A First

Last night, Aidan, Neely, and I made our first visit to the Loveless Cafe. I know. As a Nashville native, it's probably sacrilege to live nearly 30 years without ever having gone, but somehow it happened. Blame must be assigned, Dad? I'll give it to you. ;) Anyway, it was, of course, wonderful. The biscuits and jam were just as fabulous as I'd heard, my barbecue was awesome, and the iced tea was so sweet, I could crunch the sugar in my teeth after I'd swallowed it. Mmm...


Even Neely got to enjoy a biscuit.


We take our coloring very seriously in my family. My Dad's is on the fridge downstairs. No, I'm not kidding.


Pop and Aidan.


I love these things. I especially like how Neely's holding on to hers.


Proof that I was there.

Wedding Day

I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures of Joseph and Margaret's wedding day. Things were crazy, so I didn't take a whole lot. I didn't want to show up the real photographer. (ha! yeah, right) I'll share my favorites. Up top there are the bridesmaids' bouquets - GORGEOUS! I love all the bright colors. This next one is of Margaret with a bunch of her bridesmaids helping get her hair and makeup perfected.

In the next one, Mary Ellen is putting Margaret's garter on. She was saying, "Ew! Ew! Ew!" I think it's hilarious that she was so yucked out by this. I'm glad I caught it on camera.

And here everyone goes to have their pictures taken. I'm not sure why I like photos taken from behind so much. I hung back special so I could get one.

I wish I had some pictures of Aidan in his tuxedo, but I don't. He was with the boys getting ready, and my camera was locked up in our dressing room from ceremony time on. I also wish I had my own photo of Jopey. I'll have to get copies of somebody else's photos.

Friday's Photos

Well. folks, we pulled it off. After all the lists and the schedules and last-minute trips to the store, we finally got those two kids married. i say "we" as though I actually played some vital role in it. I should say my parents and Mr. & Mrs. Knight pulled it off. Today I'll be posting photos I took at their rehearsal at Traveller's Rest and at the rehearsal fiesta held in my grandparents' backyard. It was super hot (in the 90's), but the food and the company were wonderful. The photographs tell the story much better than my words can.

Keep being patient

I apologize for not having posted anything new about the wedding yet. We've been in recovery mode here. Once I get the rest of my photos uploaded and tweaked, I'll start sharing all the details.

Bridesmaids' Luncheon

We've had a beautiful, sunny (if hot) day for the start of Joe & Maggie's wedding festivities. This afternoon, I had the privilege of attending the bridesmaids' luncheon at Margaret's parents' home. I was in the company of a roomful of beautiful women and delicious food. I had a wonderful time, and I'm so glad I was included. Thanks, Margaret!

Pictorial

Here's a little photographic evidence of what we've been up to since we arrived in Franklin on Saturday night.


On Father's Day, we spent the afternoon at my grandparents' house. Aidan got to help Pop make ice cream. We ate and swam and enjoyed the beautiful day. Moments after returning to Mom and Dad's, I found Aidan here.

What else have we done? Played outside a lot. Caught lightning bugs. Neely gets to swing, and she loves it.

We went out and ate Mexican to get in the spirit of things.

And I've been working on redecorating these pinatas.

And for those of you who may be reading this going, "What?!" I'm in town for my brother's wedding, and the rehearsal dinner is fiesta themed. Should be fun!

Visitors

First and foremost, I’d like to apologize for my absence from Blogland for the last week or so. We’ve had company at our house, and I’ve relied solely on them to take pictures. I didn’t get my own camera out once. Okay, fine, maybe once. But I’ll go ahead and give credit for all the photos posted today to Mike and Jamie.

As you can see, the kids were super-excited to see their Uncle Mike. He makes a great jungle gym.

We took a trip down to the Boardwalk one evening for a walk and some ice cream. If Aidan looks like he’s up to no good, he probably is.

As you can see, everybody loved their ice cream. Neely shared some pink lemonade sorbet with me…

And Aidan devoured the biggest scoop of cotton candy ice cream I’ve ever seen.

We ventured out some, but most of our time was spent hanging out at home. Aidan can usually be found sporting some cool underoos.

And Neely is usually trying to get herself into trouble these days. I turned my back for 3.5 seconds, and she was under my desk trying to electrocute herself.

We had a friend over to play one morning, and to keep the boys busy, we played outside with bubbles and sidewalk chalk. Apparently the “new thing” is to pour the bubbles onto the sidewalk and rub your hands in them, making greasy, bubbly weird spots on the concrete. I guess it kept them occupied, regardless of the fact that they were covered in bubble juice by the time they were done.

Neely sat in the grass and played with Jack instead.

All in all, I think everybody had a good time. Neely even gave her Uncle Mike a kiss good-bye…

Okay, fine. So that happened a couple of days before he left, but I couldn’t resist. It made for a better story.

P.S. Watch Jamie's blog for more photos. I'm sure her favorites are different than mine.