Monkey-Boy

The last time Adam was over at Grandma Carol's house, he found something to entertain himself...the corner between her china hutch and the wall. We might have a gymnast in training on our hands...

Ladies Night!

Last night I attended a "Ladies Night Out" with my Mother In Law at the local Home Valu store. We weren't sure what to expect, but they invite said free food and free gift for all who attend and my MIL wanted to look at bathrooms...so we went. I am so glad that we did, we had a blast!

They had all sorts of vendors tucked in with samples and fun stuff. We both fell in love with some purse lady purses (and my MIL ended up winning one!) We ate some yummy food, drank some yummy wine...we got mini manicures, parafin dips and I convinced my MIL to get her first henna tattoo.

Additionally, our goodie bags contained a really fantastic gift. A $100 gift certificate good that night only - for anything. At first I was going to buy something practical for our house, but then I decided that I should use this as a chance to splurge on something that I would never just go and drop $100 on if it was my real money. So I came home with this:



Gorgeous granite framed mirrior - it seriously weighs 20 pounds - and I love it! This little accessory cost $95 - but for me, it was my free gift. Woah baby! I love the flowers!



Thanks for inviting me Mom, I had a blast!

Adam's School Halloween Party!

(or a sneak peek into Adam's Halloween Costume!) 

Like Father, Like Daughter?

Adam has two-best-friends at school, Will & Henry. These boys are fun kids, they both know me and I often get hugs from them when I pick Adam up at night. According to the teachers, the three of them together can be quite a handful when the get going, but the mostly entertain each other. But Will & Henry seem to have a bad influence on my son.

It started months and months ago, when Adam was still in the toddler room. Will &/or Henry taught Adam about GUNS. He would come home from school and tell me "pew-pew you're dead," while shooting me with pretend guns. (This issue has been resolved, mostly.)

But lately, it's been a different situation. It begins with Star Wars. Any of you who know Mike know that he has a little crush on Star Wars, and apparently this is rubbing off on his son. Which makes Mike quite happy (in fact earlier this week he pulled out all of his Star Wars shirts to show Adam). With the release of the new Clone Wars cartoon, more kids are being introduced to the lives of Yoda, Luke, the Wookies and Darth Vader; including Adam, Will & Henry.

A few weeks ago, Adam was virtually clueless when it came to Star Wars. He knew "d2d2" and "3p0" but that was about it. Now the kid tells me stories about characters I don't know, getting into fights in places I've never heard of and explains to me who the good guys and bad guys are and tells me all about his light saber.

When we get in the car after school, I always ask Adam about his day.

"What did you do at school today?"

"I shooted the Wookies with my light saber and I was Princess Leah"

"You were Princess Leah? But she's a girl. Are you a girl?"

"Yes, I'm Princess Leah. Henry says so."

And there you have it, peer pressure at age three has convinced my son that he want to be a Princess.

(PS: Daddy has been teaching him other characters he can be, like Luke - it seems to be catching on.)

The One With The Ceremony

It was finally time - the moment we had been waiting for for oh so long was here. I was waiting in the room across from the sanctuary with a little view of the processional. A lot of deep breaths were needed, I was overwhelmed, a little nervous and a little anxious. I hadn't seen Mike all day - I had talked with him for a few moments that morning - and I was excited for him to finally see my dress and look - and me!

Mike's dad and aunt played the prelude music




And then it began





























We delivered roses to our grandparents during the ceremony. It was a nice moment




Mr. & Mrs.


And a hug - We did it!


Now get this dress bustled!


Next Up: Details of the ceremony and the sweetest buffet

The One With The Waiting

So, the ladies were running way ahead of schedule, arriving at the church an hour before we needed to, which meant we had a lot of time to wait. Unfortunately, we couldn't do much more in terms of pictures as it had started sprinkling and we had to remain hidden in the basement of the church. Luckily, we had a few touch ups to do and there were games to play and champagne to drink!
















The guys arrived, right on schedule and began their tasks.

Getting flowers:


Lighting candles




My MOH got a break as she went to rehearse her song and warm up


While I laid back with some champagne and my flower girl




After a while we decided to share with the guys and shipped some champagne up stairs





Then the pastor came down and said "It's time for you girls to line up."

So we grabbed our shoes and went....


Next Up: The I Do's and We Will's

The One With The Guys

While the girls were off drinking coffee, the guys were modeling at a local lake, one of the 10,000 in our state!





















My handsome groom!




Next up....waiting...waiting...why do we have to wait so long, how on earth are we so far ahead of schedule! What did we forget to do? Oh well, let's play games and drink!