years for!  GRADUATION DAY!  I officially became Dr. Alicia Elrod.

The girl that got me through Pharmacy school sane!

Daniel's Mom planned a Graduation party for me that night!  It was so much fun celebrating with both of my families!

My soon-to-be neice and nephews love helping open presents!

I got old antique medicine bottles that were found in Europe! 

We took a break from all the excitement this past month and enjoyed being home with our families for a while.  One night we went to watch his nephew's play t-ball.  It made me wish that we were going to be living in Arab so that we would be able to do that all the time.  I have a feeling we might miss out on some good quality family time being in Auburn. 

Joshua's team was definitely the more entertaining team to watch.

Caleb turned into a completely different kid on the field.  He loved heckling!

And of course we had a little fun ourselves!

She's so entertaining!

Another blog post will come later, describing the day that I became Dr. Alicia Roe once we get our wedding pictures back.  The week leading up to that day was the busiest, most exciting days of my life!