Happy Birthday Mary Ann!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Love,

Your Hubby

Christmas 2008

Don and I had a wonderful Christmas! This was our “stay in cali year” (we go to my family in FL every other year). We spent Christmas with Don’s parents in Barstow and visited with his grandma but somehow did not think to take any pics. But we did get some at home…

Some presents “under” our mini-tree

Our 2007 engaged and 2008 newlywed ornaments…too cute

Christmas cards from our loving friends and family

MAD Wedding

There was a MAD Engagement so there had to be a MAD Wedding!

We tied the knot on August 16, 2008, a full moon night that we planned that way… c’mon it had to be a celestial event!!

Some highlights for us were:

The photo shoot on the piano
Little girls thinking I was a real life princess on the walk to the venue
Exceptionally beautiful flowers
Walking down the isle with my mom
How Don saying the vows hit me exceptionally hard and deep till I broke down in tears
Realizing he was done and that I still had to say mine…and pull it together… FAST
Desiree singing “love me tender” so beautifully at the ceremony
Our officiant playing up the “we wish for you children” to get the parents excited
Having the everyone’s undivided attention while you dance with your love… just once
All the incredibly touching and funny toasts from friends and family, especially the Best Man Michael
Don dancing with his grandmother to “Hey baby, que paso?”

A few picture highlights include:

Be sure to check back because the pro pics are still to come…(repeat: these are NOT the professional pics), these are some awesome pics that friends and family took!!

The tears…

The dance…

The twirls…

The kiss…

The cake…

The friends…

The little man…

Our kitty…not so little anymore

Gratch is growing up fast He is a real terror most of the time…as evidenced in the picture!