THEY CALL ME... MEME!

Monday, August 20, 2012

"Eat, Drink, and Be Married..."

When Mandy and Mike's wedding invite came,
the back was stamped
"Eat, Drink and Be Married"

I knew it would be a fun affair for sure!

Deb, once again, was asked to do the flowers
because she is so great at it!
Kathy, Mandy and Deb picked flowers at Costco and placed 
the order.  Kathy and Deb picked up the flowers on Friday
morning and came right to Dave's wood shop!
Deb got busy making the bouquets for the wedding party
and she set me up to help with the centerpieces.

The gerber daisies matched the invitation to a tee!

We worked all day long...

We were both so happy to be helping Mandy
make her dream wedding come true!

Their venue was so unique.
A restaurant/bar in the area closed for the day...just for Mandy,
and they put up a tent in their parking lot that is right along side 
their patio~ Cocktails on the patio and in the bar, dinner in the
tent, then dancing inside!

Mandy's nieces Grace and Riley were the flower girls!
Their daddy Blake helped them get ready!


Papa Gary offers some advice~
But his sweet girls are READY!


Mike awaits his bride!

My good friend Kathy looked so beautiful!
Mother of the Bride

Mandy's friend Wendy was pretty as a picture!


Laurie, the flower girls mommy, was 
lovely as well!

Blake starts off with his girl Riley~


Grace is ready to go on her own!



Here comes the Bride~


Mandy was so beautiful and radiant!
Smiling when her eyes met Mike's!

A kiss for his baby girl!

She looks like she is in good hands!


"You may kiss your bride"

One happy couple!


Gray and Kathy with Grace!

Kathy and I pose at an arms length!
I love this girl!

Rick and Janice~
A special hug between friends!

I always love a picture with my favorite Big Guy, Jim!

Kathy does too!

But HIS Kathy loves it best!


The bride and her dad~

Love this!

Mike and Mandy
Mr. and Mrs.

Thanks Mandy and Mike~
I had a fabulous time at your wedding.
I missed Dave, who had a previous commitment on an Oregon
golf course!  I know he was sorry to miss this party!


Hey, how about my dark hair?
Yikes~ I am still getting used to it but
I have to say that I am having a hard time
recognizing myself in the mirror!

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Good Times...

More good times in Van Wert!

Sarah and Mya 

Molly and Cayden
These two drove that car around all day!

Molly, Mya and Cayden
"Cheese"

Mya and her big brother!

Cayden loves his little sister!

I love her too!

Who wouldn't?

She is edible!

Good times!


Our fun day ended with a concert...

I bet you wish you were there too!

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Happy Birthday Mya Brynn~


I should call this a "travel" blog!
I took Sarah and Molly and headed to Van Wert Ohio to
watch Cayden and Mya while their parents went
to a golf outing.

While we were there, we decided to celebrate Mya's birthday
a few days early since I won't be there for the actual birthday.
I really don't think she knew the difference!
Friday, August 17th is this sweethearts birthday~
We sang to her on Tuesday night!

She is 2~
Mya is just a little love.
No more Mya the crya!
Everyone now...
MYA IS TWO!
She loved opening presents with most of her cousins
helping her!  We missed our Layla bug tho!
We did FaceTime her and Uncle Tegan for a bit!

Then came a late night four wheeler ride!
Uncle Cyle tried to give Meme a heart attack when he came around
the house like this...
He said... "Calm down... it's in second gear, she isn't going anywhere!"
Yikes!
Then all the big kids got on for a ride!
Again there's that Birthday theme!

It was so fun seeing Cayden with his little buddy Ringo!
He is just the sweetest little Puggle!

We had a big day Tuesday 
and we all were excited to spend the whole day
together on Wednesday!

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Make a wish...

We celebrated Kelley, Tegan and Layla's birthday while I was there!
Kelley was born on August 1st~
Tegan was born on August 3rd!
I am not going to make it back in October for Layla's big day
so we had celebrated them all at once!
She was a little confused about it all!
But she sure did enjoy eating that chocolate "to die for" ice cream cake
over three nights!
Yummy!

I will be sending her something really special for her 
2nd Birthday in October!

Hope all their birthday wishes come true!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Family Affair and some BIG NEWS!

Layla had some photos taken by her Meme...
We posed her with her Mommy,

We posed her by herself,
We posed her with her Daddy,
and then with her Mommy and her Daddy!
She was a little love throughout the photo shoot!

She really, really, really, and I mean REALLY
wanted the popsicle Meme was holding!
See her lick her lips?

It was a fun time!

BIG NEWS~
Melissa and Jason had their baby...

A BOY!

Welcome little Wyatt Madden to the world!
Mommy and baby are doing great~

Nonna Roxi is thrilled!

And just take a look at the big brother, Levi...
He looks pretty happy about Wyatt too!

Much love to my friend Roxi~
She is seeing STARS right now!