More wedding pictures....

Just because I can... :) (and does it look like they even noticed that it was only 19 degrees outside while these were being taken?) (more to come.... just getting started... did I say today how happy I am about this marriage???!!!)

I thought I was okay...

I really thought I was doing okay moving beyond the miscarriage. I thought I was doing good... I thought it didn't hurt as bad anymore and that I was doing fine. I found out tonight that I am not.

The most horrible 50 minutes of my life...

Today I had a horrible 50 minutes of terror! The school lost my daughter! My 14 year old daughter! You would think they could keep track of a child that old, but no...it would seem that they really haven't known where she is all year, but that's another story!

Kassi texted me this morning saying that they were watching the inauguration all day and wouldn't that be a good excuse to come home??? I ignored her the first 2 times that text came through. The 3rd time I caved... after all, I wouldn't want to be forced to watch it, so why should she??? So I told her I was going to call the school and then send Kailee to get her and she was thrilled, and with the promise to fold the laundry when she got home since I am still fighting a horrible migraine and a bad sinus infection now! So I called the school to tell them she would be picked up. Kailee called and asked me to text her and tell her to get to the office.... NOTHING! Waited, texted again... then Kailee calls and asks where she is. I am getting a little concerned since she had been texting me. Then the school calls. It would seem they misplaced my daughter! Fear started racing through the heart of everyone involved and a search began. Kids were sent to the parking lot, to the bathroom, the hallways... still no Kassi. I called her phone. Nothing! I text Tallin and he leaves his classroom in search of his sister. I talk to them again at the school.... NOTHING! They have kids searching every car in the parking lot, bathrooms are searched. I called Thayne and he reassures me that they will find her. I called Jace and he yells that I should call the police! I didn't know it then but he took off to get out here and find her. He said he was so scared he doesn't even remember getting in the truck and leaving to get out here! 50 minutes later they tell the principal they are calling on the intercom over the school for her... and there she was, in her class, waiting for us to come and get her. The problem you may ask? They don't have any record of her being in the class... the computers lost her, have her in a different class, have all year!!! Oops! But for 50 minutes I waited, wondered and had imagined the most horrible of things that could have happened to her! Even the secretary was terrified. She told the kids she didn't want to let on to me how scared she was because she knew I was REALLY scared! I was so relieved when I knew she was okay! Now I hope they finally fix their computers!!!

The Reception....

The reception was great! We had a lot of fun and had a lot of friends and family show up to support the bride and groom! We are so grateful for friends that have become more like family in our lives and are always there to support us and help us in any way! You all make our lives more wonderful because you are part of our family!

The bride and groom were glowing and we had a great time visiting and celebrating the love that they share! Have I mentioned how blessed I feel to have such an amazing woman join our family? How could I not love a woman that loves my son so completely? I truly look forward to watching them create a family of their own. I have pondered the type of mother in law I want to be... I definately know how I do not want to be, but I think that we have raised our children to become adults. We have taught them our values and our beliefs and our hopes and then allow them to live their lives making their own decisions and choices. I believe that they know that we will be here for them, rejoice with them, cry with them, lift them and support them... but allow them always to live by the choices they make. The moment they married, they have created a family all their own. It is no longer my right to do anything but love them and support them as they go through the challenges and joys that come from being a family! But I do know that I will always be their friend. That is where we are now... we will enjoy them and watch them fly!!!

Tiffany told Thayne a while ago that they were going to dance. If you know Thayne, you know that he can handle a room full of important business people, run a mine, handle the madness of his job and a house full of kids... but dancing... yeah, THAT little word through him into a tail spin the likes of which I hope to never see again!!! :) hahahahahahaha! He worried, to the point of being sick! He hates to stretch beyond his personal comfort zone... which is my personal mission in life... to stretch that poor man! And it would seem that it is now Tiffany's job too! :) It was the most rewarding experience when I got to dance with my son, a man now, and an amazing one at that! And it was so sweet to see Thayne dancing with his new daughter! It was a fun night all around! And I want to thank everyone who made it so wonderful!

(these are pictures from my camera that happened to be giving me problems... the kids changed the settings and we couldn't get it to work right! Hopefully tomorrow we will have th CD of pictures Caitlyn took!)

My girls....

These two have been best buds, brothers, partners in crime... you name it they have manage to get into it or out of it!

Tiffany and her nieces....

Boys will be boys... scheming the attack of the car!!!


Garrett sending his brother to get him an energy drink.... :)

My boys!

The cake.....





The fun.....
Tanya and Kalli