Zach & Crystal

This past Saturday my Mom and Aunt Joleen threw a bridal shower for my future cousin Crystal. She and my cousin Zach are getting married this October. Zach is my Aunt JoDee's oldest son. JoDee is my dad's younger sister! Not to make things confusing, just thought I'd connect the dots for some of you! I was in charge of making the little candies for the shower. Anna got into them a couple of times trying a little bite of a couple at a time :-( Jody and Emma enjoyed them quite a bit also and even Lizzy got in on the taste-test.
This picture is of some of the girl cousins on my dads side (we are missing 5). Left to Right, Anna, Diana (my sister-in-law), Crystal (bride-to-be), me, Kristi (my Uncle Jeff's daughter), Casey (my Aunt Joleen's oldest daughter), Emma and Maddie (my Aunt Joleen's youngest daughter)! Still connecting the dots... Here Emma and Maddie (Flower Girl) are reading a book before everyone arrives! We were trying to keep them busy and out of the food before the shower began! It was a good shower, we played fun games, including a game where we asked the groom questions beforehand and had the bride answer them...Crystal you did good I probably would not have gotten as many right! We ate yummy food and Zach and Crystal got a lot of nice things to start their new life together! Good luck you guys, we love you!

Meep-Meep

We finally broke down and got Road Runner Internet (high-speed). We are so excited! We've always had dial-up so being able to just click as soon as you sit down and boom your on the internet is AWESOME! Now I can really keep my blogging up! Hold me to it too ladies (and guys too)!

IT

Ok, Pam got me. . .I've been tagged and I have to write 8 things about myself. I have no idea when I was tagged? Here goes. . .

1. I have to eat even numbers of candies at the same time and they have to be the same color. For example a bag of skittles...If I dump out 3 purples, 1 green, 1 yellow I'll put back the green, yellow & 1 purple and then eat 2 of the purples. The only way I get out of this is when I get to the bottom of the bag and there aren't anymore. I always save the red ones for last. . .they are the best!

2. I don't like to stay at home much. I like to be out and about doing "stuff". Don't ask me what I do but usually I'm gone somewhere doing something.

3. I have a NIKE swoosh scar on my right ankle, a result of a nasty run-in with a pink ten-speed and a metal shed! My first stitches and tetanus shot. I remember seeing all the blood and inside stuff (including my ankle bone)I fell to the ground yelling for my mom! I wouldn't walk so I dragged my foot all the way from the backyard to the house (we only had 1 acre of land), such drama!

4. I am a simple cooker. I only cook meals with very little prep or very easy to do. I tended to leave out ingredients in my younger days, so the simpler the better. Sandra Lee has a great show on Food Network that does great at simplifying recipes and making them look fabulous!

5. I absolutely love "rap" music (Christian of course). Anything with a beat that you can dance too. My girls love it too! When any music comes on they get dancin', even little Lizzy has a bounce she does to show she can dance too!

6. I absolutely love cats but am so allergic. Usually when a cat comes in the room I start sneezing :-( Growing up we had "Misty". When the doctors told me I was allergic and she was the source of a lot of my allergy problems I told my mom to just keep her out of my room and we did. She died after I was gone and married. What a great cat.

7. I don't like to talk on the phone. Occassionally I'll talk to someone for a lengthy amount of time but mostly I like to get on, do business and get off.

8. I am a list maker. I make lists and subdivide them. My mom does it too so I know where I get it from. Jody commonly finds lists that have been numberedand re-numbered in order of importance or starred in importance.

Ok so there's my list. . .it was really hard :-(
Who to tag, who to tag. . .Chandra!

We made it!

After a long drive we finally made it! The girls and I left Venice at 3:30am Friday morning to meet Jody and the youth at 8:00am in Jacksonville. I ended up getting there at 9:00am, I got delayed about an hour somewhere on Interstate 4 due to an overturned tractor trailer! We made it back to Wake Forest around 7:00pm and to our house by 8:oopm! It was a good trip but we were all glad to be in our own beds! We don't have internet access right now so I'll try to get the blog updated when I can!!

Last Day :-(

Our last day in Florida was supposed to be the best and most exciting day yet. We had planned on going to the beach in the morning and then swinging by the pool. Emma woke up with an upset tummy and Jess was sick all day (throwing up:-( I manned the fort and my girls and I ventured out on our own while the Braswells were taking naps and resting. We had to go to Target, get gas, etc. for the trip home. We ate at my favorite Mexican restaurant ever for dinner, Mi Pueblo! It is so good! We had to order take-out because of Emma, we weren't sure if she had a virus and didn't want to infect anyone. But it was still awesome! Sorry this is short, I'm leaving Venice at 3:30am to make it to Jacksonville by 8:00am the departure time of S.H.Y. The girls are excited to see Daddy as I, but we are sure going to miss Jess, Rap Master K and Lil Aud! I'll see about getting all our pictures on here for you all to see soon!