TLC Tonight 8:30pm

We're Rockin' the Reception tonight at 8:30 tonight on TLC...Don't be lame...Watch it....Love it...

For all you in the dirty dirty, we'll be at Wing Factory on Roswell in Buckhead to watch it on the big screen...There should be a few people there...And so should you!!!

Here's a taste of tonight>>>>>>

More Pics...

Check out this phenom slide show by our photog...

Dude is amazing...

HERE

Photos!!!!

Go here now!!!! Enjoy....Lots more to come....

Waffle House Action...

I got back from Texas last night and because of my rock star husbandry, I took my beautiful wife out to Waffle House for breakfast...I'm such a romantic...

Anyways, last week I learned that Amanda's camera has a time lapse video feature and Los over at Ragamuffin Soul.com has done some pretty cool videos with that method...So I gave it a whirl...It was my first time doing a video through Imovie so it's not great...But plenty more to come now that I know what's up with this thing...

So, here's a 45 minute breakfast in one minute...

Enjoy...

Rockin' the Reception...Tuesday Night!!!!

The time has come for Amanda and I to have our 15 minutes of fame...

Many of you know, that we had the opportunity to be taped for a new show on TLC called "Rock the Reception". For those that didn't know, now you do...

About a month and a half before our wedding day, we recieved an email from our wedding coordinator concerning a new show and needing applicants. The show was about the couple having a first dance choreographed and surprising the wedding guests...Since Amanda and I were already planning on doing a choreographed dance, we figured what the heck, let's sign up. Truthfully, I didn't think it was going to happen since we were on the East Coast and wouldn't have a chance to do a face to face interview...Nonetheless, we filled out the paperwork and sent it in...

To my surprise we got a call back and they asked if we could do a taped over the phone interview...Right on!! So my buddy Eric hooked us up with his camera and we did an over the phone interview with the casting director...It went really well...One day I'll show the tape of us...

Even at this point, I didn't think there was a chance of this happening but lo' and behold a couple days later, they called back and said "You're In"...Holy crap, we're going to be on TV...

Because of this, we had to head to So Cal a few days earlier because we had to do taping throughout the week...Hardest part about this was we couldn't tell anyone...It had to be a total surprise...That was tough...

I have to say that it was quite an experience going through that process...The producers were super cool and made it real easy...We got to pick six people from the wedding party to do the dance with us which made it that much more fun...We included Amira, Shan, Melissa, Shags, Rob and Mac in the dance...They were totally stoked and all about it...They had to keep it hush hush as well...

The main choreographers are typically this husband and wife team (Napoleon and Tabitha) who are apparently pretty big in the dance world...His bro was getting married the same weekend so we got hooked up with this chick Chantelle...Totally cool...Kick arse dancer and sister of another sick choreographer Wade Robson...

The week was filled with rehearsals and tapings...They got all kinds of footage of us throughout the week...So who knows what they are going to show and what they won't...We shall see...

The dance turned out freakin' awesome and we brought down the house...I seriously cannot wait to see it...And when might you be able to see it????

This Tuesday night...July 22nd 8:30pm EST/7:30pm CST...on TLC...You West Coasters are going to have to check your local listings...It's on four times throughout next week so if you miss the one on Tuesday night, there will be more...

Amanda told me last night (as I'm in Texas right now) that they had a commercial for the show and it showed a few clips of us and our show...It's going to be off the chain...You need to watch...You need to leave a comment here after you watch and let us know what you think...

Amanda just had to do this...She's so rad...

Our crew at the studio...

Wedding Day...

I'll do my best to be brief with this post concerning that actual day of wedding and just show pics... I know it's biased but we had the best wedding ever...

Everything about the entire day was perfect. If you live in Southern California, Strawberry Farms is the shizzle for throwing a wedding. Amanda looked absolutely perfect coming down the aisle with her dad. I was an absolute mess...In a good way of course. The ceremony was filled with Christ and it was beautiful. Our pastor did a phenom job at delivering the ceremony with our letters we wrote to each other and just expressing our love for God and how He is our foundation...

The reception was off the chain...Of course the dance we did set the whole deal off (which I'll get into in another post)...From there, her dad gave a great opening speech...Lots of dancing, lots of fun...We could have gone for several more hours...

