A few months after we got engaged – in February 2008- my parents threw us an Engagement Party. We had a ton of fun, and it was a great way to kick-off the celebrating- especially since we had an extremely long engagement of 14 months. We had the party at Williamson Brothers BBQ in Marietta, GA. If you have never tried it- be sure to soon, because it is the BEST BBQ in Atlanta. In the pic below, you can see the outside of the Marietta restaurant. The little section off to the right is the little room we rented to the party.

We had amazing food, good company, and lots of cute details like hand-written place cards that one of my mom’s friends made, classic coke bottles for drinks, square and circle tins with home-made brownies in them (as a party favor), and potted tulip centerpieces that my mom made that had childhood photos on Jason and I on them for decoration. For the party, we mainly just hung out each other and enjoyed our time together. Our dad’s gave brief little welcomes and that was about it. So all-in-all, very low key.