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Monday, March 23, 2009
More Wedding Pics
Well, here are the pics from the wedding. It was a great day. I took all the pics from the day... :)
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Bachelorette Fun!
Last Saturday, we had Olivia's final harrah as a single woman! And a good time was had by all...so what better way to share the good time, but by pictures! :)
We started off that morning not telling Olivia what we were doing in the afternoon. She knew about the evening stuff. First things first, she had to get dressed in her Cardinal's gear.
Getting ready to go for the day:
From there, we went downtown...unfortunately, we forgot the St. Patty's Day parade was that day. That made for some interestingness. Also, we were the only people downtown not wearing green. :)
Yay! There's a parade today...is that what we're doing?
Nope...not what we're doing...we're headed to Busch Stadium! Better than that...we're headed to a tour of Busch Stadium!
Us girls outside:
Yeah baby! All Star Game 2009!!! That's right!
Look how pretty the field is!
So, we walked around the stadium with our tour guide. There was only about 15 or so of us on the tour. It was really neat to get to see the behind the scenes stuff at the stadium. One such behind the scene included my next pic.
Um...next...we actually got to go out onto the field!!! Woot!!!!
We started off that morning not telling Olivia what we were doing in the afternoon. She knew about the evening stuff. First things first, she had to get dressed in her Cardinal's gear.
Getting ready to go for the day:
From there, we went downtown...unfortunately, we forgot the St. Patty's Day parade was that day. That made for some interestingness. Also, we were the only people downtown not wearing green. :)
Yay! There's a parade today...is that what we're doing?
Nope...not what we're doing...we're headed to Busch Stadium! Better than that...we're headed to a tour of Busch Stadium!
Us girls outside:
Yeah baby! All Star Game 2009!!! That's right!
Look how pretty the field is!
So, we walked around the stadium with our tour guide. There was only about 15 or so of us on the tour. It was really neat to get to see the behind the scenes stuff at the stadium. One such behind the scene included my next pic.
This is where they broadcast the games from. The windows open up so you can hear the crack of the bat and the vendors selling junk food!
Um...next...we actually got to go out onto the field!!! Woot!!!!
Can you tell Olivia's excited?
The view the players get!
That's right, we got to go inside the dugout too! Wonder who's butt has sat here? :)
I love this pic! Us girls!
From the field!
I was quite excited too!
After going out on the field...we went past where Fredbird lives. He's not normally there on days when they don't play, but because he had to be in the St. Patty's Day parade, we got a special experience.
The view the players get!
That's right, we got to go inside the dugout too! Wonder who's butt has sat here? :)
I love this pic! Us girls!
From the field!
I was quite excited too!
After going out on the field...we went past where Fredbird lives. He's not normally there on days when they don't play, but because he had to be in the St. Patty's Day parade, we got a special experience.
Oh...and Liv got proposed to. She already said she's leaving her fiance for Fredbird. :)
Now Fredbird is going to carry her away!
The good times didn't last long though as she realized later that she sucks at bowling.
Becker was doing pretty fabulous though.
However, no one did as fabulous as me! I won the second game and apparently the series! That's right, I rock! (Check out the R...that's me! 128 Baby!)
Then we went to change clothes for the evening and ate some of the yummy cupcakes I made. They're funfetti! With blue icing...which I food colored. :)
After that, it was off to Target in search of a veil Olivia could wear for the evening. We did find someone else who wanted her attention:
Yay for us! Don't we look pretty?
So, that night, we went to a dueling piano bar. It wasn't as fun as the first time Becker and I had been, but we had a good time. The bad things were we had to wait 45 minutes before anyone waited on us (not too big of a deal, we'd be there all night, but we did have to bring a manager over to ask where our waitress was) and two...we waited for them to play our song for her...they played it, but didn't mention anything about her getting married b/c a bunch of other people requested it too. :( So we requested another song...took them and hour and a half before they played it and that's because our waitress had to go over there and make them. After that, we left because we were tired...we suck...it was only 11:30 pm...lol! Whoo! Look how crazy we are!
Now Fredbird is going to carry her away!
