So this weekend wasn't as exciting as last weekend, but it was still crammed full of things to do and looks like it will be until Christmas gets here. :)


Saturday Courtlyn & I went shopping in Lexington so that we could use the Gymboree coupon I had and of course accumulate some ever precious Gymbucks (WOOHOO!!) while Daddy went deer hunting. I ended up at both Gymborees in Lexington by the end of the day and they both were madhouses, but we had fun, got some cute clothes and that's all that matters.


Sunday we went to Jonah & Sebastian's 3rd birthday party. There were so many people there and they got so many gifts. I didn't take any pictures though. :( After the party was over we took all of the balloons outside and released them for their mom, Mary Lee. That was the sad part of the day. It seems like just yesterday she was here and now she's not. It's so sad that those 4 precious children have to grow up without their mother, but that's what life has dealt them and we have to help them to grow up and remember the good times that they had with her mom while she was here. Once we left the party my MIL and I cried most of the way home and Courtlyn cried, but she wanted to hear Capri by Colbi Calliat (which she calls the baby song--we have to listen to it every time we're in the car) and it was in my car and we were in my MIL's car. LOL That kind of lightened up the mood, but only just a little bit. By the time we got home I had a migraine and couldn't stop thinking of Mary Lee and everything that happened with her. I just have to keep remembering this was God's plan even though I don't understand it. That does help....


Let me end on a brighter note by sharing a couple cute pictures of Courtlyn I took this weekend.

Halloween & Wedding

**NOTE: I have no idea why there is a seperate post of the rehearsal pictures in a slideshow above this blog entry. Who knows what on earth I did! They are on here too. Oh well! Can't you tell how savvy I am. ;)**

Well, what an exciting weekend we had with the wedding rehearsal last Thursday night, Halloween Friday and the wedding Saturday afternoon. Boy, do I have lots of pictures to share! :)

Let's start out with Thursday night at the wedding rehearsal. It was a little chaotic with 7 children participating in the fesitivites, but it was fun. Here are a couple photos.

Courtlyn with some of her cousins and the Mother of the Bride getting their instructions.



Courtlyn getting her instructions from the Mother of the Bride.




Courtlyn holding her flower girl basket.



Friday night was Halloween and that meant Trick-or Treating. Courtlyn was a fairy or as she would like to call it a fairy princess flower. :) We started out at Papaw Joe & Nana's house since she was already there for the day. She got Skittles and Goldfish crackers. She doesn't like chocolate and we're not real sure where that gene came from since we LOVE chocolate, but I'm glad she doesn't because chocolate is definitely our weakness. Ok, back to the Trick-or-Treating. After Papaw Joe & Nana's house we left to go to Granny Judy's house where there we lots of kids in her neighborhood Trick-or-Treating. Courtlyn even got to hand out some candy which she thought was a lot of fun, but she didn't really care for the scary masks and hid behind Daddy when those came around. :) After Granny Judy's we headed down to Papaw Willard & Granny Ree's house. By this time I think she was starting to wear down and we REALLY were too. We still had 2 more stops to make--Great, Great Aunt Francis and last but not least Papaw Ike & Granny Sue's house where there were treats and PIZZA waiting for us. By the time we made to Papaw Ike & Granny Sue's house the costume came off when we got through the front door and her shoes and socks came off thereafter. I think she had her feel of Halloween when we made it home around 10:00 or so. All in all she had a fun time and racked up on the Skittles and Goldfish crackers.


Courtlyn "arriving" at Papaw Joe & Nana's house to Trick-or-Treat" (I'm inside the house, that's why it looks weird.)








