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Absolutely!

We did it!
The happy groom
Maddy at the wedding ceremony
Mom and Tam with the bride cowboy :)
The three sisters, ready for sister number 4 to join the family.
My beautiful sisters.

Maddy loves flowers right now. Every time she sees real, fake, pictures of flowers, anything closely resembling a flower she says "Lowers! Lowers!" over and over again. She eventually shredded the one she's holding in the picture.
Ethan and Jenna at the rehearsal dinner.
Uncle EJ reading to Maddy at our hotel in Abilene.
Watching the news. We hardly ever turn on the tv at our house so when it is on Maddy is fascinated by whatever it is no matter how boring.
A tired baby who wouldn't take a nap.
This baby loves her dog. She is giving Houdini a kiss. Ick! Our dogs are dirty from being outside so much so we've decided that maybe they'll go to the groomer soon. We need to get them shaved for their sakes since it's so hot here right now.
Playing downstairs where it's nice and cool in the afternoons.
Maddy's new nap spot. She refuses to nap in her crib. She will only take a nap in boppy on the floor.

This weekend my little brother got married to a great girl named Jenna Carson. I'm looking forward to getting to know my new sister-in-law in the coming years. They had an absolutely beautiful wedding and Jenna was a gorgeous bride. It was outside so it was pretty hot during the ceremony but the whole wedding was so fun. Jenna is a dancer so they had a dance after the wedding. Our family is definitely not a dancing family but we had fun watching and attempting a couple of slow dances while looking like idiots. It was a great weekend to catch up with family and spend time with my sisters getting ready for the rehearsal dinner and for the wedding since we all had the honor of being Jenna's bridesmaids. It was also fun to get to meet Jenna's friends and family. My brother is blessed with some great in-laws. This wedding was really meaningful and kind of nostalgic because Aaron and I celebrated our 7th anniversary two days after Ethan and Jenna got married. The whole wedding just made us think about when we were going through all the wedding craziness 7 years ago and how excited we were to be starting life together. When the preacher asked Ethan if he would take Jenna in marriage at the beginning of the ceremony he gave everyone a little laugh by replying "Absolutely!". And that would be what I would have to say about our marriage if asked if I'd do it all over again. Absolutely! and I wouldn't change a thing. It has been a crazy ride at times, but a good one and I'm so glad that I have been through all the ups and downs with my best friend.

Comments

Chrissy Cross said…
Loved getting to hold your precious girl! It was great seeing you and Aaron too, :) Got my stuff from gpa, I had forgotten about it. LOL!
June 29, 2010 at 7:50 PM
bee said…
This was one fun weekend. I did not hear the "absolutely" reply. It was difficult to hear everything with the cooling towers. Thanks for putting up all the pics. Can't wait to see more.
June 29, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Blabber said…
Loved all the pics! Now to start packing for your trip out here! Yay!
June 30, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Anonymous said…
Great pictures! Great post! Thanks!
Brittany
June 30, 2010 at 3:10 PM
Sara Funk said…
Maddy is looking like such a little girl! She is adorable. I love the pigtails that you put in her hair a lot!
July 5, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Anonymous said…
Very good sharing this.
November 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM
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