Traveling Notes....

Note to self....do NOT get dressed in the dark. I for the SECOND time drove all the way to Kentucky, mostly in the dark(because I left home at 5am), only to arrive, get out and realize I have two different colored socks. So...no more trying to pick out socks in the dark! lol:)

I had a family session with Sam, and then took him to lunch. He is "Sam". Life in his world is pretty much about Sam (that's all folks!). It would be a pretty sad blog (sad to me) so I will skip the reality of Sam for now.

On a bright note, Victoria won first place in 4-H for her Trash Monster and second place for show and tell:) The picture is of her, her ribbons and the phone (Sarah's hand holding the phone and Paden at the other end as Tori tells him about her ribbons).

Rosie is driving everyone CRAAZY trying to get them to scratch off her fund raiser! I have "donated" $5.75....and I am done.

Words....just too many!

There are just too many things I need to talk about. I sometimes sit down in my computer chair and struggle to find something "nice" to talk about. I wonder what I should say. Today I have so many stories I need to share that have occured on the last 48 hours and I have no idea where to begin?
If I actually began at the very beginning It would definitely include Scott:) I am so very blessed to have him to partner through this life with. He is a great Daddy.
Scott had a very detailed memo for the weekend. I laughed as he told the boys from time to time to "refer to the memo". I love that memo:)
Our day began at 8:30 at the beauty shop:
Dana has known Chelsea since she was a very little girl (and Dana was a little girl too!!). It was really special to share the time with someone laughed about memories and made Chelsea's hair look exactly like Chelsea wanted!

Dear sweet friends gave Chelsea a beautiful bridesmaid brunch! Served on incredibly neat antique plates, with wonderful food and sweet fellowship:) There are lots of words to describe these friends, yet not enough to ever give proper thanks!

I began this blog yesterday, and after getting a little overwhelmed at this point as to where to go next I just stopped typing....I am finishing it today in pictures. I am going to just leave it as "a picture says a thousand words" and I might add a few...but for the most part I am simply speachless at the beauty of the day!

























As I posted these pictures I thought about the tons of pictures I did not put on...some will likely come later, but these....these are about Chelsea and Bo:) It was just one of the most beautiful days, to me as a parent, to be so very priviledged to share with my child! What great joy!

My kiddos ....

Through the craziness of the weekend my kids did really well (I am speaking in generalizations...lol). As we set up and cleaned-up and put up I was once again in awe (I probably shouldn't be but was) of the amount of work this big old family can get done! They enjoyed themselves and I am glad! I have to thank my friend Denise and Stuart and Sandy and others for catching and clicking. For once in my life I did not click...I did not snap...I just enjoyed!

Scott and all our boys...except Caleb who was very much missed!!!


My little girls who are just not so little anymore!!


My boys who thought they might starve!

And my little boys...again...not so little anymore:



My two who were in the wedding? Second oldest, Sarah, and youngest Seth:)




I wish I had taken the time to write down all the funnies...but I didn't. I can only think of a couple. Tasha wanted to know if she was wearing the Velcro dress. I did a double take trying to substitute the word and finally dropped "velvet" into the slot and replied, "Yep, the velvet dress, not the Velcro:)".

Seth in prayer the night before the wedding said some of the funniest things!
"Dear God.....please help Chelsea and Bo to make up enough money for they can go on their honeymoon(in reference to them rolling their change!lol).....I hear Chelsea has a prize for us if we do a good job, please help us to do our best so we can get that surprise...." Seth has always said the sweetest/funniest things, but he was on a roll! And he did do well and got his "prize"!

I laughed hearing about the photographer telling Seth to smile differently (I can only imagine the fake one he had) and he just stopped to tell her, "See this? It's my dimple, it always looks like that, it's just my smile." haha...I guess she might have just had to settle for the dimpled fake look!

Little toes

I loved this shot...actually the whole series of Chelsea and Emilie Ann. Emilie Ann was the youngest flower girl and while she is wide open in life, she was a bit intimidated by the number of people watching her. Chelsea got her off to herself and they took some sweet pictures. Chelsea so loved her little people...all of them! They are very special to her. I think it is one of her greatest strengths. As Chelsea and Bo work side by side in youth ministry it is truly a calling that BOTH of them excel in:) They love the Lord, life and kids.

I think in this picture, my favorite part is this:

Cute little red toes!!

And while we are talking toes....these are super cute too!


And these:

To have a February wedding the weather could not have been more beautiful!! Certainly warm enough for little toes to show!

Peace....

Tomorrow afternoon my sweet Chelsea will walk down this isle and marry the man of her dreams. Tonight we met with the little ones in the wedding before teh rehersal. They decorated big cupcakes. It was super sweet to watch them!





After the fun with little ones we rehersed (some funny people are in this wedding). Sarah's words were "Its not all about me, but some of it is:)" Silly girl, waving and posing and just being Sarah.





After the rehersal we had a wonderful rehersal dinner. I think there is a peace in me now. LOTS still to do, yet half the weekend is already over. So quickly the next 24 hours will come and go....I am still loving it all!