Kelsey and Thomas Get Married!

So let's talk about the wedding!!  It was a success!  I mean, it's hard for weddings to not be a success unless someone gets left at the alter, but this one was an EXTREME success. It was AMAZING! Like, one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever seen. And it was so much fun! I will forever love the memory of Nick, Henry and dancing together. I smile every single time I think of it. So anyway, do you want to see some pictures? I knew it!


I figured I should start with an adorable shot of the bride and groom.
 
And of course the oh so handsome ring bearer


Actually, we are just going to start at the beginning of the day... because otherwise I will miss too many great pictures. Here is Mawmaw with three of her four grandsons. I HATE that Chris and Nieem weren't there yet. We will have to get all teh boys with Mawmaw at the next wedding :)

Matt and Blair, looking adorable

The groom, hiding from the bride

The bride, right above him, hiding from the groom
 
a proud Mama and a sweet boy

cake

one of many amazing spots at this wedding... the buffet line

the reception

The Sweet Bride
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Our little family

cousins

The girls

my loves

Our big boy, totally in control of his ring bearing duties


The reason for it all

The wedding party

Our sweet South Carolina Family



The music :)


a little pre-dinner dancing.  This turned into a lot of full group dancing later. I have no pictures of it, because I was too busy loving every second of it.

 
These two had a blast


The awesome, antique milk jugs used for glasses

Siblings, all dressed up

first dance

Love this one!

Mama and Papa jump in

Candice and I

Speeches... which I am mainly including so you can see how pretty the reception tent was!

Nana and Grandpa



Cake! (and pie!)

Aaaaand then my camera ran out of batteries. But the evening went on, and a ton of fun was had by EVERYONE. Truly. It was a beautiful wedding, and we could not be happier for the amazing couple!

**Like every other wedding, there are WAY more pictures that what I am posting. If you want to see more of how adorable this was, click on any picture and it will take you to my flickr account.

Hanging Out in Boise

Hi everyone!

I am alive and well, just hanging out in Boise, Idaho (no you da ho).  (no... that joke never EVER gets old)  I have a ton of wedding pictures to show you from last weekend in South Carolina, but haven't had time to load them.

 Okay... that isn't true. I am sitting alone each night in my hotel room. I totally could have posted them last night. But I had a long day of learning about seed germination... and I drank a couple glasses of wine with dinner...and laziness won.

  For the record, the wedding was AMAZING. One of the nicest weddings I have ever been to. I can't wait to show you! It's just things like this huge, fluffy robe keep distracting me
I don't even like bath robes... but it just felt wrong to not wear it...

So I am enjoying my work trip. I am eating a ton of great food (as expected, potatoes are fantastic) and I am making some new work friends... contacts... associates... what do you call work people you meet at a conference? I am not close enough to any of them to start handing out my blog address, but I have a few I am enjoying eating dinner with.
I haven't ventured into much of Boise yet beyond the PF Changs and the Old Spaghetti Factory (Boise...I am doing it wrong. STOP EATING AT NATIONAL CHAIN RESTAURANTS) but tonight the group is heading out for some kind of tour and a nice dinner. Tomorrow night is the banquet and Thursday morning I fly home. I am already missing a couple of fellas really bad, so I know by Thursday I will be 100% ready to be back in Kentucky

Thank god for Skype... it helps to fill the Henry and Nick sized hole in my heart, but I am already feeling the need to get home to these two ASAP.

Wedding pictures to come... most likely tomorrow. Be prepared to be amazed.

Hitting the Road

Wow.  So... the birthday is officially a wrap, right?  I think we covered it forward and back around here... if you didn't notice.  We will now close the birthday book for another year and move on. 

(are you all sighing with relief?)

So now we are packed up and leaving town! 

What?  Didn't I mention that we are going out of town?  I guess I was distracted.

Saturday is Kelsey and Thomas' wedding, so Nick and Henry went to South Carolina yesterday (they need to be there for the Thursday evening rehearsal) and I am catching a ride with Candice today after work.  It will be a fun filled family weekend, and you can expect a lot of pictures of the beautiful couple, as well as the STAR OF THE SHOW, the RING-BEARER! 

Okay, Kelsey is the star of the show. But Henry will be a close second (Sorry Thomas).

After the wedding I am actually flying out of South Carolina and going to Idaho for several days for a work conference.  Do I have any readers in Boise?  Anybody have any suggestions for things to do or see?  I am open to all suggestions, seeing as how my current plans for my evenings in Boise include reading, blogging wedding pictures and watching movies in my hotel room.  Maybe eating some junk food. (I am a wild one).

Anyway, it is going to be kinda a whirl wind week; three days in South Carolina, five days in Idaho. Fingers crossed it all goes well!