After all the baseball madness, we went bowling. Since that's what Olivia really wanted to do.
Here is is getting her first strike!
The good times didn't last long though as she realized later that she sucks at bowling.
Becker was doing pretty fabulous though.
However, no one did as fabulous as me! I won the second game and apparently the series! That's right, I rock! (Check out the R...that's me! 128 Baby!)
Then we went to change clothes for the evening and ate some of the yummy cupcakes I made. They're funfetti! With blue icing...which I food colored. :)
After that, it was off to Target in search of a veil Olivia could wear for the evening. We did find someone else who wanted her attention:
We got her a veil and she got all cutsie for the night.
Yay for us! Don't we look pretty?
So, that night, we went to a dueling piano bar. It wasn't as fun as the first time Becker and I had been, but we had a good time. The bad things were we had to wait 45 minutes before anyone waited on us (not too big of a deal, we'd be there all night, but we did have to bring a manager over to ask where our waitress was) and two...we waited for them to play our song for her...they played it, but didn't mention anything about her getting married b/c a bunch of other people requested it too. :( So we requested another song...took them and hour and a half before they played it and that's because our waitress had to go over there and make them. After that, we left because we were tired...we suck...it was only 11:30 pm...lol! Whoo! Look how crazy we are!
The piano player was singing Let's Get It On...so the other player had to come over and be serenaded:
Olivia and I dancing to Rock Your Body...the song we requested...finally!!!!
So, that was our fun, fun night. Olivia gets married tomorrow, which means I won't be the only one of us out of our group married anymore. That will be nice...although he goes to Iraq in like a month from now...so we won't get to spend any time with the two of them. :(
I'll be sure to post some wedding pics as I'm the official photographer for tomorrow. This makes me kinda scared. I've never done a wedding completely by myself before. Hope I do well! :)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Getting Dressed
On Monday, I went with Olivia and her sister to go dress shopping. It was so weird getting to do this, but since the wedding was in like 10 days, in needed to be done.
Look how pretty she is!
Smile pretty!
Pretend you have a camera...:)
First things first, we went to David's Bridal. They were having their annual $99 sale, so...
The first dress Olivia tried on looked phenomenal. She looked so great in it. Unfortunately, she didn't like how her hips looked in it. I, personally, think she's crazy and she should have bought this one.
Coming out of the dressing room:
Look how pretty she is!
Smile pretty!
The second dress was a bit more springy, but we didn't like it really on her.
Pretend you have a camera...:)
So, while we were there, we got accosted by the sales lady. She kept trying to put things in Olivia's hair, like a veil or flowers or a tiara (Olivia is so not a tiara girl!). Olivia just felt so overwhelmed by the whole thing by the time we were done. So we just left.
After that, we went over to the mall in hopes that a prom dress would be more up her alley. She didn't seem to want a train, so I figured a prom dress would suit her.
We shopped at a few places where she didn't really find anything she like. Finally we went into JC Penny's and we found the dress she ended up buying. She looked cute in it, but I still like the first one best. But it's what makes her happy and that's what the day is all about anyway. :)
Here is Olivia's final dress choice:
Taking pics in a cramped dressing room...not super easy.
So now, we have a little over a week to go...
Friday, March 6, 2009
What Is In The Water?!
A couple of days ago, (Tuesday to be exact) I happened to look on Leslie's facebook page and saw a picture I wasn't expecting. There was a picture of her hand with a ring on it. I thought...hmmm...is that what I think it is? So, I clicked on her page and sure enough...it was an engagement ring. Leslie was engaged after dating her boyfriend for less than a year.
He's a nice enough guy. Been married once, only 23, really shy, but like I said, he's a nice guy. Reminds me of her brothers actually, which is probably why she liked him to begin with.
So, I called her to congratulate her. She said it happened when they went to the Abraham Lincoln memorial and there's this statue of Lincoln where it's supposed to be good luck if you rub his nose. She rubbed his nose and then turned around and there he was on one knee. (This is the short version of the story...the long version took like 20 minutes...lol...involving some sort of treasure hunt gone wrong and visits to multiple places...I thought I'd give the cliff notes version.)
