Yesterday was my sister-in-law’s (my brother’s wife) baby shower for my nephew, Caden, who will be born next month! I can’t wait to be an aunt! My sister and I wanted to help with the shower and so we made a diaper cake. (I jump at any chance to use my scrapbooking skills!) I think it turned out really cute!
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| From July 2009 |
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| me, my sister-in-law, my mom, and my sister |
(I know, I’m jealous too of how good 36 weeks pregnant could look!)
We’ve been blessed over the last 11 years to be a part of our dearest friend’s weddings! Yesterday, James was in our college friend,(and now we go to church with him), Ryan King’s, wedding and it got me thinking of all the wedding parties we’ve been in. We did have a 7 year streak going…but our streak ended in 2008. 2009 wants to make up for that ‘lost year’ so James is in another wedding next month and there is always potential for another one later this year!
My first wedding to be in was 1998 and James was in 2001. Let the streak begin there…
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| Tommy Jones wedding-January 2001-James is a groomsmen
From L to R: Carson, James, Noel, Tommy, Kevin, Jeff, Casey, Julia, Courteney, Matthew, and Halim |
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| Matthew Rice’s wedding-June 2001-James is a groomsman
Tommy, Matthew, James, and Halim (notice Noel and Carson in the background famously jumping in other people’s pictures) |
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| Kim Hill’s wedding-June 2001-I was a bridesmaid
Yep, that is Jen standing next to me |
That takes us to 2002!
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| Halim Suh’s wedding-Dec. 2002-James is a groomsman |
2003…
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| Jeff and Jen’s wedding-August 2003-I was a bridesmaid |
2004 (sorry for the bad pic)
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| Becca Gray’s wedding-July 2004-James is a groomsman |
2005
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| Casey Pettett’s wedding-January 2005-I am a bridesmaid |
2006
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| my brother’s wedding!-May 2006-James and I are both in the wedding party |
2007
James is in a wedding but it is out of state and I couldn’t come, so obviously no pictures were taken!
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| Kristy Hilton’s wedding-Dec. 2007-I am a bridesmaid(I’ve known Kristy since I was 3!) |
2009
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| Ryan King’s wedding last night |
One of the sweetest things to watch is your child find a best friend.
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| Ella and Anna Richardson From August 2006 |
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| From October 2007 |
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| From September 2008 |
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| Dance Life, Jen’s new dance studio in her garage!!! From July 2009 |
What is even sweeter is that Anna’s parents are our best friends as well. Jen, Anna’s mother, was my college roommate at Texas A&M. And Jeff, Anna’s dad, was James’ good friend at A&M. What a blessing to have friends that we consider like family and they only live 2 minutes away from us (walking distance!) We are so excited to watch our kids grow up together and form lasting bonds! (By the way, 8 of these people in the picture below all live in the same neighborhood now! And together, we have 10.5(one in the womb) kids!)
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| December 2001-James, Carson, Halim, Zach, Jeff, Ryan, Noel, Kevin, Leslie, Kari, Jen, Casey, Christy, Becca, Yuna, and Julie |
This weekend we celebrated the Fourth at my parent’s house. The girls love their backyard pool. Well, except for the diving board and slide and the deep end… But, each time we visit they get a little braver. Daddy doesn’t do well with their drama about being scared of the diving board, (I mean they are in life jackets!) so he decided to just start throwing them in!
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| From July 2009 |
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| From July 2009 |
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| From July 2009 |
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| From July 2009 |
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| From July 2009 |
“Uncle Sam’s” new slogan
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| If you know Asher, you know how true this is!!!!! |
Yesterday evening, it was just me and Asher hanging out while the girls were at the pool with daddy. I was trying to check my e-mail, but I kept getting distracted because my son would walk by me and be carrying this…
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| sisters’ necklace |
or this…
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| his sisters’ tiara |
or a high heel…
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These must be Jimmy “Chews”  |
or even a diamond braclet!
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| From June 2009 |
Seriously, it was like I couldn’t take ‘the toys’ away fast enough, (of course I first had to snap a picture so I can tease him when he is older)! And right after I took the offending object, he would go find another girly accessory to play with! I’m told not to be too concerned yet, he “doesn’t know the difference,” but you would think he would at least pick up one of his ‘boy toys’ (hammer, truck, football…) to play with.
Oh well, at least after he picks up the accessory, he likes to throw it down with a quarterback-like arm (at least that is what I tell myself as he sits in his sister’s princess throne holding a wand…)
Sigh.
(And I’m now choosing to ignore that his favorite toy in the car is his sister’s Little Mermaid cell phone.)
Sing with me!
You put your right arm in (jacked from Monday)
You put your left arm in (jacked from Thursday)
You wonder why you keep donating
but you do the plasma pokey and you keep getting paid
That’s what it’s all about!
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| From June 2009 |
To make a long story short:
Couldn’t donate in right arm because of bruise from Monday
Had to donate in left arm which has tiny veins
My vein started puffing up like a bubble while donating
Lost some blood (not supposed to happen),
Nearly fainted TWO times (one in the chair, one in the waiting room)
Had to lie flat on my back in the front waiting room with 20 other people staring at me while I get ice packs all over my body and have to eat crackers
The end.
Will I donate again? You betcha…just gotta have both arm bruises go away and I’m clear!
So, I do the plasma pokey and I keep getting paid, that’s what it’s all about!
(oh yah, and I’m saving lives!)
