my little sister's wedding.

 

hard to believe my LITTLE sister got married last week, but it's true. i am so happy for her & chris & their adventures they will have together!

the wedding/reception was one of the better ones i've ever been to. here are some highlights:

 

i think casie & chris surprised EVERYONE at the party with their jump into my parent's pool. we had walked them out to the car to leave, & they drove around to the front of the house, came back into the backyard & SPLASH! i couldn't believe it...i stood there stunned for a minute before my brother alex threw kylie in & jumped in after her...so i figured what the heck? soon a bunch of us were having a "swim in your clothes" pool party. the best memory ever!

 

hangin' outside the temple with my favorite kiddies. grace was doing "baby talk" to preston & matthew was making a wish at the fountain. (he wished to know every dinosaur ever.) 

  

the whole familia. there are a lot more on our side than chris' side, as you can see.

 

bridesmaids!

 

preston & luke.

 

 

we shamelessly decorated casie's car PG-13 style. the condoms we blew up & put all over were a nice touch...especially when casie ripped one off & my niece grace started dribbling it like a soccer ball. oh the innocence of children..

 

how cute are they in their pink ties!?!? ah.

 

casie, slightly embarrassed, trying to get into her car.

congrats you guys! it was a beautiful day & a great way to end the couple weeks my brother's family was in town. i missed them immensely & already wish i could see them! fingers crossed for a trip out to texas in december.. 

even feminists dream of their wedding day... ;)

i secretly can't wait for the day i get married.

okay, it's probably not so secret anymore... everyone & their dog knows luke probably isn't going anywhere. & while i still am being picky on a LOT of things  (at least a year engagement, no i still don't know if i'm gonna take your last name, & yes i do want to adopt) the wedding planning part seems...fun. (i'm sure casie would kill me for saying that, as i see now how very stressful it is, too.)

i have a few....pretty awesome ideas, if i say so myself. thanks to pinterest.

i'm seriously obsessed with these center pieces. they are lovely.

a polaroid guest book!!! amazing!

my colors (kind of). i know for a fact i want sunflowers...everywhere. & no 2 bridesmaids in the same dress. also, i will be barefoot.. & my dress will be nowhere near that poofy. but you get the idea.

fingers crossed i can force some sort of bowtie on the groom ;)

hello, pretty pearl ring (no diamonds!!!! no way!)

& if it would look exactly like this...that'd be awesome.

more married friends..

yesterday one of my best friends skylar got married. it was a beautiful reception and seeing her and isaac so happy together made me happy. :] this week was busy for her wedding; bridal shower, bachelorette party, reception and all.

this was the setup at sky's bachelorette party..all put together by kendra.
isn't it adorable??
sparkling cider, caramel apples, and my favorite girls were all there to celebrate sky's wedding! it was fabulous. i'm so happy for you skylar and isaac!!

completely off topic...i love this image i found on the daily bookmark. it's time to get back on that bike and back in the pool...i want to train hard all winter and actually be in shape enough to do a legit triathlon next summer. who's down??

happy friday.

my best friend's wedding.

tonight one of my good friends from high school got married.
cute kole and his wife airyn now join the list of my married friends..that list keeps getting longer and longer.

haha.

kole and i at the reception this evening.

which was actually a lot of fun!! usually i'm a naysayer on the whole wedding thing, but kole's reception was a blast. it was good to see old friends, not to mention he had a good ol' streetlight manifesto song played so that his high school friends could show everyone what skanking is. brought back good memories of years ago (which seems like yesterday) when we were in high school and had no idea what was ahead of us.
here are some of my favorite memories of my good friend kole:

hanging out after football games.

sluffing school...shh :]

going to lagoon.

kole's farewell.

watching the dumb boys wrestle in my basement.

bandanas. a high school kole classic.

life goes by way too fast.