Although, I don't know how much I'll find out about this wedding. I mean, I didn't even get a call from her telling me she was engaged. I had to find out when everyone else in the world found out on Facebook. I called her when I got engaged.
Then today, I get a text from Olivia (on my brand new Blackberry...and I'm excited to say I finally am in the 21st century and have texting now! Yay! I digress...) and she asks me what I'm doing on March 21st. I tell her I have a bridal shower that I have to go to. She says Well, I'm getting married that day and I want you to be there. :-) I was like WHAT?!!
Guess I won't be going to that bridal shower...even though it's for someone I grew up with...her wedding is in June...I'll be there for that. Olivia's wedding takes just a bit of precedence. I think I can be excused.
So, my Olivia is officially getting married...and granted, while I think it's quick and there's been some issues with this guy that I'm not fully convinced of totally yet...plus, I still haven't even met the guy...I can't be happier for her. This has been a quick romance for her, but hey, in the military, everything is done quickly.
I just can't believe that a week ago, I was the only one of my friends who was married...now...it'll be 3 out of the 4 of us married in such a short period of time. Life has some funny turns sometimes, doesn't it?
He's a nice enough guy. Been married once, only 23, really shy, but like I said, he's a nice guy. Reminds me of her brothers actually, which is probably why she liked him to begin with.
So, I called her to congratulate her. She said it happened when they went to the Abraham Lincoln memorial and there's this statue of Lincoln where it's supposed to be good luck if you rub his nose. She rubbed his nose and then turned around and there he was on one knee. (This is the short version of the story...the long version took like 20 minutes...lol...involving some sort of treasure hunt gone wrong and visits to multiple places...I thought I'd give the cliff notes version.)
Although, I don't know how much I'll find out about this wedding. I mean, I didn't even get a call from her telling me she was engaged. I had to find out when everyone else in the world found out on Facebook. I called her when I got engaged.
Then today, I get a text from Olivia (on my brand new Blackberry...and I'm excited to say I finally am in the 21st century and have texting now! Yay! I digress...) and she asks me what I'm doing on March 21st. I tell her I have a bridal shower that I have to go to. She says Well, I'm getting married that day and I want you to be there. :-) I was like WHAT?!!
Guess I won't be going to that bridal shower...even though it's for someone I grew up with...her wedding is in June...I'll be there for that. Olivia's wedding takes just a bit of precedence. I think I can be excused.
So, my Olivia is officially getting married...and granted, while I think it's quick and there's been some issues with this guy that I'm not fully convinced of totally yet...plus, I still haven't even met the guy...I can't be happier for her. This has been a quick romance for her, but hey, in the military, everything is done quickly.
I just can't believe that a week ago, I was the only one of my friends who was married...now...it'll be 3 out of the 4 of us married in such a short period of time. Life has some funny turns sometimes, doesn't it?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Ick...Part 2
So...this has to be more than a common sinus thing.
I now have a slight fever, chills, I'm lethargic and my throat hurts. :( If this keeps up, guess I'll have to go to the Dr. tomorrow.
Bummer. :(
This apparently is the year of sick for me. I'm usually very healthy.
I now have a slight fever, chills, I'm lethargic and my throat hurts. :( If this keeps up, guess I'll have to go to the Dr. tomorrow.
Bummer. :(
This apparently is the year of sick for me. I'm usually very healthy.
Ick...
I hate the changes in weather...I really, really do. It's because of the odd weather patterns around here lately (first last week it was cool...then it got warmer and nice, then it got really cold with a chance of snow...no snow fell though...now it's on the upswing of getting warm) that I'm no officially getting sick.
Nothing major, mind you...just the usual sinus stuff, sore throat, stuffy nose, cough, head kinda fuzzy...but it's enough to mess me up for a day (or in the case of these types of illnesses, usually several).
Ugh...
Nothing major, mind you...just the usual sinus stuff, sore throat, stuffy nose, cough, head kinda fuzzy...but it's enough to mess me up for a day (or in the case of these types of illnesses, usually several).
Ugh...
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