Wedding Whirlwind...and Enough Pictures to Freeze Your Computer

Luncheons, Rehearsals, Wedding, Oh My!

Can we say exhausted? And I'm not even the bride. Hayley's wedding weekend went off without a hitch. Everything was gorgeous and way above and beyond anything I could've imagined up myself. She had everything covered, from the house being completely ready for guests to the mashed potato bar and photo booth at the wedding...I was impressed!...Mostly by the mashed potato bar (which was de-lish)! We got to bring home copies of our photo booth shots, but I don't want to have to scan it, so I'll post those later when Hayley gets her CD of the booth prints.

Here are a few shots from the bridal luncheon, which was held at the Springdale Country Club and hosted by her childhood friends, Sarah and Cat, the rehearsal dinner, which was hosted by Andy's parents at their woodsy home in Bella Vista, and the wedding itself, which was held at First Baptist Church in Rogers.

The happy couple at the rehearsal dinner.

Bridesmaid's Luncheon

The girlies at the rehearsal dinner

beautiful bride!

The whole gang

Everything was so pretty...

I think Dustin liked the candy bar. 

Hayley and me

Tossing the bouquet...there weren't very many single ladies!

my hot date

waving Hayley goodbye...

All of the bridesmaids minus Megan

Goodbye Arkansas, Hello Oklahoma

It's official! Mom and Johnny are now residents of Oklahoma. They moved in the first weekend in June and Dustin and I went for our first visit the weekend of the 13th. I'm so mad at myself for not taking more pictures....guess I was too busy. I did get a picture of the completely finished outside and a couple shots of the house from the lake. 

The inside looks amazing...so much more than I ever expected. I kept asking Mom..."Who's life are you living?" because it just seems too good to be true! I'm really happy for both of them...they deserve every bit of this and I know they're glad the building process is over!

Plenty more pictures of Lake Tenkiller '09 to come...in a fancy new house!

MoMo's 4th Birthday!

I l.o.v.e being a teacher because of weekends like this. It was Morgan's 4th Birthday party on the first weekend of June. Her actual birthday is June 3rd. Amber and John were going to have family over on Sunday for a party, but I ended up going to Danville on Thursday and staying until Sunday. We'd been trying to figure out a date when we could have a garage sale together, but with summer coming up, we didn't think we'd be able to squeeze one in until fall. Then, Amber had the great idea to have one on the Friday before Mo's party. So, I went down Thursday to price things with Amber and Debbie, we had the garage sale on Friday, Morgan's pool luau with her friends on Saturday, then her family birthday party on Sunday. The girl had 3 cakes and gifts galore for 4 days straight. She's not spoiled at all. Here are some pics of the luau she had with her friends and her family bday party. Dustin didn't get to come because he was in a golf tournament...which he did really good in! Not bad for someone who loves to play golf, but hasn't played in almost a year!

This is when we ate dinner at the Country Club on Friday night. They brought her a fancy dessert and sang to her, and Morgan got a tad embarassed...

But once she got a taste of that yummy cookie dessert, she quickly recovered!

On Saturday, at the pool for Morgan and Madelyn's birthday luau.

How cute is this? That will make for a great senior slideshow picture here in 13 years. (But I'm guessing it won't be called a "slideshow" anymore by then).

Hayley's Wedding Extravaganza!

June 20th is fast approaching and Hayley's had wedding events out the wazoo. Here are some pictures of a shower and her bachelorette weekend from this weekend!

Carly, Hayley, Lindsey

Hayley and her mom, Robin

Pretty pink daisies and spider mums

The invitations for the bachelorette weekend...good job Lindsey!

After a 2 days solid of shopping...we were ready for a margarita!

Hayley opening her gifts

I had some very hilarious, very entertaining pictures of Hayley opening her gag gifts...but my life would be threatened if I posted them, so that will have to be left to your imagination. I had an AWESOME time this weekend with you girls. It was a much needed mini-vaca with the end of the school year near and summer shopping desperately needed. Thanks Hayley for getting married so we could have an excuse to get together again, and thanks Lindsey for putting the weekend together! Can't wait for our bridal dinner and spa day!

