They're married!

It's been a busy week, but it ended with a beautiful wedding! The weather although warm was gorgeous, had a few very minor glitches, nothing serious, the M-O-B's dress fit, got tons of compliments, the wedding party looked smashing, the kids did great in their part, the flower girls were normal delightful 2, 3 & 2-4 yr olds, that did make it up the isle, walked around in front, sat down in their chairs, stood up, headed back down the isle...and no one cared! The singing was beautiful (Floyd's brother who is in the work wrote the song).
I had an awesome crew of helpers. Both before, during and after the wedding & reception.
The bride & groom looked beautiful/handsome & happy.
What more could we ask??
Anyway, we all survived with smiles, happy hearts & sore feet.
We didn't have to clean up tonight, we put food away & came back to the house. We'll go out to the building tomorrow & eat all the leftover food & cake (& probably enjoy it more while we're relaxed)
and we have the afternoon to clean up the building. Since it's a holiday Monday, we're not heading home till then. WOO HOO!
Thanks for all your thoughts & wishes, we had a wonderful day! We're looking forward to an extra special LARGE meeting tomorrow with other guests who stayed in town!
(& yes, of course you'll be seeing pictures :*)

I am the "Mother of the Bride..."

#4 and final excerpt from "the book". "Before "Suzie's" wedding I planned to lose 20 pounds, get into shape and find a dress that didn't shout Mother of the Bride. I intended to plan the perfect affair without breaking the bank, breaking a sweat or breaking out in hives. In my spare time, I'd do something about world peace." (In my words here, keep my house clean, my family fed and happy, my bills paid & make sure everyone was where they were suppose to be WHEN they were suppose to be).
Hmmm. Is that why this morning I feel like I had too much coffee but need some more, am very sleep deprived, and still have things that need done today? My phone rang at 6:30 this time, 7:30 home time with an apologetic voice on the other end that says she's sorry but she can't do her car-pool to get the kids to school this morning? (they leave at 7:40) I call my husband 7 time in a row because he doesn't answer, and I get the 14 yr. old who is frantically trying to get out the door because she didn't set her alarm clock this morning and her sister went off and left her, so Dad's getting ready to take HER to school the opposite direction from the younger ones who are suppose to leave now in 5 minutes. To top that all off, Dad's suppose to be leaving in a different direction for an out of town job this morning so he can get back by noon, pick up kids from school, clean the house, pack the stuff that I sent him an e-mail detail list NOT TO FORGET, and get out here for rehearsal tonight. (life in the zoo....without mom at home!)
It's all o.k. We'll all survive, Re-enforcements arrived yesterday noon to help, & two more are are on their way to be here by 9 a.m. this morning. Tomorrow night it will be over & we'll swear up and down not to do _____ or ______again......... until the next wedding.

Kyrie & Trey are running around the house at 6:30 this morning full speed ahead, not a care in the world. I need some of their energy :*)

No more blogging till we're thru here! It's time to boogie, You all have a GREAT LABOR DAY WEEKEND!!
The mother of the bride has spent much more time on the flower girl dresses than her own!

#3. Lycra is the M-O-B's best friend.
#2. Never tell a salesperson that you are looking for a mother-of-the-bride dress. If you do, they'll steer you right to the jacket-dress with sequins section.

#1. "Mother of the bride--the phrase conjures up a vision of a middle-aged woman with the kind of hairdo that doesn't move in a high wind. The mother of the bride wears a pastel jacket to hide her flabby upper arms and matching shoes with arch supports. She carries a purse big enough for her reading glasses. She asks the caterer for decaf. Nobody ever refers to the mother of the bride as "such a pretty girl." I didn't want to see myself that way, but if the arch supports fit..."

These entrys are actually going to be "backwards" in order, as I'm going to add on to this one instead of making new posts this week about this book. I realize many of my blog readers are those who are not in this stage of life. Maybe you can relate for back when you were married. Maybe this is why some of you skipped the whole wedding scene and went for eloping. But, this is my life at this time, so this is what I'm blogging about :*)

So, on with the book:




A present from my bride to be daughter. I haven't let myself indulge in the whole book yet, but enough of it that I can say this is a must read for any mother of the bride! It is absolutely hilarious. I'll be sharing some excerpts from this book over the next couple days while I'm away from home helping my BTB daughter, and my other daughter do all the last minute wedding preparations. (wedding cakes, flower girl dresses & accessories, wedding favors, flowers & decorations)
Here's what the fly leaf has to say about this book:

"When you think "mother of the bride" maybe you picture a proud, serene woman, pulling a neatly folded hanky out of her purse to discreetly blot proud tears from her welling eyes. Well, perhaps this is what you see at the final stages of Operation Wedding, but underneath that tasteful-but-not-too-flashy-and-certainly-not-white dress is a guerrilla deal maker/politico who's been to the edge of madness and has the battle scars to prove it.--

Stay tuned for Scene I.

