The Wedding, Part 2

Friday night means rehearsal night. The wedding was originally supposed to take place in Grandma's back yard. But since it's been raining non-stop for days and it's still raining, Todd and Sabrina had to make the last minute decision today to move the wedding indoors somewhere. The church Sabrina attends was available, so we scrambled to let everyone know and then headed down for rehearsal. Even though there were last minute changes, it all worked out okay. Just ignore the fact that in the above picture, the groom and groomsmen and the bride and bridesmaids are standing on the wrong sides of the preacher. We straightened them out and rehearsed it again.

The Wedding, Part 1

This weekend my amazing cousin Sabrina is getting married to a wonderful man named Todd. This is big news in the family because Sabrina is everyone's favorite. She's just so sweet and always does more for us than she needs to. She just doesn't have a bad bone in her body, so we are all extremely excited about her new happiness and upcoming wedding. I'm so excited that I've come down to Cassville a few days early so that I can offer my help with the preparations while also documenting the whole affair. This is Thursday night, the wedding is on Saturday. As you can see, the bride is attempting to use tulle to make some bows... and she doesn't quite have it figured out yet. See, this is where I should be helping. But it's more fun to make fun of her and take pictures of her confusion. Lol.

I Love Nature

Today was a really cool day to be outside paying attention to nature. The weather is starting to be really warm consistently and the animals are stirring. I spotted this lizard in the rock garden while he was drinking from a puddle of water on a rock. I wish I had a picture of that, but my camera was in the house at the time. After staring at him for several minutes I decided to go grab my camera. When I came back out, he was no longer drinking, but I did spot him trying to climb the deck. Hoping I was guessing his path correctly, I positioned myself where I thought he might pass and managed to get a really good pic of the little guy. I love lizards. They are really quite pretty.

After I bragged about my photo skills and showed everyone my pics, my nephews came running in the house all excited because they found a baby snapping turtle. This thing is seriously so tiny I can't believe they spotted it in the first place. The first picture is of Dillon holding it... keep in mind he's only 13 so he does not have huge hands. The turtle is tiny. In the second pic, the turtle is in the bottom of a 16 oz Styrofoam cup. Can you wrap your head around that? I want you to understand how little this thing really is. It was so cute. It is a snapping turtle though, so it won't remain cute much longer. They took it down to the creek and released it at the water's edge.

Late Night Bonding

Takara is in love with Scott and when he's around she basically has no idea that I even exist. Then when Scott goes to bed and shuts the door, she sits outside his room and cries for him. But eventually she'll realize he's not coming back anytime soon and she comes running to me, suddenly interested in me and desperate to lay on my lap. Yes, I get so irritated that she ignores me all day long. But then she does this and I can't help but smile.

Fun With Jordi

Tonight I had a blast running around with my amazing friend Jordi. As you can see, we really know how to fill an evening. We started off with lobster and crab legs, then went and saw the movie "Babies" at the Moxie and finally topped the evening off with some Andy's frozen custard. What a perfect evening.

Mother's Day

I know it's strange that my Mother's Day post doesn't feature a picture of my mother, but this is dad doing what he does best... grilling some burgers for us to enjoy. Chuck, Ruthie, the kids and I all went over and had dinner at their house.

It Looks More Comfortable Than The Couch

I'm spending the night with Chuck and Ruthie and since Charlie's new air mattress is currently blown up in the living room, I get to sleep on it instead of the couch I normally sleep on. It looks so comfortable, I can't wait to go to bed.

** UPDATE: the mattress was comfortable and I probably would have enjoyed sleeping on it all night... except that Charlie decided he wanted to sleep there too and after about an hour of him rolled over on top of me snoring in my ear and kneeing me in the stomach, I decided to let him have the thing to himself. I got up and slept on the couch.