Oh, and we got a little bored for a few moments at the hotel.

 The following is for your entertainment only.

Happy Memorial Day everyone!!!!

We're all moved in...and we have internet!

Hello, strangers! It's been awhile, I know! We are completely settled into our new home, AND LOVING IT! But we wouldn't being sitting down right now if it weren't for our family traveling down and pitching in! Thanks you guys! 

I'm really enjoying my new shorter commute to work, and although Dustin is having to adjust to a longer commute, he says he enjoys the thinking time and pretty drive to our house (p.s. - his "thinking time" is his "I'm making a list of all the things I need to do and I'm stressing myself out" time), but I love him for it! 

The end of school is near (hallelujah), and I'm looking forward to lounging around my new, nice house for awhile. Although, we've got a busy schedule ahead of us. Between my teaching summer school, my 90 hours of professional development classes, and weddings, showers, and bachelorette parties, I'm booked! We're going to have to work to find time to get to the lake (and I WILL play hooky on a wedding to go to the lake)!

Here are some pics of moving day, and I'll get some updated pictures of our stuff in the house soon. 

Movers Ready

It takes a village. There's one more car you can't see.

Addi and Morgan playing in the empty truck!

Rudy making himself right at home.

Addi and Morgan made good use of the bubblewrap.

Our first sleepover!

Visiting after a long day's work
Rudy finding his spots
Tiff, Luke, and Dustin

Addi passed out at Moe's. I don't blame her. I was pooped too!

Weekly Wrap Up! Only it won't happen weekly...

Last weekend (yes, I am just writing about last weekend this weekend) we went to Ouachita for the night. We took Morgan and Drew to ride horses, and I know I had fun! I have begging Dustin to take me to ride horses for 3 years now. Being an animal freak, I just love the feeling of being on a horse. There's something strangely intimidating, yet very comforting about being on a horse. Morgan and Drew loved it too, but I think started to get a tad bored with the long, slow ride. I don't blame them. I wanted the horse to run, like full-out sprint, not a bumpy gallop. I just think that would be exciting...hmmm...maybe next time. 

Dustin and Drew on Sandy

Drew said they were loosing the race, and Sandy was a slow-poke. Dustin kept trying to kick her into 2nd gear, but ole Sandy was having none of it.

Morgan and I on Bonanza

Bonanza wasn't as slow as Sandy, but she had a mind of her own. The horse trainer said she was taking advantage of me, and I needed to let her know who's boss. Umm,okay...says the guy with horse riding experience. 

Next up is my class's field trip to the Arts Center in Little Rock this week. Our 4th graders created a sculpture and it was selected to be placed in the Little Rock Arts Center. Pretty cool, huh? Here are some of the kiddos with their masterpiece.

The last highlight of my week was the facial I received tonight courtesy of Jessica. She won an Arbonne party at a Bridal Fair, and I was more than happy to attend. I needed a little sumin' sumin' to get me feeling more girly. She even cooked us dinner. 

Free dinner + free facial = Heaven. Well...until you get guilted into buying something extremely overpriced, which I did. I'm gullable and naive, what can I say? Hope this next picture doesn't scare you. 

Sorry for looking pregnant in his picture by the way. Looks like I've got the ole tube top under-shirt pulled up a little too high...it happens when you sit like a pretzel on the couch.

SPEAKING OF PREGNANT....OMG.....I CANNOT BELIEVE I HAVE NOT POSTED ABOUT THIS!!!

Nicole, Dustin's sister, is preggers!!!! It will be there 2nd child, and we are going to be an aunt and uncle x3!!! I had to keep this a secret for awhile, so I kinda forgot it was news to everyone else. 

Congratulations, Nicole and Jerry!

We're headed to the Fort again this weekend. I'm helping throw a shower Sunday in Fayetteville for my BFF Hayley. Pictures to come soon!

Have a wonderful weekend!