We got into town late Thursday night with a sleepy doggy. Unfortunately he slept the whole ride up and was wide awake when we were ready to crash.
Friday morning David bribed me and Sara with pancakes for breakfast so we could all hang out together, and we had a great time! Sara has lived in Thailand for almost 2 years, but we happened to be in town while she was around for her spring break. I LOVE this girl and it was so fun catching up and hanging out. I'm glad she'll be home for good in June so we'll get to see her more often!
David didn't get to see Sara last summer when she was in town (I did, though :)), so he was really excited to hang out with her this time. They have been friends since elementary aged Sunday school, and I'm so thankful!
(Just a random picture... though it's gross of me, David's hot and it was a beautiful day.)
As I mentioned earlier, the reason for our trip was Mattearley's wedding. We had SUCH a blast spending time with Matt and his entire family. We felt so loved and included as a literal part of their family. His parents raved about David and really blessed us with their kind words. So many people in Matt's family have been praying specifically for Dave (as Matt's roommate) for years and years, and we shed a few grateful tears as we were reminded of God's grace in our lives!
The afternoon of the wedding we spent playing putt-putt with the Earleys (yep, me, Dave, Matt & his parents hit the course!), and it was SO fun. I usually hate putt-putt, but this time it was actually enjoyable. I played better than I typically do, and even beat David on the back 9 and lost only to him! It was kind of a joke though because I probably would have done just as well with a blindfold on. I executed no skill whatsoever, just got lucky about 12/18 holes.
On to some wedding pictures...
Arrington has a little girl, Stevie, who is precious. She loves Dave and now me too! She had some serious energy and insisted we only take silly pictures.
It was cool to have all of the Marines there in their dress blues. They did the sword thingy (Dad- what's it called??) on Matt & Arrington's way out of the ceremony. (Isn't her dress beautiful??)
Another perk to the Earley wedding was getting to hang out with our good friend, Jordan! I was so thankful he was there since David had to sit with the wedding party at the reception.
(slouchy mcsloucherton, I know...)
One of the sweetest parts of the reception (other than David's fabulous speech! seriously, he was awesome!) was Matt's dance with Stevie. She was working on a final meltdown, but calmed a bit for this precious moment. Matt is such a wonderful daddy, and it really has been special to watch him love this little girl.
The rest of our weekend (of BEAUTIFUL weather) included playing with Brianna, riding the 4-wheeler, letting Harley roam at his leisure and get disgustingly dirty, eating Skyline, painting pottery, watching Miami baseball (ie- teaching Brianna how to trash talk), walking uptown, eating ice cream and sitting on the porch enjoying family. It was perfect.
...I guess in retrospect, I'm glad to be chronicling life. Granted, life for us right now isn't anything spectacular or particularly noteworthy, but it is our life and we love it. We are so incredibly blessed and keeping up with this blog is a way for me to be reminded of that. Plus, even if I don't maintain this forever (which is likely), I really think I'll be glad to have a record of this time and these events in our lives.
6 comments:
Hello Emily. Your blog and pictures reminded me of my bestfriend in the Philippines. We used to hang out but since I moved here I don't have time to see her but I am going to visit my hometown for two weeks. I have now the opportunity to see her and talk as we used to. I am looking forward of this another chance to be with her. You and your husband are such a lovely couple. Congratulations! Your dog, Brianna is so cute.
Just in case you were wondering, I love reading your blog, especially on Mondays because your weekends are always so wonderful and since I'm not there (not for long though!) I love hearing about my friend's and their weekend fun!
Whoo hoo for Monday posts!! This one was long! :) I'm so glad that you guys live here.. Jason and I were just talking about how boring life would be w/o all our best friends here. Love you!!
i LOVE reading about your weekends, because you always have so much amazing family and friend time! I am glad it was so fun! Also, is that the dress for Sarah's wedding? it looks great on you! i can't wait!!
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I look forward to Monday morning posts every week! I love hearing about you and Geyer's life together. You guys are such great friends, I just wish I got to spend more time with you! Maybe one day...love you!
Is that the dress for Sarah's wedding?! I love it! It looks great on you! I can't wait til mine comes in!
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