epics

the number of confusing wedding-related acronyms and abbreviations is out of control. when i first started reading wedding blogs and websites i felt like i needed a decoder ring to figure out what the heck these girls were talking about. jen also expressed her confusion at the terms used by these brides-to-be all over the internet-- "what's an e-ring? do i need some sort of electronic ring?" oooh, apparently "engagement ring" is just too many letters to write out.

when i sent the bridesmaids a link from one of these wedding blogs, grace wrote back and made me promise i would never refer to them as BMs: "I am not sure if it is just because I work in healthcare, but we use this word on a daily basis to mean something a little less pleasant than a bridesmaid. So I am making a request: please, please don't call us BMs!"

and then there's the ever-present STD abbreviation. what were you thinking? of course STD means save the date! we also rejected this one in favor of SD. i can only imagine the ads gmail would start placing above my inbox if it were full of info about STDs. and now i dread the kind of spam this blog is going to get after that mention.

e-pics was one that had me confused for a while. what were these epics all these girls were having done? where does one get an epic? is this some sort of beauty treatment? pre-marital counseling sessions?

alas, the first batch of our epics (engagement photos, if you want to take the time to use all those extra syllables) are online. check them out if you're interested by going to the home page of our photographers' site and scrolling down a little to the blurb about us, or go directly to the gallery.