The wedding!!

Deana and Aunt T getting their toes all perdied up

The Bride all relaxed and ready for the fun to start

'Miss Lynn' helping to keep Abigail happy while we all practiced walking down the aisle

An important tradition that had to be continued, of stupid hats to wear to the rehearsal. You know what they looked a lot cuter then me and Brian in ours!

such a beautiful dinner and evening, especially cause Brian's aunt and Uncle volunteered to babysit for us!!! Whew hew!!

the Bit liked the bride's funny hat

It was so fun to have the run of the salon all morning to ourselves

Well we had to hairspray the fire out of her, she's 3 yrs old and that hairdo had to last all blessed day

lots of curls all around for mommy and the Bit

somebody just loved scooting around in mommy's shiney new shoes

Gorgeous!!!

they just look fantastic

getting some much needed help w/ the green eye shadow from the make up lady

so pretty!

Deana Louise still the helper to her core, even in her wedding gown

Abigail's buddies for the weekend, buddies for the Bit and lifesavers for me and Bri were Aunt T and Uncle Phil

Notice the lack of socks on Abigail, I was so busy getting myself dressed and I let Abigail dress herself I didn't even notice she skipped the socks! Oh well, the shoes just came off as soon as the ceremony was over anyway.

I just can't resist when he gets all gussied up!!

Our dearest buddies, Mandy and James and Tony and Bridget

these two have been dancing together since Abigail was born, such a special picture

I love this picture, Abigail just couldn't not participate in the toasting so she raised her sippy glass to the happy couple

the much anticipated daddy daughter dance w/ these two

such a happy couple

Giving some much appreciated smooches to her Grampa Mike, these two have quite the pick relationship

This was the start of the circle that surrounded her through the evening. Her and little Jackson, whoever he was were quite the dancing duo.

Kinda hard to see cause it's dark but in the middle of that gathering was the energizer Bit still dancing for the crowd

Proof that her Aunti D out lasted her at the party, but she still didn't want to leave that dance floor!

This was cute how I found our 'uncomfortables' as we all 3 shed them through the evening. :)

Well this was a weekend to remember with Deana and Greg finally tying the knot. It was a beautiful weekend of family and fun and it ended w/ just a gorgeous ceremony to make it all official. We have lots of memories to take with us and some of the highlights captured here on camera. So glad it went off as such a success for Deana. So many months of planning and it's just done after a night.....but what a night!! Congratulations you two, we love you!!!

Date night

It's amazing how rarely we get to get off by ourselves at this point in our life. I always swore I'd never be one of those parents who didn't ever go out on dates but it's so incredibly easy to allow months upon months to go by. Before you know it you're looking back and a year has passed and you've maybe gone out twice. It's not for lack of baby sitters, our sweet family is always willing. Part of the problem is I work weekends, Bri works Monday through Friday. Hopefully it won't be forever that we're broke and always working or too tired to play. It also helps to have a little girls who's just not a pill at 3 yrs old, never has been. We just enjoy her too much to always be screaming for a break. You know what though, once we do get a date on the calendars Brian and I both look forward to it so much. We need to make more effort. I do love getting off as adults together. With out an adorable little distraction to take our focus off of each other. He is such a wonderful hubby and I like having all his attention. :) We had a blast this week hitting up Buffalo Wild Wings on 45 cent wing night with some dear friends of ours, Chris and Natalie, then off to a much anticipated viewing of our beloved Harry Potter. Those movies are never long enough even at 2 hrs and like 40 minutes. It flies by and I always want an extended version. Such a great story and it's great to hang out with other people who allow their inner 8 year old self to enjoy the magical world. :) We had a wonderful night. I stuffed myself sick on movie popcorn and I made Brian promise we wouldn't wait 6 more months before we head out again. He is after all such a hot date to hold arms with. :)

Go Team!

Well Mi-Mi does it again. Mom and Dad came over this week to surprise the Bit with a few more birthday presents. And it was a Bit sized cheerleader doll, who incidentally cheers when you squeeze her hand. Abigail loved the new outfit we just had to look on the internet to show her what a cheerleader actually was. She was thrilled to learn and afterward took off screaming and rolling all over the den. She's learning the cheers at a rapid rate and Brian and I are....thrilled....to hear her chanting away w/ her doll. :) She was very happy with it and has had a ball running around in the outfit on and has a great time w/ her life sized doll to dance and cheer with. Thanks Mom and Dad!!