the new blog is here!

I am excited to announce that I have a NEW BLOG! so from now on, please go to

www.nancyrayblog.com

thanks so much!

happy july! coming soon....

well i have recently been working a lot behind the scenes to get some tasty new treats available, one of which is my NEW BLOG!  don't you just love technology???

it will be up and running soon, so please stay tuned by checking this ol' blog as often as you'd like.  you also will soon see my fancy NEW LOGO.  I have completed most of my june goals, as you can see :

• new logo design by the lovely shelly moore {stay tuned...}  CHECK

• photograph beautiful weddings  CHECK

• celebrate my 1 year anniversary!  {with hubby in beaufort, nc}  CHECK

• visit my very preggers sister in nashville, tn  CHECK

• plan my booth for the august {forever bridal} bridal show CHECK

• get tan/layout  CHECK

• finish my grocery budget with money leftover {so we can splurge on something yummy!}  CHECK!!  

• research/get a new blog layout/design  CHECK

here are my JULY GOALS!!

• buy new music on itunes.  {still open to suggestions!}  ALMOST CHECK {waiting on imogen's newest!}

• buy furniture for my booth!  ALMOST CHECK {not sure if i need anything new??}

• meet my 3 new nephews!!!!    JULY 16!!!

• new business cards.  booyah. {thanks to Salutations!}  

• start a new journal

• be a bridesmaids in my BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING!!!! holy COW!!!

• finalize booth for the August Bridal Show {contact me if you're interested in attending!}

• go to LOVE AFFAIR WORKSHOP in Atlanta! {more on God's provision for that later!}

• take lots of photos, of course :)

• exercise at least twice a week

happy july everyone!  hope your summer is in full swing and you are enjoying every bit of this heat.  i know i am!

joy | maternity

joy and shaun are such a beautiful couple. they are so genuinely happy around one another, it was so much fun to be around them and take pictures of them. i loved every second of their session around southeastern baptist theological seminary in wake forest, nc - where they both graduated college. joy and i graduated high school together, and have kept in touch ever since. she and shaun got married 3 weeks before me and my husband did, so it's so exciting to see the path where God is taking them! they are expecting baby augustine august 1, and i couldn't be more excited.

and if you can't tell from the photos, joy is literally glowing with the beauty of a mommy. but that isn't hard to see at all :).

sooo, shaun wrote a book. and joy's reading it.

nephews!

so last week hubby and i had our first anniversary trip to beaufort & fearrington, which explains why i've been MIA for a bit.  on our way to beaufort, we stopped to visit with Meghan (my sis-in-law), Kyler & Niko (my nephews).  Johnny (my bro) was out in the field (he is a marine).

(this post has way too many parentheses.)  

(oh well.)

PLEASE LOOK AT HOW CUTE MY NEPHEWS ARE!! i mean seriously, they are too hilarious!  will and i were cracking up most of the time we were there.  

just.  keep.  scrolling.

it's sooo worth it!

how cute of a mom is meghan?! she rides in powerwheels!!!

uncle will is so much fun!!!

ok. stop, and prepare yourselves for the cutest funniest little guys EVER.

first - milk mustaches!

2nd - muscles!

3rd - silly faces!!

bahahahah!!!

this is after i read some dr. seuss. they love green eggs & ham!

all in all it was a fabulous visit. i already miss those little boogers.

our 1st anniversary!

i can't believe it has already been a whole year since i have been married to my sweet husband william. my wedding day was so surreal, and i love looking back at the photos because it seriously was such a blur! my clearest memories were actually of the ceremony, which included a sweet summer rain and an incredible breeze. i can still close my eyes and feel it, with my husband standing next to me.

we were married at fearrington village, one of my favorite places on earth. right now, will and i are on our first anniversary trip in beaufort, nc, and i am so excited to end our trip staying one night at fearrington! i will definitely be posting photos of our trip, so keep checking the blog in the next few weeks.

here are a few photos of my wedding, taken by the talented walters & walters. enjoy!

kellan | maternity session

kellan's maternity session was so sweet.  she and her husband were so relaxed, completely being themselves the whole time which is what i love.  they would just talk with each other, and i'd occasionally tell them to look at me and smile... but mostly, i loved just capturing them.  thankfully the rain held off just until the end!

after walking around outside quite a bit, kellan and i went inside to take some fun mommy photos.  she is such an elegant mother!  and the baby blocks were so fun! (although a bit difficult to keep on the belly :))  

baby aubrey is due in august... i am so excited for their family!