All in all, it was the most beautiful day I've ever been a part of... None of this does the day justice,,,had to be there I guess...Nonetheless, here's a few pics...

Here's Amanda opening up her Wedding gift from me...A little bling for her arm...

Here's me opening mine...Amanda got more creative than I did and made a book based on the "10 things she loves about me"...I was a mess and I even heard a few of my boys weeping a bit...

Our ridiculously cute Flower Girl and Ring Bearer...Ally and Mason...

I freakin' love this guy...Here comes the bride...B-E-A-utiful...Gorgeous...Perfect...My best friend...All smiles...I think we were just about to kiss...Rockin' Rod (new pops in law) brought it down with a great speech...Amanda and I made sure we still got a slow dance in together even though we brought down the house with our first dance...I can't wait to see our photogs pics from this because the lighting was absolutely insane...This was pretty fun for me...My boys were absolutely hilarious here...It was like the garter had anthrax on it...Check out Gronz in front pushing people away from that thing...This pretty much sums up the evening...That's my mom on the left...There were some sweaty messes that night... Here was our get-a-way ride...
Still waiting on photos from the photographer...Once I get those, I'll post all of the pics on to a public viewing area...

Be looking for some honeymoon pics and then the TLC "Rock the Reception" story...It's on...We have a date...Are you ready or what????

Rehearsal (Drama) and Dinner...

Throughout the entire week leading up to our wedding, it was fairly stress free...Busy but not crazy stupid tear your hair out stressful...Until Friday...

It started off with a somewhat hectic morning with more taping, picking up wedding gifts, dropping off rental cars and then off to dance rehearsal and taping...Once again,,,all gravy...

The gang ripped off several rehearsals and were looking tight...Right about lunch time as we sit down to grub, my sister is wincing...This doesn't appear to be good...Finally, we talked her into telling us what was wrong and apparently her bum knee had popped out of place and was not going back in...No bueno...Shan's supposed to be in the dance the next day and she has a leg dangling out of place. After a few phone calls, producers being all up in our face trying to catch the ensuing drama and me finally about to lose it, I say "I'm taking her to the hospital." So Shan and me hop in the car and head to the emergency room to get her leg fixed up. Mind you, we have our rehearsal in just a couple of hours and for any of those that have never been into an emergency room know it's not a quick process...Oh yeah, my sister is not only in the dance but is a bridesmaid as well...And, I'm the groom and kind of have to be at the rehearsal...

After a couple of hours at the hospital with the sis' my parents relieve me so I can go to the rehearsal. Rehearsal starts at 4 and I'm way late...I'm stressed needless to say...My parents aren't able to come to the rehearsal, my sis' is down with a bum leg, people are waiting on me and to top it off one of my groomsman calls me at 4:30 to ask "What time he needs to be there?" I'll be honest, a few four letter words were uttered at that point...

Once I finally arrived, everything ran pretty smooth. Our Pastor and wedding coordinator did a great job on keeping everyone on track...Truthfully, it was tough to keep my cool throughout the entire time because my dad, mom and sister weren't there...

After rehearsal, we headed off to Buco di Peppo for dinner...Great time...Something like 60 people...Shags and my dad put the whole thing together with a great menu and lots of great wine. My parents and my sis' finally showed up about an hour into dinner...

We had a great time telling stories to everyone about the members in our wedding party and had lots of awesome Italian food...

Needless to say, it was a somewhat stressful day that ended on a high note...We all headed back to the Hyatt where mostly everyone was staying and was able to see a bunch of friends that had gotten in for the ATL...I headed home with the folks that night to try and get some sleep while Amanda and the bridesmaids had a suite and stayed at the hotel...

More pics...

My bride and pops in law...
The ladies...
My boys...
Our ring bearer Mason and Flower Girl Ally...
My voice of reason while I was kind of wadded up...Pastor Isaac...If you live in So Cal, go see him at Rock Harbor in Costa Mesa...Great place...
Shags came up big by telling everyone the menu and wine selection for the evening...
Homeboy Dave from Vegas...
Mims and Pops...Freakin' love them...
Amanda, Amira and Sarah...
Just entirely too cute to not show...He's a cool little dude...

More stuff and pics to come...Playing catch up ball big time with this stuff...

I'm actually in Sarasota, FL right now missing the living crap out of my wife...Be home soon baby doll...