...A Big Texas Weekend

...We had a whirl wind of a weekend! It was so much fun and we were glad to get out of town for a few days. Houston was beautiful, a little (ok a lot) on the humid side, but it was nice. Flying with Sweet Pea was a piece of cake. She was so good, I didn't even have to drug her!

...We flew in early on Friday morning and had enough time before the Dinner, so we drove down to Galveston. It was exactly what I pictured the south looking like. We could still see some of the effects of the Hurricane on the houses. I have never seen so many cool buildings & houses. I have always wanted a beach house and after seeing Galveston...I still want a beach house!

Sweet Pea loved the ocean! She loved the sand, the shells, the waves and crawling around & eating sand!
(no fat jokes please...why didn't you tell me I have a double chin)

Alecia & Dennis invited us to the Wedding Rehearsal & Dinner (which was so nice of them). Sweet Pea was sleeping during the Wedding Rehearsal so Nolan sat in the car with her while I went inside the church and watched. Chance (another friend from High School) was there and we had such a good time watching (ok really talking the whole time), and reminiscing about the good 'ol days! We did some pretty funny things!

(yes Chance, I put this on my blog! I told you I would!)

Dinner was de-lici-ous, some Good Texas BBQ of course! YUMMM!!!
Chance was nice enough to take Sweet Pea for a little bit at dinner and let Nolan & I have some alone time! He kept doing that all weekend! Thanks Chance! We love Uncle Chance!Erica shared with everyone her story. We are so glad for her safe return, and are so glad that she was there for the special event!

The wedding was beautiful! Alecia looked stunning! The ceremony was wonderful and they had good music! Loved the guitar player! After the ceremony, before the reception Nolan & I found Sonic and grabbed a ice cold Dr. Pepper! I love America's Drive In!

Mr. & Mrs. Doty

(he took dance lessons behind her back! Way to go John!)
The reception was so pretty. I loved the color combination of Turquoise & Brown, it was very traditional and made me think of home! The food was de-lici-ous and it was great to see the happy couple & their happy families! We were able to snap a picture with the beautiful bride before we had to leave. Gave hugs & kisses and were off to put Sweet Pea to bed!

Thank You John & Ellane for a wonderful party! We love you!

...We got back to our Hotel to find the power out! OH GREAT!
No A/C + Houston humidity + a tired Sweet Pea = NO FUN!

We made the best of it though...
Thank You Mr. Marriott for providing snacks, a coke and a comfortable chair while we were waiting! It was very nice of you!

...We did manage to take Sweet Pea swimming. She loved splashing in the water and floating around!

We had such a fun weekend! We are glad to be home and spend a few nights in our own bed...that is until the next trip...Camping for the 4th! What could be better?

...We're BACK!!

...We got home yesterday afternoon! It felt so good to walk into our house and know that if Olivia cried I wouldn't feel bad for the person in the room next to us and I got to sleep in my own BED! AHHH!! The wedding was BEAUTIFUL and so was the Bride! We had lots of fun and I will post more tomorrow. We are headed to Nolan's softball game! Glad to be back in the normal routine of things for right now anyway!

...On the Run

Things that I have to (well NEED) to get done today...

...finish laundry

...pack clothes for weekend in Houston

...pick up the house

...Dr. Appt @ 1:30
...clean out science experiments growing in my fridge

...take a nap (wishful thinking)

...go fabric shopping w/ my mom & sister
...be ready to leave for Albuquerque by 4:00 pm

We are leaving for Albuquerque tonight, and will fly out tomorrow morning en route to Houston! Admist everything that has been going on with my BF's family this week, they are still having the wedding!

(bride to be & me)

I promise to have lots of lots of pictures when I get back and talk all about the Wedding, Sweet Peas 1st flight, our Camper & catch up on everything else in our lives!

Don't you just love that sweet lil girl? I know I do!

Why is summer so crazy?

...They've been found!

...I received a text from my friend Alecia, telling me that her sister Erica and her roomate have been found and are alive & well. She called me later and said that they were on their way to meet the girls. Thank goodness for answered prayers!

...Say a little Prayer

...When you hear stories on the news about missing people you never think that it would be someone you know. I found out today that my Best Friends little sister is missing. She has been missing since Saturday, you can read more about it here. What makes the situation even worse, My friend Alecia is supposed to be getting married on Saturday.

Keep them in your prayers...

...Happy Daddy's Day

...A Dad is

...someone that makes you laugh, someone that holds you at 4am, tells you that you can't date until you are 30, give you gummy worms when mom isn't looking, won't let you eat grass, talks to you about being "plugged up" and knowing how you feel, shows you new and exciting things, tell you that your mom is the best thing on this earth...next to a cold Dr. Pepper!

Nolan...Thank You for being an AMAZING Dad Happy Father's Day!

...Oh what do you do in the Summer Time?

... PLAY

June is a SUPER DUPER busy month for us! We will be out of town for the next 2 weekends! Not to mention all the different things that are going on during the week!

Softball, Girls Camp visits(there will be some Dr. Pepper involved YUMM), Meetings, Lunch Dates, Softball, Wedding Reception, Dance Recital, Grocery Shopping...and the list goes on. I feel like my head is spinning out of control! Gosh, I love summer time!

Our NEW CAMPER is going to be delivered on Wednesday!! Look for a post on that! Then the Hubs, Sweet Pea & I will be headed off to Durango for a little getaway in our NEW CAMPER to hopefully get some R & R and some card playin' (yes I plan on kickin' his butt Teressa!)

...Then we are off to Houston to see my BF get Hitched!

Hopefully we will get a few fun things done will in the Great State of Texas!

...Good Food

...Shopping

...A beautiful Wedding

...Our Grass is looking BEAUTIFUL! Lil' Sweet Pea got to ride on the Lawn Mower with Nolan & Loved it...and she loved eating the grass

What do you love about Summer Time?

...A little on the Creepy Side

...It has taken me a while to get up enough guts to talk about this to other people than close friends & family. But I have finally decided that I needed to get it off my chest and out into the Blogging World.

...Here goes nothing...

...Well when I spoke in Sacrament Meeting on Mother's Day I had something very disturbing happen to me. (Well I thought it was a little strange) After I talked and was listening to the last speaker, I happened to glance out into the congregation and noticed a Sister and her son intently staring at me. She would glance up at me and then glance down again at a paper in her lap.Then her son would point to the paper and then up at me. She was sitting on the very front row so it was hard for me not to see them. This went on for a while and not wanting to stare and be rude I tried to ignore it and put it out of my mind. After Sacrament Meeting was over, I kept thinking how weird it was and wondering what they were doing?!

...I soon found out...

...After church we went over to my parents house and were greeted at the door by my little brother Wes laughing and holding a piece of paper. He was laughing so hard that he was about to pee his pants. Then he quoted a classic line from O so famous Napoleon Dynamite, "It took me like 3 hours to do the shading on your upper lip. It's probably the best drawing I've ever done!"

I looked at the paper and she had drawn a picture of me! That's not the bad part...she drew me with a UNI-BROW! I don't have a UNI-BROW! The picture did not look a thing like me! She gave it to my mom for a keepsake?! My mom being the funny lady that she is hung it on the fridge! She has since thrown it away knowing how bad it creeps me out! All I could think about was this...

What's the BIG DEAL you say? The son pointing things out. He creeps me out to began with! I just get a strange vibe from him! Not the good strange either(if there is such a thing as good strange?)! A drawing from a little 2 year old... I would have been flattered, but a 40 something year old Lady?! Not so much!

So next time you talk in church...

BEWARE OF THE DRAWERS!!

They are out there and they are coming to your ward next!