More From The Flower Shoot

As promised, here are the reset of those shots from the little garden.

Wedding Pictures

Ok, another post full of pictures.

Mike, L and I before the wedding. :)
John and my parents, pre-wedding.
L and John. Logan has this new face that she makes (almost all the time) where she purses her lips and just observes what's going on around her. This picture doesn't do the look justice, it's hilarious.
Logan and her great grandpa who introduced himself the entire night as "great grandpa", even when she wasn't around him. We loved it! She loves him so much.
Logan and mommy minutes before the ceremony.
Logan and her daddy. She spent the entire wedding with him and was such a good girl the entire time. She's been so attached to me lately that we were worried she'd throw a major fit when I was up in front but she had a GREAT time with her dad and they got some quality time together.
Here's the bride, Lindsey, getting her hair done before the ceremony.
Logan and her Tita playing a game pre-ceremony.
Logan and her great grandma.
Titi Carolyn after the ceremony watching the happenings.
Such a sweet little head.

I love these pictures so much, they get their own post

In front of the stadium, they have a BEAUTIFUL little area with crimson and white flowers. Logan's clothes matched perfectly and we happened to have a little blanket to set in the middle of the area so that we could snap some pictures of her in them. These are just a few of them, we took a bunch more with a much nicer camera and I'm getting those pictures via email and I'll post them as soon as I get them. :)

Pre-Wedding Activities

Whew! There is an image overload in this post so I'm just going to give the play-by-play through captioning the pictures.

The weekend started on Friday night at Dreamland, a small but incredible rib restaurant. We ate there with my brother, his fiancee, my parents, sister, grandparents and aunt. It was a great time!
Logan has the strange idea that anything I touch also belongs to her. She has lately started trying to drink my drinks along with me as if they are hers (of course, unless it's water, none of it gets in her system for those of you worried she was getting a good swig of diet coke here).
Then on Saturday morning, we dressed L up in her crimson and houndstooth gear and headed to the University of Alabama to show her where her Titi Carolyn and Uncle John go to school.
We, of course, had to take her to the stadium so she could see where the football is played. (I'm standing behind her holding her back, you just can't see me)
Titi Carolyn, Logan and Mommy.
Then we changed into our party clothes and headed off to Aunt Lindsey's shower that afternoon. Logan was in such a wonderful mood!
Mommy and Logan getting ready for the shower.
Logan's Nana and Grandaddy bought her this sweet sundress at the university bookstore and we used the shower as the opportunity for her to wear it. Doesn't it look precious? She'd fit right in on campus, don't you think?!
And just when you thought Logan was done changing clothes for the day, we hit a THIRD outfit! This time we were headed to the rehearsal dinner.
Logan wasn't in the mood to cooperate for a picture to show off her sweet dress. For the many of you who have asked, her hair does actually have a tinge of red in it (as you can see in this picture), we think she's going to be a little strawberry blonde sweetheart.
Logan and her Uncle John, the groom.
Here's my brother, John, with all of his girls. Me, my mom, L, Lindsey and Carolyn. The rehearsal dinner was so much fun and we shared such a great time with both family and friends. Later 15 of us fell ill with food poisoning from that night, but I still hold fond memories from the actual event.

The Marchmans

I knew this post would eventually come because this family means so much to us and our lives. I got to know the Marchman's during my 4 years in Tallahassee. I met the Marchman's through teaching their oldest son, Jonathan's, kindergarten Sunday School class (too many years ago). After teaching that class for a couple of weeks, I was asked to come and do some babysitting for them. Every once and a while turned in to every week which turned into every week and dinner which turned into a beautiful and lasting friendship with them. They mean so much to us!

When I met them and started babysitting for them, they had 4 kids (all under 6 at the time) and were pregnant with their fifth. I formed such a special bond with their kids (especially their youngest, Matthew, at the time) and with Evelyn. She became a special mentor to me and taught me so many things about being a God fearing mom to a large family. It is, in part, because of spending so much time with this sweet family, that I want a large one of my own.

Since leaving Tallahassee, we have added another member to our family, and so have they! Abigail was born only about a month after Logan. I've been dying to get the two girls to meet and we had the opportunity to do that a few days ago on the way down to my brother's wedding.

Here we are with Evelyn. I was so blessed with such wonderful, Godly women, during my stay in Tallahassee. Evelyn is the one I spent the most time with up there and I learned SO much from her. There are just a few women that I really hope to be like as a mom one day (my own mother being a huge one), and Evelyn is another one. We were so glad to get to see them!

Wordless Wednesday: Prima Ballerina

I don't usually do wordless Wednesday just pictures but I've been packing and cleaning most of the day and just happened to snap these adorable pictures. Enjoy our little ballerina, we sure do!

This Sweet Girl

This sweet girl:

Had a very rough night last night. She is STILL trying to cut that first tooth. Her poor gums will get so swollen and we'll think it's right there, and then the next day it's back to normal. We're praying that it either comes through soon or that it isn't too much more painful for her.

This sweet girl:
Is developing quite a personality. She loves to play with mommy and daddy. She loves to make us laugh and will do the same thing over and over and over again if she thinks she's going to get a fun reaction.

This sweet girl:
Learned how to do her own version of the hokey pokey with her hokey pokey Elmo. See how she's putting her arm in with him? She takes it out when he does and then flaps her arms wildly when he starts to spin. It is such a sweet and fun thing to watch. We're trying to capture it on video but she gets a little camera shy when she sees it and is more interested in what it is than in Elmo when it's on.

This sweet girl:
Also learned to jump (really jump) in her bouncer this week. She will bounce away for an hour if we let her and she just loves it. She loves it even more when someone is watching, she definitely hams it up and goes nuts then. It's nice for mommy and daddy because it truly wears her out and provides us with longer naps from her.

This sweet girl:
Is an absolute delight and joy in our lives and we couldn't imagine them without her. She is a sweet blessing from God and we love her so much!