Shane and Courtney's wedding

Hello, hello :) A lot has happened in the last 3 days, but I'll just have to do one blog at a time, I first of all wanted to show everyone pictures from my nephew (and new niece's) wedding. Then I will post another blog tomorrow on the other things :)

Shane and Courtney had a perfect, BEAUTIFUL wedding. Everything went very well, and they are such a happy couple. It was sad not having Steve in the ceremony but there were a couple things done that gave tribute to Steve. First of all, they had an 8x10 picture of Steve at the alter, which I thought was so sweet. But the sweetest things were, Shane walked out of the dressing room into the ceremony with the minister, and then left the minister at the alter, and walked down to the end of the aisle, and walked his mother down the aisle (Steve's wife) and by the way, that brought out major tears to EVERYONE'S eyes. It was so sweet. THEN, when Shane and Sue got to the front of the aisle, Sue went up and lit her side of the unity candle, and ALL of the groomsmen put toothpicks in their mouths because Steve ALWAYS (except for when he was sleeping) had a toothpick in his mouth. That was his trademark. Anyway, they all did it at the same time while Sue was lighting her candle, and then they took it out to continue the ceremony. I couldn't have thought of a better way to pay Steve tribute. I just can't describe how thoughtful and sweet those gestures were, especially for Sue, and Steve's mother and sisters.

Then Courtney came down the aisle, and was she ever beautiful! The ceremony was perfect. The reception was also nice. The decorations were gorgeous. Courtney's family did an excellent job on everything! They put a lot of work into it, and they had so many neat ideas! I know that they are going to have a happy marriage, they are crazy about each other! It was just a perfect day, and everything went great!

My sister, Sue with her children and their spouses

My family

Shane and Blake, they were so handsome!

Courtney and Taylor, both were so beautiful!

Our 10th anniversary

I honestly can't believe that today is our 10th anniversary. It seems like it should be like our 5th, but certainly not our 10th. Time has really flown! Last year, Mary posted a blog about her 10th anniversary and posted some pictures from her wedding day, and I loved that idea, and decided to do the same thing. I decided it would be fun to make a slideshow of our wedding day :) Ryan and I are going to go out to eat somewhere in Oklahoma City and then go see "17 Again". We would have LOVED to went back to Dallas, but don't have the money at the moment. This day in age, I feel very thankful to have made it to our 10th anniversary. Most marriages are over by then. I am looking forward to more milestones in our marriage (our 25th, etc...) I love my husband and definitely look forward to many more years with him :)

My countdown has begun!

Life is finally starting to get better for us. We are officially moved into our new place, however I still have a lot of unpacking to do. We have been without our van for about one month. Ryan's uncle has agreed to help us put a new transmission in it, so Ryan is staying with his aunt and uncle and going to work on it with him, so I'm hopeful that we will have our van back very soon. I'm very happy about that, plus I'm so glad that this move is basically over. Those were 2 things that have been driving me crazy for a while!
This coming Friday is Ryan and I's 10th anniversary! I can't believe it is already here. I'm hoping we can go out to eat, if nothing else.
I am getting very excited because in 3 weeks, my sister, Sue, and her daughter(or daughters) are coming to spend a little time with me, and a few others before her son's wedding on May 30th. Then after the wedding, Sue, my mom, and my other sister Peggy (and her kids) are going to be coming to spend time with me. So I will basically have my family on and off for about 3 weeks! I am so happy about that. I get to missing my family so bad! Everyone is wanting to go down to Arkansas (where my Dad's family is from), and I'm also looking forward to that. It is going to be so nice having company!
Then after everyone leaves, there is a BIG possibility that my whole family will be going to Colorado for a month or so. My mom and sister (Sue) both have cherry orchards and it looks like they will both have a harvest. So they will REALLY NEED our help (even Taylor and Blake's). Ryan hasn't been able to find work, so this would be good for us, we can all work, and earn money, while helping my mom and sister out.
So that is basically what is going on in my life right now. It sounds like my life isn't going to slow down much for a while, but I'll be busy in a totally different way, not moving :P

It's nice to put faces with names, so I thought I would do that... Left to right: Sue, Me, my Mom, and Peggy

Left to right: Shane (the groom to be), Sue, Steve (Sue's husband who recently passed away), Savanna, Trevor (Vanna's husband), Jeremy (Steph's husband) & Stephanie

Peggy, Danny, and Kayla

Another wedding on the way!

Last night, I just heard some wonderful news for my family, my nephew, Shane proposed to his girlfriend, Courtney, on Valentines Day. It is sooo funny because earlier yesterday, I was talking to my daughter, Taylor and I said, "It wouldn't surprise me if Bubba (Shane's nickname) asked Courtney to marry him." And then later found out my feeling was correct! That was a little weird! He recently moved to western Oklahoma, where Courtney is from. He moved to a SMALL town, but at LEAST half of the town is brethren. Unfortunately the town is around 3 1/2 hours away from here, so we won't get to see him as much as we want to. But anyway, it sounds like the wedding date will be May 30th. I am VERY excited!!! I just had to shard my good news!

My niece's wedding

Hello again :) I'm taking a small break, and just couldn't resist posting about my niece's wedding. I have a few pictures from my sister, and when I get more time I will upload some of my own pictures from her wedding. It really was a beautiful wedding. Taylor was a candle lighter and Blake was the ring bearer. I thought they were adorable ;) When it was time for the kiss, Trevor did something I have never seen before, he dipped her and then kissed her, I thought that was so romantic, and cute! They are definitely crazy about each other, and I gained a WONDERFUL nephew!!! Left to right: My sister, Sue; Me; My Mom, Nora; and my sister, Peggy

My sister, Sue and her family

There's something about those Easters ;)

I just thought of something to write about: my neice, Savanna P, is getting married on August 8th. at 7:00 pm in Delta, Colorado (08/08/08). She is my sister, Sue's, youngest child. Her sister, Stephanie just got married in June and I have been waiting for Savanna to announce that her and Trevor B are engaged. It is kind of funny, BOTH Stephanie and Savanna chose 2 of Ryan's cousins. Ryan's grandmother was an Easter. Stephanie's husband, Jeremy Easter is Ryan's 3rd cousin. And Trevor's mom, Therese was an Easter (Ray's daughter). So Ryan and Trevor are more like 4th or 5th cousins. But I always tease them about wanting to be double related to me! I guess there is just SOMETHING about those Easters that my family (including me) love ;) The top picture is Trevor and Savanna (soon to be Bellew) and the bottom picture is Jeremy and Stephanie Easter. I chose green because that is Savanna's favorite color :) I guess Taylor is going to be a candle lighter and Blake is going to be the ring bearer. But for those who know them, I knew you would like to hear the news.