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“If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it”  I was dreading writing this post. Jeff suffered a season ending bicep injury this past weekend against the Titans. I remember Jeff pulling himself off the field and being examined by the head trainer and team doctor. I remember them wrapping layer upon […]

Season Ending…

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Happy #WeddingWednesday!! I am so thrilled to finally share our wedding highlight video. This will be my last wedding post and I would definitely argue it’s the best. We had the pleasure of working with Jeff Brummett from Heartstring films and he was awesome. If you know me, you know that I am busy by […]

Heartstring Films Presents…

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 I am sitting here flipping through our wedding pictures smiling deliriously. I’m serious.  It was very difficult to narrow down all my faves so I am actually over delivering and just filling this post with pictures! That’s one way to look at it right?  The programs, escort cards, and table numbers were designed by ParkbenchPaperie […]

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During my however long blogging hiatus, we also managed to get away on our Surprise Honeymoon! I honestly had no idea where we were going until we showed up at the airport. I can’t believe it actually remained a secret considering he told everyone; I mean bellhops in Chicago, servers in Dallas, and pretty much […]

Surprise Honeymoon Revealed

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I would like to reintroduce myself as Mrs. Marissa Elise Allen!! During the planning phase, it felt like the day would never come but Jeff and I finally tied the knot. Our wedding day was everything we had hoped for and more. Our photographer is still working on getting all the images to us but […]

Wedding Recap Part 1

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I will finally be “The Real New Mrs. Allen” in one month y’all! Ironically enough, when season ends, we get ridiculously busy. We went to Scottsdale, Arizona for a month, moved into a new house, went to Dallas three times and Chicago twice, attended a gorgeous shower hosted by my best friends and now, I […]

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So I logged onto my wedding website today and this banner flashed across the screen reminding me of the fact that our wedding is 6 months away! After overcoming that shocker, I scroll down and there is this 161 item checklist reminding me of all the thing I haven’t done. Now usually this would bother […]

6 Months Till the Wedding!

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They’re 6-0. The Chiefs are kicking butt and taking names! The atmosphere at Arrowhead is unbelievable as fans pour into the stadium to cheer on their favorite team. Last week, we recaptured the record for LOUDEST stadium in the world. The officials were here from the Guinness Book of World Records and we will go […]

KC Update #3 (W/ Engagement Portraits)

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Great news! We have found a local Kansas City Photographer to take our engagement pictures. Her name is Kristin McCoppin, owner of Pond Photography. It was a late decision to even have an engagement session but a recent Pinterest binge inspired me and I have a great idea to use some of the photos we […]

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This past weekend, I felt my first wave of wedding stress. it had to come at some point, right? We made the trip to Texas primarily to visit my family but also to attend to some wedding details. If you have read some of my most recent posts, they revolve around weddings. It’s that time […]

The Woes of Wedding Planning

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