Nancy's Wedding

This beautiful friend of mine got married a month ago.  I'm just now posting pictures because life has been straight up crazy around here!  But looking through these pictures and reliving that awesome weekend really helps with the stress. Words can not describe how much I loved those two days, and I will always cherish the memories.  I'm sure you can see from this picture why Nancy and I get along so well.  We always have a good time together!

 Teresa was making fun of my prep time and laughing at how long it took me to get ready.  We decided to do a mini photo shoot in front of the fan to show off all my "hard work"  Yeah right, make up slides off my face within an hour or two.  I'm not even sure why I bother sometimes.

 Nancy and I rarely take life seriously when we're together.  We were roommates our last year in college and it was a lot of fun!!  There were many late night laugh fests. But there were also many heart to hearts and deep conversations.  I know I wouldn't be the same without her friendship.  She has definitely helped shape me into the person I am today.  Love, love,love her!!!

This is our "sexy face"  and we have several photos like this from college.  As soon as I find the box I'll try to add them. 

 Teresa helping Nancy with her shoes.  It was great to be there with Nancy and the bridesmaids.  I was so happy when Teresa came early and spent the day with me getting all the loose ends tied up while the girls got their hair done.  It was such a blessing to spend that extra time with her since this was one of my last chances to see everyone before we move.

 Here's another, college wouldn't have been the same without her, friend.  Carrie and I became close the last year and half of school and I am so thankful for her friendship.  She is my twin, my other half.  Seriously, we always say the same thing at the same time.  It doesn't matter how long we go without seeing each other, our brains are still linked.  Example:  Nancy walked into our hotel room the morning of the wedding and Carrie and I (without thinking) both burst out singing at the exact same time "There she is... Miss America."   I LOVE it!  I love her. 

 I know this isn't the best picture of Nancy walking down the aisle, but it's the only one I have and it has a story.  Nancy's dad sadly passed away in 2002.  Since he wouldn't be able to walk her down the aisle she put a picture of him in a see through locket and tied it to her bouquet so he could be with her as she walked down to her groom.  I think it was a beautiful way to keep him with her on such an important day. 

                       I love the look on Nancy's face.  Pure joy!

 This little man belongs to my friend Jared.  He was all decked out in a little velour tuxedo outfit.  It was so cute!!  I enjoyed holding him until the velour started making me sweat.  That's the beauty of loving on other people's babies.  You can give them back when they get heavy or make you sweaty. ;)

                 
    Carrie and the best man getting the party started!!\

  
Whoa! This looks like a flashback to my own wedding.  The bride and groom coming into a pitch black reception hall.  The only difference is they actually had power at their reception, I just stink at photography.  Everyone remember that hot July day when the power went out for my wedding?  Fun times!

  
Friends, friends, friends.  The reception was just one big reunion!  I am so blessed to have met all of these amazing people in college.  They make me laugh, and you all know how much I love to laugh!

 Okay, here's another tear jerker story. Get your tissues.  Seriously, I tried to tell this story to my aunt and cousin and we were all in tears before I could even finish.  As I said, Nancy's dad is no longer with us, so in place of the traditional father/daughter dance Nancy asked all the dads there to bring their daughters on the dance floor and dance in honor of Nancy's dad.  There were many tears flowing during this one.  I'm pretty sure everyone at my table was crying.  It was simply beautiful.

This is Jared dancing with his daughter.

  
I could write on and on about this couple.  I love Chad and Teresa.  Scottie and I always have so much fun hanging out with them.  We have yet to spend time with them without laughing. I'm not talking about the casual Ha! Ha! type of laughing.  I mean the kind where you can't breath and have tears streaming down your face. So.Much.Fun.  They are a couple that people can look up to, they are awesome together!

                                     More friends having fun!

 Carrie's husband and Rachel's fiance.  It's always fun to add spouses to our fantastic group of friends.  (I would also like to the thank the random guy in the back right hand corner for smiling in this picture. It just makes it look better. Although I do enjoy catching people off guard, such as the lady in the stripe shirt. ha! ha! :)

  
Jared and his son matching in their "fancy" attire.  Jared is another friend who makes me laugh.  Seriously, I don't think I can be friends with someone if they don't have a sense of humor.  We just wouldn't get along.

  
Leah and her daughter.  Another fun roommate!  She shares my love for musicals, and she understands my unashamed love for Donny Osmond.  Have YOU seen him in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat?  Words can't describe the way I feel about my Donny, and I don't have to explain it to Leah.  She knows, and doesn't judge me for it. ;)

 Again, I love these people.  Teresa and I are pretty opposites on a lot of things.  She's super organized, I am not.  She knows how to be assertive, I do not.  Things don't fluster her and make her go crazy, I...well have your met me?   You know what they say, opposites attract!  But our similarities are what make our friendship so much fun.  She has a great sense of humor and knows how to be kooky and quirky.  We always have a good time.

   Wonderful friends, beautiful souls. Tasha's nuts and I wouldn't have it any other way!

