I have not really been blogging because I don't have really any pictures, but I shouldn't let that stop me. (Actually it's only partly because of the pictures. Mostly because I'm lazy.)
Warning: Most of this is a log of my vacation, since this is supposed to be my journal, so if you get bored by reporting of events--Do not read. For serious.
Manny and I went to Iowa and Wisconsin for my sister Jessie and Justin's wedding. It was so fun! Manny loved going on the airplane and talking to everyone he saw, especially the flight attendants. The first lady was very nice and gave Manny a nice pair of wings to put on his shirt. And everytime she would pass walk by or talk in the microphone, or even move up at the front, he would say, "There's my airport lady!" This continued on every flight (2 to get to Iowa and 2 to get back to North Carolina).
Most of the trip was just having fun and hanging out with my family. We went to one of my cousin's high school graduation open houses, we went with Sarah's family to the Mines of Spain in Dubuque and had a wonderful time hiking (who knew Manny was such a good hiker. He loved to keep up with his cousins, and even got a piggy-back ride from Uncle Joel. Uncle Joel also taught him to put a piece of long grass in his mouth to chew and look cool.), hung out with Meggie's family, and Uncle Eric accompanied us to all of these activities.
Then it was time to drive to Wisconsin for the wedding festivities. We stayed at Aunt Jessie and Uncle Justin's house with one of their dogs (Dillinger) and their 3 cats. Manny was quite nervous at first, but learned to like them, especially Henry the cat (he even wanted Henry to sleep with us, but Jessie told us that Henry wasn't very smart and would most likely pee on anything that slighlty resembled a litter box, maybe a suitcase for example, if he couldn't find it. Needless to say Henry was escorted out of the room shortly after this information was delivered).
Jessie and Justin were very nice and had a barbecue at their house for us. Then then the party was the next day so they were gone most of the day for the preparations and pictures and such. We only had to show up at 4 or 5 or something for pictures, so we went to Sarah and Meggie's hotel to hang out. It was quite an adventure driving in Milwaukee. There was lots of construction and nobody in our car really knew where we were going (Mom, Me, Eric, and Manny). Lots of back seat driving, people getting frustrated, driving each other crazy occurred. I personally thought the whole experience was quite funny and somewhat of an adventure, but I don't really think Mom thought it was as funny (she was in the back seat and asked us to lock the doors when we got to downtown Milwaukee and saw "scary" people and bars on most of the business windows). Then the driving Moms crazy (Sarah and Meggie and Mom are included in this crazy comment) continued as we got ready for the wedding pictures. Nobody is ready on time, everybody is crammed into 2 rooms, babies are trying to sleep, etc. Again, what a fun adventure, but I wasn't allowed to say that at the time. I'm sure they think it's funny now.
Jessie and Justin's party was the fanciest party I've ever been to, I believe. Waiters walking around with fancy food, a man playing bagpipes, Irish dancers complete with the fake, bouncy, curly hair, etc. They also had amazing food. Delicious. This was followed by one of the best dance party receptions ever (Sarah and Jessie's are some of the only ones I have super enjoyed, where everyone is dancing, they play great music, etc. No offense to anyone's I've been to, maybe it's because it's my family's). Manny loved to be around Aunt Jessie and her princess dress. Manny kept asking throughout the reception to go see Jessie and give her a hug. Addison was an amazing dancer, didn't stop the whole time, and he had some pretty sweet moves. Actually all the boys were pretty good dancers, but Addison was the most enthusiastic. Manny's dancing mainly entailed jumping and playing air guitar. All of the boys looked absolutely adorable in their kilts. And sadly my camera got lost/stolen at the reception, hence the no pictures.
The next day Justin's parents had a great brunch for the out of town family. Eric and I were in charge of the desserts so we made nearly 12 dozen cookies and 2 pans of brownies. We brought them in a couple of tupperware boxes, and were told that we needed to take them over the day before so Justin's mom could be able to set up for the brunch and make things look fancy. Fancy, I thought? How do you make things look fancy? But when we went the next day everything was organized on dessert/cake towers. I was super impressed. Who knew our super ghetto desserts could look so fancy? Almost made me want to buy one. For the many fancy parties I like to throw (actually I don't throw any parties, but maybe I would if I had a dessert tower). Almost.
Jessie looked absolutely beautiful and Justin looked very handsome and we are so excited that he is offically part of our family. We had such a wonderful time visiting everybody and can't wait to see everyone again.
We returned safely and were able to move to a new apartment. Yay! We absolutely love being in Cary, with all it's parks, lakes, closeness of everything, and fun things to do. And great for me is that the temple is only 11 minutes away!!
The weekend after we returned I took a ridiclously nerve-wracking clinical test, and thankfully passed. Took a couple more tests, passed, and am now awaiting my dental hygiene license.
So, it is now July and I still don't have a license or a job. Hopefully things should come together really soon. You'd think I would've done more blogging with all the time on my hands. Ha! Ha!
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