Upset that she is leaving Papaw Joe & Nana's house. She thought Trick-or-Treat was all over. :)




Courtlyn at Granny Judy's





Courtlyn at Papaw Willard & Granny Ree's








Ok, next is Saturday, the big day! I let Courtlyn sleep in because she had a long night and I knew it was going to be an even longer day without a nap. She woke up around 9:00 while I was gone to Wal-Mart grocery shopping. When I got back she was watching her new Tinkerbell DVD that she got for Halloween from Papaw Ike & Granny Sue. After I got ready I packed up the car with all the stuff--dress, shoes, socks, snacks, DVD player & DVDs (to keep the kids entertained which we never used BTW!), diapers, wipes, etc. I was worn out. See the wedding was in Irvine which was about 30 minutes from where we live so I knew I had to pack everything imaginable because there was no way I could just run home and get something. Anyway, we got to the church a little after 1:00 and the wedding wasn't until 3:00. I helped with last minute stuff and my MIL helped to keep Courtlyn entertained. Finally around 2:00 we got Courtlyn dressed and ready for pictures. She looked so cute! Just like a princess like she had said since last Wednesday when she first tried the dress on. She would prance around and twist in her dress. It was so cute!





Then it came time for the wedding. I was really nervous at this point because she was going to have to walk down the aisle by herself because the twins that she was supposed to walk down with decided they didn't want to do it. She was the last person to walk down before the bride and I was about the throw up outside the church. LOL I kept saying remember Courtlyn throw the petals down and stand really still beside Brooklyn (one of the other flower girls). She kept saying ok Mommy in the sweetest voice, but she had no clue what she was getting herself into. So up came her big moment. She walked up and what did she do??????? She reached up and grabbed her pretty black bow, ripped it out of her hair, threw it down on the floor and moseyed her way on down the aisle. Of course everyone laughed and so did I because that is typical Courtlyn. At any random moment she will decide to take her bow out of her hair and just throw it down wherever. She stopped halfway up the aisle like she forgot what she was supposed to do, but thankfully my MIL was there to get her back on track. She didn't make it through the entire wedding ceremony though. She ended up coming back and sitting with her Papaw Joe & Nana to play with her cousin Andrew during the ceremony so that was fine. All I asked was that she make it down the aisle and she did what I asked. So I was relieved!



Dancing in the aisle at the church before everyone got there








Brooklyn, Courtlyn, Jamie (the groom) & Kelsey. The look on Courtlyn's face was the one she kept during the entire picture session. Gotta love 2 year olds! :)





Brooklyn, Courtlyn & Kelsey (all cousins)





Courtlyn & Brittney (the bride--before the ceremony)


Mommy & Courtlyn (before the ceremony)





Courtlyn outside before her big debut!


Courtlyn at the end of the aisle where she should be (notice Brooklyn, her cousin, holding onto her arm LOL)


The twins--Jonah & Sebastian (Courtlyn's cousins). They look like they are plotting their getaway. :)


Dylan, Ethan, Jonah, Elbert (their dad) & Sebastian




Courtlyn & Ethan


The maid of honor, Courtlyn & Steve (the father of the bride) posing.


At the reception she really cut loose! There was music and balloons and she was in heaven! She played and played with her cousins. She played so hard that she ended up ripping every pretty pintuck out of her dress. I didn't care though she was having herself a good time and that's all that mattered to me. By the end of the evening the dress was a mess and her bow that was supposed to be in the back of the dress was in the front. LOL





Courtlyn and her cousin Andrew


Courtlyn & one of the twins playing in the balloons.




Daddy trying to fix Courtlyn's dress. Look at her eyeing those balloons. :)


Courtlyn & Andrew busting a move!








Courtlyn & Daddy--you can tell she's worn out!






Courtlyn releasing her balloons

I can't wait to see how the photographer's pictures turn out since I really didn't get a good picture of just her since she wouldn't sit still long enough. For all of you who were thinking of us I really appreciate it!

I just had to share this last picture. It was Monday night. Courtlyn was begging me to take her picture with her piggy tails. I know they aren't pretty, but she wouldn't hush until I took her picture. Then when I took it I thought she just looked too precious! :)

Who can resist a face like that?! :)