Lisa's Wedding

Back in October, both Kate and Jack were in our friend Lisa's wedding. Our families have been friends since we were kids. 

We were so honored to be a part of her big day. 

We went to the rehearsal a couple days before the wedding, and I still wasn't sure if Kate and Jack would actually do it.

As goofy as they acted (mostly Jack), they practiced walking down the aisle hand in hand.

Look at crazy Jack!

Mark was working, so he couldn't go to the rehearsal with me. Luckily, my mom came with us! I would have NEVER been able to keep them contained at the dinner without her. Jack is a total maniac. ha!

Notice one shoe on, one shoe off... this is SO Jack.

Saturday morning, Kate and I got up super early and headed down to Chase Park Plaza, where everyone was staying, so she could get her hair done. She felt SO grown up in the hotel room with all the bridesmaids. Lisa had button down shirts monogrammed for all the girls so they wouldn't mess up their hair and she made one for Kate.

 

And, of course, gotta include pictures of the BEAUTIFUL bride! 

What We've Been Up To

Summer school is OVER!!! The last day was Friday, but we had to head down to Oklahoma for a wedding (a friend of Mark's from college... Mark was taking the pictures), so I had a sub that day.

We had a blast this past weekend. We left Friday morning around 10:30. We stopped in Rolla for lunch. And, then the fun began...

Kate learned to unbuckle her seatbelt on her car seat. Lovely! About every, oh, five minutes, we would hear Kate SCREAM from the back "Da... Da... Da....". Mark would tell her to put it back on, she would, and then five minutes later it would happen again. Yeah, it was fun.

Finally, she fell asleep for her nap and slept until we entered Oklahoma.

We made a stop in Tulsa for Mark to stand in line for the new iPhone. Kate and I just waited in the car. She needed out of her carseat, so she sat and played with the steering wheel in the car and stuck her head out the sunroof.

After that, we ended up having to go straight to the rehearsal, so we didn't get to our hotel in Broken Arrow until after 8. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express and we were pleasantly surprised. It was beautiful and our room was SO nice!

Kate was thrilled to be OUT OF THE CAR!! She ran the halls of the hotel.

And, she crawled all over our luggage cart. :)

Kate got a bath and jumped all over the bed. I thought she would never calm down for bedtime!!

The bachelor party started around 9:30 that night, but it was within walking distance from the hotel. So, Kate and I relaxed at the hotel (actually, she fell asleep and I just watched t.v.). It was SO nice!!

On Saturday morning, Mark had to take pictures early, so Kate and I went down to the continental breakfast and had a slow morning.

The wedding was beautiful and Kate behaved wonderfully!! We were so worried about what she would do when she saw Mark. There were a couple times I thought she might yell out to him, but she just waved like crazy at him. The reception was immediately following and was pretty short, so we were out by about 5.

We went to the mall and went to a great Mexican restaurant for dinner. Then, we headed back to the hotel and had a very relaxing night. I think Mark and I were both asleep by 10!

We had breakfast Sunday morning, packed up, and headed to Joplin to see Jamie and Ryan, some friends from college. They have two adorable little girls, one of which we hadn't met yet.

The girls played together at their house and then we all headed to dinner. It was interesting to sit at a table with four of us adults, two toddlers, and a baby. Busy, to say the least. Crazy how much things change in only five years.

We had to snap some pictures before we left.

It was sad to leave. I hate leaving good friends. We left a lot later than we had planned, so we didn't get home until about 11:00 and we were SOOOO tired!!

It was just so nice to get away, though!!

It's Been Awhile!

I haven't blogged in forever, it seems like. It's been a crazy couple of weeks.

Mark and I were in a wedding together, which seemed to take a lot of our time. It was a blast, though.

Kate came to the rehearsal and the wedding (we've NEVER taken her to a wedding and may never again. ha!).

She was fine at the rehearsal... she and the ring bearer fell in love.

The wedding was a different story. My parents were invited to the wedding, so they brought her. I knew the minute she saw us, she would probably freak out. And, that she did. Luckily, it was before the wedding, so we kinda knew how she would react. I think she spent most of the wedding watching through a window. :)

She had a ball at the reception (despite the fact that she broke a plate right after the best man gave his speech, when the room was silent!). Kate is a dancin' fool! She was boogy-ing on the dance floor long before the lights even dimmed.

It was a late night for her, but well worth it. She was asleep after about 10 minutes on the car ride home.

Other than the wedding, I'm not really sure what else has been occupying our time. It just seems that the weeks are always busy and they just fly by. For some good news, though... SCHOOL'S OUT!!! I am teaching summer school from June 1-26, though. It's not terrible, although it does kinda cut into your summer a bit. The money is too good to pass up right now, though.

That's pretty much all that is going on in our world right now. I'll blog more often, I swear.