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Location: San Angelo, Texas

I'm a wife and a mom to 2 daughters and 1 son. I like to read, golf, and support my kids in all their activities.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Mother-of-the-Bride Nightmare

I have shared with several of my "mother-of-the-bride" friends (there are 4 of us with weddings within weeks of each other) that my fear was that I would not be able to find the right "mother-of-the-bride" dress. That I would be driving out of town to shop for my dress at the last minute.

During Chistmas break I found a dress that I liked. It wasn't perfect, it wasn't pink, but it was an okay style. After weighting all my likes and dislikes I decided that it was as close as I was going to come, so I bought it. After I bought it I checked that duty off my list and forgot all about the mother-of-the-bride dress.

This past Saturday I took my mother shopping to help her pick out her dress for the wedding. I walked into Dillard's and went straight to the "formal" section and there it was....my perfect "mother-of-the-bride" dress. It was even PINK. Both Whitni and my mom told me try it on, well I did, and it fit so well and looked so pretty. But what should I do....I already bought a dress, but I really like the pink one, but I already bought a dress. Decisions....Decisions. Okay, I'll take the other one back and I'll wear the pink one. Mom also found her perfect grandmother-of-the-bride dress (it's pink, too). So we are walking out of the store...when we walked through the shoes...there they were...the perfect shoes in PINK!!! I now have pink shoes to match my PERFECT pink mother-of-the-bride dress.

I have learned to not worry about nightmares. I not only have THE PERFECT dress and shoes to wear at my daughter's wedding, but I have a spare, until I take it back. Ron, my husband, just shook his head when I told him what I had done.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The WEDDING

A girl dreams of her wedding for years. Following her wedding day she builds her life with her new husband. Then the couple become parents. As a parent you think about your child's choice of a mate, but that is in the far-far future....no need to think about that. The thought of your daughter's or son's wedding tugs at your heart.

That brings me to the day last year in May when my daugher, Whitni, showed up at my office asking, "If I would help her plan her wedding on June 7, 2008." I wasn't all that shocked, she and Mark had been dating for quite a while. But the thought that I was now the MOTHER OF THE BRIDE sent me into planning "overload."

We interupted the wedding plans to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Now with the wedding 74 days away. I am definately in planning OVERLOAD. What have I not thought of? What am I missing? Who have I left of the invitation list? The questions go on and on.

But most of all there is an excitement for my daughter. She's gonna be a beautiful bride, I'm very sure of that and that makes all the planning worth it!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Beginning

I can't believe I've jumped off and decided to blog. It's easier to read someone else's blog than write one about me. I guess the best way to start is at the beginning. I have a wonderful husband, Ron, 2 daughters, Whitni and Karli, and the baby of the family is our son, Nolan. Our life is anything but quiet, as a matter of fact we are an extremely LOUD family.


Whitni is 20 and is getting married in 81 days. She is a sophomore at ASU and is majoring in Animal Science. Karli is 16 and is active in her High School FFA chapter by showing Market Lambs. Nolan is 11 and believes he is God's gift to baseball and showing Market Lambs, also. Along with this full house we have 4 dogs (3 outside and 1 inside),our inside dog allows us to live in his home.

Whitni and Mark, my soon to be son.


Karli showing at our County Stockshow

Nolan showing