Ashley & Jeff's Wedding

I put a whole handful of these golf tee's in Debbi's Purse!

Luke took these 2 shots... I love them!


Randy... FOB- Father of the Bride

These were the golf tee's on the grooms table

The food tables

Ashley got a blue flower on her big toe!

The gifts

These daisies Stacey used in the Rehearsal Dinner

Ann and the bridal bouquet...it was so pretty!

Ann's Mom at the guestbook table

Ann with her parents

Ann decorated all these candies, so we got some good pics of them!

Me and Luke before the wedding

Ann and Margaret

The guestbook table

The church

The Reception Hall

Bye Bye!
My good friend Ann had her daughters wedding on Saturday. It was such a pretty wedding. Luke video taped the affair and I helped Ann decorate and do odd jobs. Luke was able to be part of the Rehearsal and the Rehearsal Dinner, so as soon as I have time I'll add his pics on here too. We had lots of laughs for sure...especially over a few tables cloths we had to piece together! I loved the caterer's food spread. It was all so pretty! We helped Randy and Ann take down afterwards and I'm still not sure how we fit all that stuff in her Honda. It was packed to the gills for sure! Luke and I are really blessed to have Ann and Randy as our friends.

After the wedding, Luke and I went to Coltons to have dinner. It was a wonderful way to spend our actually anniversary. To think we even had wedding cake that day too! Simply Priceless.

Happy 5 year Anniversary

Dad had the idea for the curtains and lights at the church. It was all so beautiful!

Our wedding Party (Jennifer, Anna, Lele, Leah, Rebecca, Me, Luke, Nick, Marty, and Joe)

We were told if you lean forward you lose 10 lbs!

They Saran-Wrapped our car!

I had birdseed all down my dress...what a mess!
Today Luke and I have been married for 5 years....he says it's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNGGGG years....but what does he know! We were just looking through some wedding pics and thought I'd share some. What a fun time it was! Dad and the whole family built the arbor the week of the wedding. I can remember Aunt JJ talking about the tarps we put around it...how they smelled like feet...well we did use them for The Kingdom! I also remember riding down the elevator with Joe, Nick, and Marty. The guys didn't know what to say and were kinda teary. They got over it though pretty soon. Poor Luke was so nervous looking. I remember Mom talking about her Mashmellow Peep hair and Aunt Debbi telling her...it doesn't look like a Peep...when she really thought it did! I also remember going to the PeaBody after the wedding and someone asked me, "Did ya'll just get married?" DUH!!!

Well now Luke's trying to find our wedding album...it's in with all my other scrapbooks! Well I had better pull him out of the closet before he hurts himself! Enjoy the pics! It's been a great 5 years.

Banana Split Crop

Last night we had a Banana Split Crop at church. We had a wonderful turnout...I think about 18 in attendance!! I supplied the ice cream and everyone brought toppings to go with it. We had a wide spread from chocolate mint cookies to strawberries! It was a wonderful time of fellowship and fun. I had a blast demonstrating my cricut. I love when someone learns something new! Thanks ladies for a wonderful evening!

Benton Transmissions

Ok, first of all I'll apologize to all I am about to offend. Some of you may like Benton Transmissions...others may not. I would definitely be under the category of the "NOT." Let me just tell you what they did to my car!!!
Number 1: They broke the drivers door handle.
Number 2: They forgot to change my oil when it was sitting in the passenger seat.
Number 3: They put 2 scratches on my front bumper that I KNOW were not there before we took it in.
Number 4: My car is still leaking oil which is why we took it in there in the first place.

Their answers to the numbers above:
Number 1: Well those things just break and we were the unlucky ones I guess. It was glued before so I can't say for sure we broke it. (I have been driving it for all 8 years. We took it off Northpoint Lot and not once have I EVER glued the handle!) I am replacing this handle that's worth 16 dollars. What more do you want me to do!
Number 2: I guess that would be my fault for not mentioning that they needed to do that. We did however replace the oil so I don't see what the problem is. (That is when I took my car in the 2nd time...after it sat at their lot for a week!)
Number 3: Well this being an older car....I just don't know how they go there. I can't say I look over every car when they come in the lot. I will have to talk to my boss on that one. (The boss who never comes in and he couldn't/wouldn't call.)
Number 4: Well I'm not Jesus, If I was people would be praying to me. I will do this however...bet you my paycheck that it's not leaking oil from the part we replaced. I'd take the transmission out again and if it was...we wouldn't charge you. But I'm not Jesus here.

So, unless you want to be taken advantage of and have you car torn up...do NOT take it to Benton Transmission! Luke and I argued and argued with that Mr. Gary. I think I went almost too Madea on him...but we did however get half our money back. I don't think it looks good for business to be pointing out loudly what they screwed up when new customers come in. My Momma and PaPa always said to stand up for what you believe in...and we did it yesterday! Let me know what ya'll would have done!!!

What's for Dinner Tonight

Luke is working with Dad tonight at the church so I'm on my own for dinner. I decided to make this box kit I got at walmart for 3 bucks! I would highly recommend it! All you need is chicken. It calls for olive oil to brown your chicken in, but I just used a little Pam in the skillet. It's pretty good. It would be even better with bread and a salad, but I didn't want to fix all that for just me! Hope you try it soon!

I'm home now!

I had a very restful evening last night thanks to Mom and Luke. They both took great care of me. I was very surprised I wasn't that knocked out after surgery. Today though, my face feels like it's been run over by a semi-truck! I'm not sure what happened, but my face is bruised and really sore and swollen. Oh well....nothing a little more rest won't fix. The surgery went great and I wasn't even the least bit nervous yesterday morning. Thank you to all the prayers that were prayed over me....I really felt them and appreciate them even more! Today my agenda is to "Take it easy and rest some," as Luke says to me every morning. I'm going to do a little laundry but that's about it! Thanks again so much! We are hoping to keep this little tube for about 6 months....a year would be even better!

Tube Update

Just wanted to let everyone know that Melissa had her tube put in this morning and everything went very well. She's home with Deborah resting and I'm sure will update everyone later this evening or tomorrow. Thanks for your prayers.