Mr. & Mrs. Kendall Dye

The Marriage Ceremony of 

Haley McCraw & Kendall Dye

September 10, 2011 

5 PM 

I can't believe my little sister is married. It seems like only yesterday we were fighting over American Girl dolls or who was pitching in the softball game. Over time though something happened [my parents warned us that it would] and we evolved from "enemies" to best friends. She's the crazy, loud, say what you're thinkin' one & I'm the calm, collected, organized one. But she's stuck with me. We've been through a lot together and everyday I am thankful for my Haley Boo. I am so excited for her and Kendall as they are starting off their marriage and my prayer is that their marriage will reflect Christ to those around them. 

Enjoy their big day (: We sure did!

favors at the Bridal luncheon 

eating the delicious food 

me & haley boo! 

haley with her bridesmaids 

me and my best at haley's rehearsal dinner

me and my mikey after dinner 

got my hair did 

gettin' her hair did 

after we got our hair done! 

one of the signs i made for the neighborhood! 

the DELICIOUS cake

*Thanks Buttercream Bakehouse*

me and Haley waitin' to get the show on the road!

Here's to You & Kendall (:

wedding week

Well folks, for those of you faithfully reading along as Mike and I enter into home-ownership, I know you're wondering what we've gotten done lately. The truth is...not much. This week has been odd to say the least. The electricians [bless them] worked on Monday - Labor Day, to finish up their work. The inspector came & didn't pass their work. Let me just say that we've really enjoyed having them around. Quite honestly, we've missed them sauntering in and out of rooms "singing" along with the radio. Anyway, after their inspection wasn't passed, they came back to fix their errors [they typically work in Anderson county which apparently has different codes from Greenville county. Go figure.] and called the inspector, who is coming back today around lunch time to re-check their work. Fingers crossed! Because of the setback with the inspector we haven't been able to get the kitchen walls installed as we'd planned. This was a huge bummer and put a damper on spirits...so instead of having a kitchen that's ready for floors, appliances and cabinets, it looks the same as it has for a while. Another task to keep on the ever growing list for next week. Oh well, ce la vie (: True to form though, while we were halted in the kitchen we were able to finish some other things on our list. Mimi & Gram primed the hallway--which made all the difference in the world!! The wallpaper that had been previously scraped off left a nice coat of seafoam [??} green chipped paint exposed, so we took care of that! (: We also go the ceiling in the kitchen mudded and sanded - ready for primer, doors scraped, and the house cleaned up & ready for another work week. Whew. I'm tired just from talking about it.

ANNDDDD we stopped work on the house on Wednesday this week so we could help my parents get their house ready for my sister's wedding! (: She's getting married TOMORROW, so we've been scurring around trying to make everything perfect. Both the ceremony and recption are going to be at my parents house [like our reception was] so it's been really fun / neat to be doing for her what we were doing for our wedding almost TWO years ago! We've been celebrating for about a week, with the bridal brunch last weekend & we're super excited for the wedding celebration to get underway tonight with the rehearsal and dinner...let the good times roll! And Happy Wedding Weekend Haley & Kendall!

food at Haley's bachelorette / lingerie shower

the bachelorette!

Haley Boo & Me at her shower

Heidi, Haley, Ashton, Me & Amber 

Work Days

Last Saturday we had a work day. Friends came and provided labor ... while we provided pizza (: It was a great deal if you ask me! Our friends rock - thanks y'all!

Mom = person number 1 workin' on wall paper

Carson = person number 2 working on wall paper

BD = person number 3 workin' on wall paper

Mimi = person number 4 workin' on wall paper

[can you tell that I loathe wall paper?!]

Knee Deep

Well folks, we're knee deep in this process. We're making progress, but it's slow goin'. It'll just make it that much sweeter when we're finished and moved in (: Check out our progress! 

Papa workin' hard 

Rebuilding the laundry / mudroom 

my favorite job...scraping carpet backing

Mike demoed the kitchen! There were FIVE layers of floor on top of beautiful oak floors. 

This is before the floors, walls & ceiling were removed.

We've picked out Hardie board and scraped the front porch [well, Carson and Bryan did on our work day] 

one step forward. two giant leaps back.

Whew. That's how we're feeling on everything with 12 Tyler Street. You remember? Our new home. Several things have happened in the past few days. On a positive note, the plumber and electricians have been out this week. I know it's like getting a wish from a genie in a bottle having them both out at once getting work done. They  have both completed their "rough installments" which means that next week we could possibly have all of the plumbing and electrical work finished up! YIPPEE! (: Also, Mike and I got the bathroom ceiling installed all.by.ourselves! I'm proud. I told him once we'd finished that it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen and that I was ready to move in. Am I jumping the gun?! [once you see pictures you'll absolutely laugh at my saying I want to move in right now] My dad [our "do it all yourself himself handyman"] has helped us let us help him put in the bathroom walls. We're all but done with that project [well, with the sub-walls anyway. We can't tile the walls until we get windows which is another step backwards. More on that later.] We've also come up with a kitchen design, picked out cabinets, gotten the ceiling for the kitchen installed [Thanks Mimi & Papa], and picked out tile for the bathroom and floors in the "little room" and back porch. We are making progress.

On the other hand, we've also had some major set backs. The electricians have created a TON of patch work for us. This wouldn't be a problem if our walls weren't plaster...but they are. Bummer.  And, we're going to have to replace walls in the "little room." Oh well, better now than a few years from now. We also had to take out every wall in the kitchen. Remember how I said there was water damage? Well, it leaked down from the kitchen ceiling into the walls which caused everything to be soft and stinky. YUCK. Good thing I have a little brother and his friends who like to demo things. (:

Here are some of the before pictures. Don't be scared away...I'll be updating with "in the middle" pictures here shortly!

Kitchen

Master Bedroom 

Bathroom

Living Room

"Little Room"