"a dream is a wish your heart makes..."

disney princesses + ice-skating = pretty much my california dream


a couple weekends ago all the girls went to watch this princess ice show. we got there very, very early:
finally, the show started:
of course Mickey has to be at any Disney event:
i love the seven dwarfs. love them. for dash and katie:

how come the ice didn't melt? it boggles my mind!thank you mom for taking us!

sorry!

i have been a terrible blogger this week! school and soccer have taken up my time -- i have much to show everyone tonight! can you feel the suspense?

New Format!

It was time. I needed to mix it up a little bit. Oh! super cool - you actually do "pull" the string that says "pull." fun, right? that was my favorite part! well, almost my favorite part. my real favorite part is the one of my best friends -- LYDIA -- did this change for me!!! thank you, skweegy! please look at her amazing blog: lydiajanephotography.blogspot.com!

Wedding: Part One

this is the first part of a six part series of this wedding (and, yes, i do sound like a Sunday bulletin)
Getting Ready:
"oh, how you sparkle
and, oh, how you shine":
"the flush on your cheeks
is more than the wine":
"and he must do something
that no one can do":

"whatever he's doing
it looks good on you":
"he must have stolen
some stars from the sky:"
"and gave them to you
to wear in your eyes":
"you look so good in love:"
"you want him
that's easy to see":"you look so good in love
[and soon, you'll be Mrs. Lee]":

george strait -- you look so good in love

She looked gorgeous! Ceremony pictures tomorrow...

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so, blogger isn't letting me upload pictures right now. bleh. i have about 30-40 pictures from the wedding that (hopefully) will be up tonight!

awww.

lauren's getting married! less than 24 hours!!!


john michael montgomery -- i can love you like that
"they read you Cinderella
you hoped it would come true
that one day your prince charming
would come rescue you":"you like romantic movies
you never will forget
the way you felt when
Romeo kissed Juliet":


"all this time that you've been waiting
you don't have to wait no more":
"i can love you like that
i would make you my world
move heaven and earth
if you were my girl":"i will give you my heart
be all that you need
show you that you're everything
that's precious to me":



"if you give me a chance
i can love you like that":
"you want tenderness
i've got tenderness
and i see through
to the heart of you:"
"if you want a man
who understands
you don't have to look
very far":
"i can love you
I Can
i can love you like that"


congratulations guys!!!

please...

well, i am discovering more and more people are looking at this (yay! that is exciting!) but, hardly anyone leaves a comment! (lydia and julie -- keep it up!) so, if you are allowed to, please comment! i would also love feedback -- which ones do you like? which ones don't you like? thanks for looking!
ps. this is completely un-edited. gotta love that california-blue sky!

so, i miss summer.

"misty sunrise in my hometown
rows of cotton 'bout knee high
mrs. baker down the dirt road
still got clothes out on the line":

"with rusty cars and weeping willows
keepin' watch out in the yard
just a snapshot of downhome Dixie
could be anywhere you are":


"as i sit here i'm surrounded
by these priceless memories
i don't have to think about it
there's no place i'd rather be":


"in Carolina or in Georgia
smell the jasmine and magnolia
sleepy sweet home, Alabama
roll tide, roll":

"muddy water, Mississippi
blessed Graceland whispers to me
carry on, carry on
sweet southern comforts, carry on":


--buddy jewell sweet southern comfort

oh, summer. it was good.

"Yours is the day, Yours also the night; You have established the heavenly lights and the sun. You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter."
--psalm 74:16-17