Pretty pictures

Remember how I told you we have a wedding in the family this year? My brother Lane and his fiancee Nicole picked such a fun wedding date: 9-10-11. The wedding's going to be on the coast of southeastern North Carolina, and plans are shaping up nicely. There's a venue, a dress, a color palette, and now there are engagement photos!

These are so pretty that I had to brag on them a bit, courtesy of Genie Leigh Photography. Lane and Nicole's daughter Taylor is not just a smart and sassy almost-four-year-old... she's also adorable on camera when you can get her to sit still for a minute and focus. (Nice job on that, Genie!) She must get this from her mom. While my brother is certainly handsome in these photos, Nicole is flat-out stunning. She's going to be such a beautiful bride. All these years later, I'm so excited to call her my sister-in-law!

Nicole asked my sister and me to be bridesmaids, and we're going to have a blast, I can already tell. I think what I'm most excited about is to see how they incorporate my niece Taylor into the wedding. She calls it "her" wedding, by the way... and is adorable talking about it and inviting us personally! I predict that perfect wedding mixture of laughter and happy-tears come 9-10-11. And until then, so much fun putting it all together.