Another Road Trip!

 

 Last weekend we were heading to Medford again for another wedding!

Side note: I love weddings.
I love, LOVE.
What an amazing thing to be able to witness two people pledging their lives to one another.
To be a part of a fresh, new beginning.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Anyway.
Another road trip.

 

 

We knew we were in for a hot weekend, so we tried to plan accordingly.
On Friday night, we met up with our Medford fam for pizza, and then back to "Aunt Suzi's" for some running through the sprinklers.

Last month we attended Mackenzie's {pictured below with the girls} wedding.

The girls are pretty smitten with her ♥
 

 

 

 

 

 

The wedding didn't start until 6 on Saturday evening, so we got to spend the morning doing a little shopping, and then the rest of the afternoon at the hotel pool.

 

Thank goodness for that pool!
Saturday's forecast was 106*.
Yikes!

 

 

We brought water, spray bottles, and battery-operated fans to the outdoor ceremony,
and still it was a sweat-fest.

But so so beautiful.
A beautiful sweat-fest.

And we were in sleeveless dresses. 
I don't even want to know what it was like to be in a suit!
 

 

 

Poor Miss Kam had a hard time with the heat
 

 

 

 

But once the sun set, it was much more manageable, and we got to enjoy the festivities.

 

 

 

{It looks kinda like rain, but that was just the field sprinklers}  

 

 

 

 And a quick shot of cousins before heading home.

What an amazing weekend celebrating love and family!

 

 

 

 

 

A Wedding Story

 June is busy, y'all. 
Well, actually, May was too. 
I'm pretty sure we've been out of town more than we've been at home the last few weeks.

Time to play catch up 'round here!

We made a trip to Medford for my cousin's wedding last week, and we had such fun!
The drive: not fun.
None of us are great car travelers, myself included, and Medford is about a 5 hour drive for us.
Add to that two severe car sickies, and yeah. 
Car rides turn out a little more eventful than necessary.
But we made it to sunny southern Oregon!

I miss Medford.
I truly do.
While I didn't grow up there, I did spend several of my teen/early adult years there,
and I have so many wonderful memories.  Annnnnnd. A lot of my family still live there.
Which brings me back to my cousin's wedding :)
 

 

I am not a wedding photographer, but I was so happy to be able to stop by the country club
to take a few photos of  the beautiful bride-to-be as she and her best girls got ready for the big day.

 

Mackenzie has always been special to me. Each Summer she would come home with us after our family reunion camp-out, to spend some time. She was just Sierra's age when we started that tradition.  Which makes it even harder to believe that she is all grown up!

 

 

 

 

 

Her wedding shoes.
I don't do heels , she says ;)

 

 

 

Her beautiful mama, and little sister ♥  

 

 

 

Her precious son seeing Mama all beautified for the big day.

 

And Daddy and son getting themselves ready, sweet boys!

 

 

 

 

 And some cousin-time for my littles to boot!

 

 

 Yep, it was a pretty fabulous trip.
Which is great because . . . we're doing it again in three weeks for another cousin's wedding!


For other fun photos, follow along on Instagram!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wedding Stories

 Okay, this has been the busiest summer ever.
Hands down.

But I think we're getting close to being able to catch our breath.
Whew!
 

So.  I think I mentioned before, my nephew recently got married!

And while that makes me feel old, it also makes me feel happy.

Because he and his new wife are the sweetest, most fun and loving couple I know.

I was asked to take pictures, and was completely happy to do it.
But before anyone asks, no, I will not be adding "wedding photographer" to my resume ;)
I'm just not cut out for it.
I think it takes a very special kind of person {and a very special kind of gear, lol!}.

Alrighty, I'm going to let the pictures do the talking, as usual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It was a beautiful day.
A beautiful wedding.
A beautiful couple.
A beautiful celebration! 

 

 

 

Talk to me

The Girls Trip/Mini Vacay was a huge success. Sun, check. HUGE pool, check. Mini Golf, check. The girls had a blast. I'm sorting through lots o' pictures. 232 to be exact. I'll get to posting some eventually ;)

I feel like I have so much to say. Like if y'all were my girlfriends IRL, and we met up, I'd be yappin' at about a million miles an hour just to try to catch y'all up. I guess some of that will have to wait too.

Anyway.

I'm looking for a little insight, so maybe some of you can help me out here. Let me preface by saying that I do realize that everyone is different {Praise the Lord!}, and we all have our preferences. I'm not looking for a debate, just insight. Okay.

We got an invitation to a wedding. When I say "we", I actually mean my mom and I. A friend from my pageant days is getting married, and we couldn't be more happy for her. The wedding will be held in Medford, a good 5 hour drive away. And on the invitation:

This is an adult affair.

It's not like I've never seen these words on a wedding invitation before. Many many of the invitations we've received over the years exclude children. So I guess it didn't even come as a surprise, but here is where I need the insight. Why do you suppose that people choose not to include children? Perhaps they don't have nieces or nephews or young cousins? Or they do, but it's a bother to involve them? I get the reception thing. It costs more money if you're having to feed a lot of young guests. Okay fine. But it seems strange to me that children aren't welcome at such a joyous event as a wedding. Whew! Glad I got that off my chest. I guess this is just a bit of a touchy subject for me because when Kenners was a baby I was asked to be in my good friend's wedding {another friend from pageant days. Go figure.}. But the wedding was half way across the country, and my girls weren't invited. I would have had to leave them for 4 days {rehearsal dinner and other such events plus travel time}, and I just couldn't do that. Besides the fact that Makenna was still nursing at the time, I wasn't about to leave them for that long. Anyway. I chose not to attend {GASP! I know, I know}, and we haven't spoken since. It makes me sad to think of it even now.

Wow, that was definitely a ramble. Thanks so much for listening to the rants of a crazy lady ;) And I suppose I should conclude by saying that in the end, it doesn't matter what I think. It is her day, her choice. I understand that. I'm just curious :)

And that's all for now. We're having a fish fry {or fish buffet as Sierra is calling it} this evening, and I need to get to gettin' on the fresh baked bread. Mmmmmm.