county fair and wedding details

my cousin, heather's wedding was tonight and it was amazing. heather looked gorgeous, her husband looked great, and the whole wedding party was awesome--including the third ring bearer with the panda bear mask on his head :) it was adorable. the groomsmen drinking from flasks was pretty funny. one of jordan's relatives sang for them (his name is matthan hillberg and his cd comes out very soon. i forgot when) and he did a damn good job. at the wedding reception, there was quite a big of fun. the garter toss, the bouquet toss, the dances... they danced to 'jump on it' by sir mix a lot and it was pretty funny. i loved it, and i'm so proud of heather :) i totally thought i'd be the one to get married first, but she showed me up! i'm so happy for her and for jordan. if you're reading this, congratulations guys :)

these first pictures are from the county fair. i love how they came out. the kids are so adorable.

and now for heather's wedding details :)

sandra took this one :)

i didn't post any of the happy couple because they haven't posted their own photos yet, and i still have to ask permission from heather, but if i get the okay, i'll show you just how gorgeous they both looked! again, i'm really happy for you two :)

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pink cast!

bug was playing on the trampoline and she chipped a bone 3 inches above her wrist. she's supposed to keep it elevated as much as possible, so when we went on our weekend trip to pine flat lake, we were reminded and this is how it was elevated:


yes, she used lexie as an arm rest. we had fun on our trip. we were only out on the lake for a couple hours, but we had a blast. sandra and starley swear a snake swam by them. i think it was just a fish, cause i got touched by it two seconds before they did. speaking of snakes, bug stumbled across a baby california king snake. it was only about 8 inches long, so it was born not too long before. it scared the crap out of her, she almost stepped on it! but she was okay after she found out that the california king is one of the good snakes. but, she won't touch it or hold it cause she doesn't like it's colors. five year olds are so cute :) here's a close up of bug's cast. and yes, that is my crappy handwriting right there in the front. do you know how hard it is to write on a cast? it's not as easy as i thought it was going to be.

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school's starting

we went to the mall yesterday . willow went with us. as you can see, she got her front tooth filled in. she's so proud of it. she kept saying "i have PERFECT teeth katie" haha. i love her so much its crazy. lexie and bubba didn't spend the night this weekend. just willow. she starts school tomorrow :) all of them do. but its willow's first day of kindergarten. bubba's in 4th grade and lexie's in 6th. she's officially a junior high student. three years until she's in high school. yikes. so far away yet so close. i can't believe how big they're all getting. anyways, i just wanted to blog a little. and show off these adorable pictures that i took of bug at aeropostale :)

and my personal favorite

Super Princess Ava Rosmeyer

This video is dedicated to Ava Rosemeyer, who passed away when she was just three years old. She was born on August 22, 2003. One day, she got in her parents' unusually unlocked car and couldn't find her way out. She became lethargic and fell asleep in the car. She spent 2 days in the ICU and passed away on February 5, 2007. Ava, you will always be in my prayers and thoughts. Since this video was made so close to your birthday, I wanted to wish you a happy 7th birthday and I hope all your wishes in Heaven come true. Sheye, Crayton, Luca, Mason, and Ivy; I'm thinking and praying for you every day.

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edits

these are just some edits of a few photos that i took.

lakes and parties

well, i guess i should start at the beginning. we went to the lake last month. we had a blast. it was my first time in the water--without jumping right back on the boat. i was terrified at first but i warmed up to it and i had an amazing time, even when brian swam past me and made me think he was a huge ass fish... i seriously freaked out. but we all had a good time and i have the pictures to prove it. all of lexie's pictures came out GREAT she is such a pro in front of the camera. even when she has her back turned to it. we had some pretty funny moments too. me and willow were playing the "you're as smart as..." game with the football. first, she said "you're smart as a boat" and threw the ball to me. then i said "you're as smart as starley" and threw the ball to her. then she holds the ball and looks like she's thinking. then she looks at me and says "starley's SMART?!" haha, good times, good times... kids say the darndest things.

uncle did some fishing. i love this picture for some reason. simplicity.this gorgeous little girl just keeps getting prettier and prettier. i was in the water most of the time so i didn't get pictures of willow and bubba but there are some pictures of them later on in the post. they haven't been neglected, lexie's just more willing to take a picture, haha.

lexie took this picture of me and rena.

that wraps up our day at the lake. now it's time for the birthday barbeque. starley's birthday is july 19th and brian's is august 3rd so we had a joint barbeque for them both. we had a lot of fun. josh even tried on rena's hoops...

willow's a little gangster, look at the pout.

sandra and little nathan played footsie.

me and sandra took pictures. ignore the cloudiness of the picture. my lens was filthy.

we all know this model-to-be.

there's the handsome boy! how much does he look like uncle? seriously. it's insane.

there's the little bright eyed girl. i love this picture.

the pretty cupcakes. the first two are the cupcakes from brian's birthday and the bottom one are the ones from starley's.




these pictures were taken the day after the barbeque. sandra and i had no clue that the clearing by our house was a no trespassing zone. but the sign is down at the end of the street, away from where we were so we didn't see it. you'd think they would at least put a fence around it. a sign won't stop people from walking in it. by the way, the pictures are unedited. i looove how the grass pictures came out.