One Very Large Delayed Post

It has been a very long time since I have been able to write a post. So much has been going on in the past several weeks, and my whole life got even more crazy and busy in the past two weeks. This is my extremely delayed post that will recap everything big from the past couple of weeks!

All of us minus my dad.

Rush's 40th anniversary tour.

First was the Rush concert. A couple of Tuesday's ago my dad, sister, two brother-in-laws, my boyfriend, and I took a trip out to the Verizon Amphitheater to see a legendary band play. Rush has been one of those bands that I grew up listening to because my dad always had them playing along with Yes, Queen, and other great groups. After 40 years of playing, they are still amazing. I am so happy I was able to go and see them on their 40th anniversary tour, especially with such a great crowd of people.



Once my dad flew back to Texas after the concert, I went into full crafting mode. My mom was set to fly in that Saturday for the Renaissance Festival. I made all sorts of things for our outfits. I made fairy wings, floral vines for arms, a cloak, a bag, and tons of other fairy/elf accessories. I spent the entire week prior to the fair to make everything. It was so much fun, and in the end we all looked really awesome in our costumes (at least I thought so). For my outfit I made a dress out of one of my moms old skirts, and I wore my fairy wings, flower crown, and a whole other assortment of fairy-like items (including a bottle of glitter). We had a lovely day filled with fluttering fairies and glistening glitter.

My fairy costume.

For the next several days my mom and I ran around all over town to help my sister get everything ready for her wedding, which was today. We also had to get my apartment ready for all of the people I had staying with me the weekend of the wedding. We went to the mall about four times for so many different things, and every single time I got a mall pretzel. It was one of the highlights of my week. We also took a trip up to visit my grandparents, get our hair cut by our good friend Billy, and take my dog to the vet. Billy fixed my self-cut bangs, we got all of the things needed for the wedding, and the vet told us that Maggie is completely healthy. We were all ready for the weekend to come, and for the craziness to ensue.

On the Thursday before the wedding we had the bachelorette party. We didn't do anything too crazy (no strippers, or drugs, or anything like that), but we did have plenty of provocative objects and it was very fun. That is about all I want to write about that night. The next day was the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner for the wedding. We all went to the venue to run through the plans for Saturday morning, and then it was off to dinner. Our whole crowd went to a yummy Mexican restaurant where we celebrated with pitchers of beer and margaritas. We had a lovely evening visiting with friends and family, and I was extra happy because it was a very special day for another reason than just the rehearsal dinner.

At the wedding.

Aren't we cute?

On June 5, 2015 Roger and I celebrated our one year anniversary. I am so happy and so lucky to have spent the last year of my life with such an amazing guy. He always makes me feel like I am special and beautiful, even when I am in sweatpants and in need of a shower. When I first me him, he came onto the porch of the house where my sister and her friends lived, and he was carrying a cow skull. Roger and his friend Matt had gone out in a field and found the skull, and it is still hanging on the wall at that house wearing a set of swim goggles. Before I met him, my sister had told me all about him because she wanted us to date. Naturally, I always thought she was crazy. Dating him was the last thing I expected to happen, but thankfully it did. On our first date he took me out for pizza, and I was so nervous I couldn't even look at him. But from that very first date, he has always kept me smiling, and somewhere along the line I fell in love with that goofy goober. I am so happy to have spent this last year with hm by my side. Here's to many more years filled with laughter, love, and happiness with my best friend.

The next day, Saturday, was the wedding. The bridal party gathered at my house at 7:00 in the morning to start getting our hair and makeup done for the big day. From that point on, we were going nonstop with everything. My sister went and married the man of her dreams, and I couldn't be happier to welcome him into our family. The last few weeks have been absolutely exhausting, but they have also been wonderful. I have seen love in several different forms and generations, I have laughed until it hurt, and I have cried because I couldn't hold in my happiness. I am so thankful for all of the love I have in my life, and I am so excited to see what the future has in store.