I can so relate!

Not necessarily looking for monsters...but hanging things on the walls, moving the furniture, doing misc. "works of art", Putting the bed back together because it fell apart...hmmm??!!, washing clothes for school/meeting/activity tomorrow morning...Not because I don't wash clothes every day mind you, but probably because 1. they wore it today, 2. it was hiding under the bed, or 3. it was stuffed in a drawer/closet/box/ dirty, instead of putting it in the laundry room or bathroom clothes hamper where it belongs.
Or, maybe it was because "It's not mine but I have to take it back to school tomorrow..."why did you have it?" well, ____ Loaned it to me because I gave mine to ___ because she didn't have any, and needed it for ________. Working on a school project that has to be turned in first thing in the morning that they knew about for 2 weeks, "I thought I asked you if you had your homework done??"--Oh, yes, my homework's done, I just had to do this for science/art/math.... UH, yea, but it's 2 a.m. and you NEED TO BE IN BED! --read that "EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO BE, I NEED TO BE, AND I NEED YOU TO BE!
One of my favorite quotes from Erma Bombeck was "If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits.?"

Our special company

last Saturday!
We were so happy to see Berry & Jessi M. from Texas again! They had been up here visiting Berry's Dad & sister and came by our house on their way back thru. Berry grew up here, he & Leon were good friends. He stood up with Leon at our wedding. We now live miles apart, across the country, and seldom see each other, don't stay in very good contact, but love the ties that bind. Such special memories!
Wish you guys could have stayed longer, but loved our fellowship together in the short time we had, and COME AGAIN, Don't wait so long :*)
Berry's family and Ours goes back a long ways! His mother met the truth thru Leon's mom. Our families met together for many years, & we spent many Sunday afternoons at the J. farm singing & roaming the hills, sleding & bonfires as teens together.

Getting aquainted!

Congratulations Russ & Lanae!
She's definitely a little sweetie!


We were thrilled yesterday when Lanae stopped in to say hi and show off their new baby and we all got to take our turn's holding her.
Corle Reece (Pronounced korLAY) was born Friday Aug 12, 6 # 10oz, she was just 4 days old here!
Doesn't give me "baby wants" anymore (thankfully!...LOL!!!) I'm enjoying where I am now, but I also miss those tiny baby hours. They are so short & fleeting! It's sure easy to forget how little and dependent they are. I'm rather jealous of the fact that MY mom had her grandbabies right here in town & could see them any time she wanted!

This morning is....

WITH A 100% CHANCE OF TOMATOES

Happy Birthday Lynisha!

Well, you know what happens, you start something then you have to keep it up :*)--I know you've been waiting all day for this, sorry I'm so slow!
I have to admit, this trip down memory lane got to me a bit! It's not so "hard" to do this with my younger kids, but whew! looking back thru these pictures of my older ones really pulls at my heart-strings! It is good for me to do this because it reminds me of how much I need to do some scrapbooks, I HATE going to look for a picture and not being able to find it, which happened again today. I had a really funny one I wanted to add, but it wasn't to be found...at least not without some serious digging thru stuff!
Looking at these pictures, I'm reminded once again how fast time flies. How sweet my kids were, how I didn't appreciate the days/moments enough, how little time I actually spent with THEM.
I'm reminded of their particular personalities, and it's fun to see how some of those characteristics have followed them into adult hood.
Lynisha, you were our "twinkle toes". Dancing thru life, always moving. Nearly always happy. I can honestly say out of 12, you were the best natured one!
I also got teary looking at the many pictures I have with you and Grandma Ruth. Sharing August birthdays, only 2 days apart, and you her namesake. It was never because I loved her name that I wanted to pass it along to you, but because of what she was. I am happy that I see some of the same wonderful qualities that she had, in you.
It was also fun to look back thru your pictures and see some that definetly resemble Kyrie!
Happy 26th Birthday Honey, I love you so much!