If you’re gonna kiss the bride, you should definitely do it with style.
Congratulations, you two!
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Tag: Wedding!
And now, a brief return to pictures, part 33
Went out for supper with a raging headache. Maybe I should have ordered this… 😀
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A gift for Santa
These have got to be the cutest (and most delicious) wedding favors ever:
Have you shared a Coke with anyone lately?
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Make new friends…
…but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold!
We may be older than we were in the last picture, but we’re just as awesome.
Old friends really are the best. I’m pretty lucky to count these lovely ladies as mine. 😉
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Photo 365 #345
After playing catch-up pretty much all day yesterday, I woke up this morning feeling like I was already behind on things. Despite that (and despite an unanticipated stop at the fairgrounds), I managed not to be late for anything today, which is pretty amazing. In my experience, kids move at their own speed, which is generally not as fast as I would like (unless the occasion calls for slow and quiet, in which case kids move as quickly and loudly as physically possible), so me getting anywhere on time is something of a miracle.
Today’s destination was my nephew’s wedding. The actual ceremony was outside, where it was downright tropical, but it was a beautiful ceremony, with beautiful vows spoken by beautiful (in every sense of the word) people. The reception was inside, which was wonderful because all the groomsmen (and the groom) looked exceedingly warm in their long sleeves. It was a beautiful wedding, and I’m so happy we could go.
The boys had an absolute blast playing with their cousins. My niece’s kids are the same ages as Cricket and Thumper, and Cricket couldn’t stop talking about how much fun he had playing and dancing with them. I’m glad they had so much fun together. I got to see three of my siblings, which was another treat as I don’t see them very often. It was a great evening.
I think Cricket’s going to have to teach Bubbles his dance moves. After picking up break dancing (kid style) from his cousin, Cricket busted out his own moves and managed not to break anything, unlike his big brother, who broke his glasses this spring when he tried break dancing at a school dance.
We did ‘t stay to dance as long as I’d have liked, but Seymour was super tired, and the boys were getting that way, too. Still, we had a lot of fun, and I can’t wait for the next big family event. 🙂
Do you like weddings? What’s your favorite part?
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Photo Friday throwback: Wedding!
So since I recounted the story of my first date with Seymour and the story of our engagement the last two weeks, I thought I’d recount the tale of our wedding today. That was when I discovered that I’d already recounted it once before, and in a much more entertaining fashion than I could possibly come up with today, thanks to being brain-dead after staying up way too late last night (thanks, insomnia).
To read what I wrote about our wedding for the 2012 October Memoir and Backstory Blog Challenge, go here. 🙂
I also discovered, from the same blog challenge, a post wherein I recounted the story of our first date. I skimmed the post, and I actually liked the older post even better than the one I shared two weeks ago. See? This is the sort of thing I mean when I say I can’t remember squat.
Anyway, this week’s throwback photo is a favorite from our wedding reception. That’s the best man holding the flower girl while being attacked by the ring bearer. Lots of great pictures from that night; lots of great memories.
Have a great weekend, everybody, and don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and see what she’s thinking about this fabulous Friday!
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Photo Friday: Engaging!
After last week’s throwback post about my first date with Seymour, I thought I’d share a little about our engagement. It, too, is a fun story, and one I love telling. 🙂
Seymour proposed on December 23, 2008, which happened to be my grandpa and step-grandma’s fifth wedding anniversary. He had just died three months prior, so it was rather a sad day for her. But not for me – I was anxiously awaiting the end of the day so I could get all gussied up for the ROTC military ball in a neighboring town.
I got my hair done after work, then hurried home to put on my beautiful black formal dress (complete with black gloves, pink wrap, and pretty tiara). When I came downstairs looking all pretty (and feeling it, too), Seymour gave me a beautiful corsage of purple carnations and orchids. Then we left for the ball at the Pipac Centre (fancy schmancy, if you didn’t know).
When we arrived, there were all of six cars in the parking lot. Seymour looked around and said, “That’s not right; there should be fifty or sixty cars here.” He parked the truck and said, “You stay here and I’ll go see what’s going on.”
He came back a few minutes later. “I have some really, really good news: behind the cut!
Photo Friday returns!
I had actually planned for Photo Fridays to return last week, but since last Friday was my first day back to work and generally insane, I decided to push it back a week.
This week’s Photo Friday post (and next week’s, and probably at least the week after that) is a throwback. You know, like Throwback Thursday, but on Friday. I have a huge archive of old photos, and I thought it would be fun to share a few.
This one, clearly, is from 2010. We traveled south to see Seymour’s cousin get hitched, and as always, had a heck of a great time. Her wedding was the day before our first wedding anniversary, so we made a fun weekend of it.
Don’t Bubbles and Miss Tadpole look little? It’s hard to believe how much they’ve grown in the last four and a half years.
Have a great weekend, everybody, and don’t forget to check out Charnele’s blog to see what she’s got going on!
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Photo 365 #110: Glass
Seymour has given me some lovely gifts in the time that we’ve known each other. This is a detail photo of one of those gifts:
For our second anniversary, he bought me a beautiful glass bowl from a local shop, and its beauty never fails to impress me. The glass contains ash from the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, which appeals to my love of history. It’s just a beautiful bowl, and one of the prettiest pieces of glass I’ve seen outside of a church.
I spent probably a good half hour taking pictures of this bowl back in May as we were packing up to move. I played with angles, lighting, zooming in and out…In short, I spent way too much time photographing this bowl when I should have been packing. Let’s face it – no one likes packing, and taking pretty pictures is much more fun. I love the texture and color of this photograph almost as much as I love the bowl itself, and the thought that Seymour puts into gift-giving (regardless of who the recipient is).
It’s a perfect reminder of the things I treasure in life. Do you have something like that, a reminder of things you hold precious? Tell me all about it in the comments!
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Photo Friday: Favorites
Today is a pretty special day, so I have a pretty special picture to share:
Five years ago, I married my best friend, and this is one of my favorite pictures from that day. It’s hard to believe it’s been five years – we’ve packed so much into so short a time, but I wouldn’t trade a minute of it. We’ve moved twice, added two beautiful boys to our family, and embarked on another remodeling adventure. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the next five years, and the five after that, and the five after that…
Don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and check out some of her favorite things! What are some of your favorites?
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 