Wedding Fun

Here is a picture from the bachelorette party. I am waiting on more and will post them to my facebook.

Starting off our weekend of wedding fun. we started with a rehearsal at the ceremony site. it was so pretty with the water and the smells of the ocean. it was a beautiful spot. we had a lot of fun laughing and doing a walk through for the wedding day. Anjeanette had paid for a wedding coordinator, she was AWESOME, took over and helped the bride to relax knowing "Erin" would take care of everything. i would strongly suggest getting a coordinator you soon to be brides =) Elisabeth was the Maid of Honor (Anj's sister) Shaana and I were the Bridesmaids. we enjoyed each other company and LOVED helping Anj on her special day. after the rehearsal we all went out to dinner at Bucca De Beppo's! LOVE that place, we went to the one downtown and it was GREAT. lots of laughs and fun were had there with Anj's family and Ours.

Wedding Day! We started off meeting at the brides home (my brother's house) @ 9:30 am. My #1 gal Harr was our hair dresser (Awesome Job Harr!!) and we had our make-up done by Anj's friend Tes. we were all so beautiful on this most joyous day. We finished up with hair and make-up just in time for the limo to pick us up and take us to the Maria Village in San Diego.

Well 3 miles down the road this beautiful limo blows a tire and we were made to get out of the car and wait on the side of the road for another limo. won't use any names but, that company won't get our return business. we got another limo, much smaller and were on our way. only 45 minutes off of schedule. we had enough time to change and take pictures before the ceremony started.

the ceremony was so beautiful. my brother was handsome and on top of the world. Anjeanette was a such a beautiful bride and was so far from a bridezilla, i was impressed! i felt so blessed to be a part of there wedding and will be there for anything they need. I AM READY FOR NEICES AND NEPHEWS =)

It was great to see all our family that traveled for this and our friends who we haven't seen for way to long. it was like a mini school reunion. I loved it!

we finished up at midnight and started the clean up. PAY EXTRA for the clean up crew! trust me, money well spent. we were on our way home at around 1:30 am and in bed by 3 am. the next morning we missed church because we were exhausted and had a wonderful lunch at the brides mother's home. it was great to kick back and relax with our family and our new family. we are truly blessed to have such a great family being joined to ours. GOD is GOOD =)

Oh My!

It has been over a month or so since my last post. I have been so busy this summer. The kids and I went to Oregon to watch my hubby graduate with his Master's from Southern Oregon University! We are so happy for his accomplishments. The boys and I drove up with my dad & grandma Mary and stayed in a skunner (trailer) on the Howard Prairie Lake. It was so beautiful. The boys were able to fish and kayak almost everyday. I would like to own a vacation home in Oregon, we all loved it so much. After Daniel graduated we went to Crater Lake, that was just as beautiful and Kolby was able to play in the snow for the first time (how sad it was in July) his eyes were sparkling the whole time. so cute. we also stopped at the Shasta Caverns on our way home. It was a Great Vacation. After a week we went on a shorter trip to Flagstaff for Daniel's family reunion, it has been over 20 years since their last reunion. it was so great to meet his side of the family, they were all wonderful. we all stayed at the same hotel and were able to hang out the whole weekend, over 80 people attended. Woooo Hooo to the Madrid Family Reunion! the following weekend I went to San Diego for my future sis in laws bachlorette party at the Hard Rock Hotel. needless to say, i was sick the whole time. i did manage to have some fun though. but all day saturday i was stuck in bed with little fun to be had =( my sis in law had the time of her life, and let face it, that's all that matters! well i am at home sick with pneumonia right now and am trying to get better so i can go with my sis in law to the spa this weekend (not that i haven't spent enough money this summer) and then it's the wedding on the 22nd! i am so excited for my brother and future wife Anjeanette. can't wait for their big day. But no people our summer still wont be over, school may start on the 31st but we still have one more affair to celebrate. my little boy is turning 5 in september and we are taking him to disneyland! two days at the parks! he is so excited. this will officially be the busiest summer we have ever had.

But we are loving and every minute of it and are BLESSED to be able to do them all.......

Don't understand why it says pics were added when the CLEARLY were NOT????