                                            

Okay, now here's a friendship that will never be repeated.  I'll never find another person who understands me like Amy.  I'm weird, and flighty, and say all the wrong things sometimes...and she loves me for it.  We were notorious for doing strange things in college and people just kind of shrugged and knew it was our normal.  This picture is a replay from an actual incident at another wedding, many many years ago.  We were at our friends Andrea and Darren's wedding and I started feeling hot and sticky.  I was worried that my deodorant was wearing off so Amy checked it out for me to make sure I was ok.  Right as she was doing it we saw someone taking a picture of something else, but we're pretty sure they got a nice surprise in the background!!  It was hilarious.  So we spent the rest of college smelling each other to make sure we were smelling fresh.  Don't you love friendships like that?  They are very important in life.  Thanks for always having my back, er, armpit Amy!

 

 I have some gorgeous friends!  Tasha, you make me laugh with your honesty.  You tell it like it is, and aren't afraid to ask the questions everyone else is thinking but no one has the guts to ask.  You're the best!

 Aww...Rachel.  Hands down one of the sweetest friends I've ever known.  She also thinks I'm funny and always laughs at my jokes.  I'm so thankful to have met her at SCF and had a few classes together.  She makes me smile every time I see her.

 Here she is with her fiance Zach.  I am beyond excited that she found her other half.  She deserves all the happiness in the world.  I'm just sad I won't be in the midwest for her wedding.  Very sad.  So people better post pictures!!

Trying to end the evening without tears.  It was really hard to say goodbye to all these wonderful friends knowing I probably won't see any of them for at least two years.  Unless someone wants to come to Texas.  Free lodging!!!  Come on down!  Seriously.

Congratulations my beautiful friend! I was beyond blessed and honored that you wanted me to be there for everything.  Scott is one lucky man.  May you have many years of happiness, you deserve it.  You are my BFF and I LYLAS. ;)

Rainbow Day!

Every month Avery's preschool class has a color day where they wear something with that color and a coordinating show and tell item.  Today was rainbow day.  When I first looked at the newsletter I thought it would be hard to come up with something rainbow to wear and take for show and tell.  But a quick look in the closet revealed a Care Bear rainbow t-shirt and a spool of rainbow ribbon that Grace randomly wanted way back in the Kirksville days. Ha!  So we were set on the outfit, but we still needed something to show.  I think I found this idea on Pinterest.  Fruit Loops, paper and glue.  It doesn't get any easier than that, and it turned out cute!

Jude helped by eating Fruit Loops and watching his sisters.  He found one broken in half and decided it looked like a phone.  I wasn't really paying attention to what he was doing until I heard him say "Hello? Hello?  Yes, I busy."  He had the little piece of cereal held up like a phone on his cheek.  We got a pretty good laugh out of that one.  He is SO stinking cute!

There was no way Grace was going to sit by and let Avery have all the crafting fun.  She wanted to make one too, and of course had to turn it into a race.  "I'm going to get done before you Avery.  Look I'm almost done with this color."  Aaah!!!  Siblings-  they can be your best friends and your worst rivals all at the same time.

I was really impressed with how well Avery did on this project.  I've really slacked in the fun, kids crafting department for the past couple of years.  When Grace was younger we made all kinds of stuff.  She was always painting and coloring.  But with Avery and Jude being young together, and Avery being quite a wide toddler,  I just didn't do much since it always turned crazy.  I almost didn't do this one because I didn't want to deal with a chaotic mess, but she really surprised me.  I only had to help with the glue a couple of times and she did the rest by herself.  It made me realize that life isn't quite as nutty as it use to be and we can actually do fun stuff again.

Jude was pretending to be a dog and wanted Grace to feed him Fruit Loops.  He has been so imaginative lately.  He's a different animal everyday.  Whenever he goes down the stairs he says he's a bunny and hops all the way down.  I love the little person he's turning into, he's awesome.

After a while Jude noticed that the girls were actually doing something and not just eating cereal.  He said "Where my paper?  I want paper."  Luckily Grace let him help her even though she was in a "race."  When she wants to be, she is the best big sister.  It helps that she thinks Jude is really cute, and always wants to help him.  I'm sure her and Avery will come around when they're older.  That's usually how it works. ;)

Happy Rainbow Day!!!

All Things New

Here we go...a brand new blog!  I'm starting this blog for a couple of reasons.  #1: I think the old one has run it's course.  It was a great outlet for me during medical school and "some" of residency.  But our lives are about to change, again, and I felt like it was time for a fresh start.  #2:  In less than 4 months we will make the biggest move of our lives.  We will no longer be within driving distance of our families, which means visits are going to be few and far between.  Yes it makes all of us very sad, but this is where our path is taking us and we have to make the best of it.  So I am starting a new family blog to help our friends and family stay up to date with the Scott's.  #3:  I have a wide variety of friends on facebook, and I'm sure there are several of them who don't want to see a billion and one pictures of my kids doing cute/funny things.  They may not want to know all the fun/crazy stories our family creates.  Well... they may want to know a few but not the amount I want to tell everyday.  Thus, a new blog is born!   The old blog experienced a slow painful death since our lives were so hectic the past two years.  But now that the kids are heading off to preschool and growing up I have a little more time to document our family's crazy life.  I hope you will enjoy keeping tabs on us as I'm sure there will be plenty to write about in Texas!! :)