Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Friday, May 4, 2012

our wedding

Our wedding was perfect, in a word.

It was everything that I wanted it to be: simple, elegant, and easy; and on top of that, we had the MOST gorgeous day in March.  All week it rained, but on Saturday, the weather was to die for.

Everyone says that something will go wrong on your wedding day.  Luckily, or oddly enough, nothing went wrong...the only thing that I remember going wrong happened the night before at our rehearsal dinner: I forgot my cell phone in my hotel room. 

It was like I was completely lost. 

We ended up getting it (thanks to my BFF, Colleen and her husband, Tyler!) and everything went fine, but honestly, that was the only stress I had all weekend!

Planning our wedding was a breeze.  Honestly, I planned most of it the month after we got engaged and after that, I only had a few minor things to work on here and there. I knew what vendors I wanted to work with, I knew how I wanted things to look, and I knew all of the work I needed to do. 

I've planned weddings for friends in the past, so doing my own was a walk in the park!

Friends and family kept asking what they could do to help and were confused when I said I didn't think I needed any help...on top of planning our wedding, I was also in the middle of planning a huge fundraiser, selling my house, moving, and trying to find a new job.  So I had a few things on my plate to say the least! 

Luckily, all of the vendors that I chose to work with made our day super easy!

So, without further ado, here are some of my favorite wedding pictures!

Skyline salon is amazing.  Not only is the location and view awesome, but the staff is so great.  We brought in mimosa's that morning and then they served us lunch all while getting primped and pampered.


Lincoln sent me my favorite, an edible arrangement to snack on while we were getting ready!



The view while you're getting your hair done...(oh, and those are my shoes)


 

The Old Mission Church in Fairway that we got married at was BEAUTIFUL


Our first look :)

I think we had the best looking wedding party ever. Duh.
My parents and my sister and her cute fam; isn't Mason growing like a weed!
Lincoln's parents
My cute Grandpa!
Most of our nieces and nephews posing before the wedding; aren't they cute?!
My Besties from Grade School (and before!) that helped me on the day of the wedding (and before!)
My other BFF's from college!
Our rings. Just hangin' out on a tree branch.
My dad walking me down the aisle. 
This would be where I didn't hear the minister whisper that we were supposed to kiss...so I just stood there like a dork while Lincoln was waiting for me to give him a smooch.  Oh well, it made for some laughs during the ceremony!
Our sweet ride...

Our florist was amazing.  She not only captured what I wanted the reception site to look like to a T, but she flew in peonies from another country so that I would have some for my bouquet.  I can not say enough good stuff about Rosemary at Final Touch Studios!

You guys, the food at our reception was SO GOOD.  Californos knows how to throw a party. All of our guests for days and weeks after our reception keep talking about how good the food was.  One friend had five plates.  Yes, it's a guy, and he's also super skinny. It's not fair.

We had a photo booth that produced some hilarious pictures and a table set up with pictures from pretty much all of our immediate families weddings.
 

One of my BFF's, Monica made our delicious cake!

We're married!

The Mikey Needleman Band performed at the reception; if you're in the KC area you HAVE to book them.  They're so fun!
 

Lincoln's dad busted some moves on the dance floor with the grand kids!
 
 
My mom tore up the dance floor, too.


 And then I rapped to Vanilla Ice on the microphone
If you've followed my blog for awhile, you'll know that getting a microphone at a wedding is pretty common for me, remember?!


Theta sisters!

My most favorite picture of the whole wedding:


I guess he didn't like the champagne?

Finally, last but not least, our AMAZING photographer Amanda Eaton of Amanda Eaton Photography was so great to work with.  She captured every inch of our day and I couldn't have been more pleased with our wedding pictures.  Seriously, if you're looking for a photographer, you must look her up!

 

Thursday, April 26, 2012

omg, dad.

My dad is crazy.  Good crazy.  But still, crazy.

I think I've talked before about how he has twitter...he likes to post recipes, farming advice, and in general, make weird comments.  He says he does it to get a reaction from people.

A post that he put up last night is getting reactions from people:


Seriously? Nice erection? 

Here's the picture; I'm not flipping it around because this is how he posted it to Facebook:



I now get emails and Facebook messages from friends saying things like this:


Or this:



Unfortunately, or fortunately (depending on who you ask), these comments and this blog will only encourage him to post similar things.  Oh, dad....

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

the lake

For the past two summers, my family has ventured to my aunt and uncle's lake home on the Lake of the Ozarks.  The trips continue to get more interesting as more and more kids are added to the group!  This year was no different!

Here's most of the fam in front of my aunt and uncles house.

Oh, yes, you're seeing that right...we get matching t-shirts, courtesy of my good friends at Sportswear Graphics in Ft. Worth, TX!


We spent plenty of time on the boat and in the water. 



Some of the kiddos even jumped off of the cliffs.  I was too scared to.



My dad even got in some good nap time on the back of the boat


We ate really well and constantly


And we took a lot of family photos!  (Check out my sister's baby bump!)



OK, you can't see it that well with the big t-shirt on so I threw in another one for good measure:






All in all it was a great weekend, thanks Kenny and Mary for hosting again!