More Wedding Pics....

Wow...I have lots of wedding pictures...and these are all just from friends! I totally have swiped these precious photos from someone on *facebook!

My girl was radiantly beautiful!!

~Saying her vows

~His ring


~Sharing communion together was the FIRST thing they did as a married couple. WEEP!


~First Kiss
~So happy!

A GLORIOUS day!!

June 27th will forever be a special day in our home. It's the day that our oldest daughter, Katie, married the love of her life. What an incredible day/wedding it turned out to be. So many sweet and dear friends came to rejoice with us and celebrate. Here are a couple of pictures from the wedding. I'm sure more are to come!!

Karl walking our girl down the aisle. She was, hands down, the most beautiful bride I have ever seen!

Katie and Blake's first kiss. Yes, first kiss ever. Everyone had bells to ring. It's hard to see in this picture, but there were bells attached to the program and lots of bells were being raised high and were ringing!

Married!

Karleigh Mei did such a wonderful job and was very serious about being the flower girl. And look at the beautiful maid of honor!

More pictures to follow when I can breathe. :)

~Beautiful Life Friday~

Katie's wedding is tomorrow! We have all been busy getting things ready for the big day!

~Washing Mabel_

~Vacuuming~(this girl LOVES to work!)
~Karleigh Mei loves admiring our pretty shoes~
~See! Aren't they so pretty! And tomorrow we can finally wear them!

Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day to our sweet Daddy!!

We love you Karl! 

(Wish I had had time to look for pics of you and our OTHER kids!! That's what happens when our oldest daughter gets married in SIX more days!!!!!)

Love, Jenn, Katie, Lexie, Gannon, Garrison, and Karleigh Mei!

Happy Father's Day to our sweet Daddys, Grandaddy, PawPaw, and PapPaw!!

~Beautiful Life Friday~

It's a Beautiful Life Friday post!!

My life is really crazy blessed right now! Katie's wedding is in 8 more days! 8 more days!!!!! That's not very long! Do you know how much planning goes into a wedding? Let me tell you....A LOT! :)  

Earlier this week we were blessed to watch another family finally arrive home with their darling girl from Ethiopia! Here they are as they were just arriving!

~Beautiful Cindy and her darling little one, Gracie Lu.
~Just look at those big, wide, happy eyes! She is so precious and I cannot wait to see her again after her and her family have adjusted. Poor little thing was just getting over the chickenpox. Hey...good news though..that's one less shot! :)
~Karleigh Mei and Maliah awaiting their arrival! ( I swiped this photo from Maliah's mom, Cristie) :)

~My sweet boy Gannon. He's slowly turing into a man. Where have the years gone!?

~Katie working on fans for her wedding!

~Katie and her finished fans!
~I found these guys in the hallway outside my boy's room.
~Garrison playing with his Legos*

~Today my girls (Katie and Lexie) left to go for a bachelorette party at a friend's lake house. I'm SURE they are going to have a super fun time. Lexie had to pick some photos of the two of them with a story to go with it and she also had to pick a Bible verse to give to her. I didn't ask which one she chose. sigh. But here is Lex with the photos she chose.

~ Here are some pics of them when they were leaving the house. Katie's friend, AlyRose, had decorated her car! Too cute! Karleigh Mei had to get in for the picture too! 

~The UPS man comes so consistently every day at nap time, that I decided to put a note on the doorbell. I love this sweet face, but nap time is mucho importante!!

Today I also got an email from myself that I wrote 3.5 yrs. ago. How crazy is that!!? Here is the email. The site that I did it at is called "future me" I think. 

Hello Me (Jennifer),
I found this site and thought it might be kinda fun to send myself an email to read in the future.  It is Monday, December 18, 2005.  The boys are outside playing right now.  The girls are off Christmas shopping.  Karl is at work.  We just got back yesterday from an awesome DC trip to visit Jim, Leonie and the boys, Tom and Eric.  Katie is home from college after just finishing up her first semester at ACU. Gannon and Lexie have tomorrow and Wed. left of school.  We plan on going to San Angelo on Christmas day, after our Christmas here at home.  And then we are going to Dallas to be with the entire **Family name taken out** clan.  Jennifer R. will be there too!  This Christmas the boys are getting golf clubs and a skateboard/bike ramp. Lexie is getting her purity ring and Katie is getting an iPod.  We are all very blessed, healthy and happy.  The boys were baptized Sunday before last, Dec. 11, 2005.  My prayer is that when I read this message again I'll be just as happy then as I am now.   Bye!!  :o)

How are you blessed today?

Grandma and Grandaddy

Happy 43rd Wedding Anniversary Grandma and Grandaddy!!! We love you!

Only 9 more days until Katie's wedding!! Karleigh Mei is practicing her walk and her smile! 

Bubble Wrap Heaven!

EVERY day the wonderful UPS man comes delivering more goods to my first darling KM (Katherine MaryAlice)!  And my second KM (Karleigh MeiQian) loves the bubble wrap! Makes for two happy girls!

Wedding In Two Weeks!!

Something we are singing (and dancing!) to these days... :)

All You Really Need Is Love (music playing) Brad Paisley

So you say you wanna tie the knot 
And you're askin' me if I think that the two of you have got 
What it takes to make it work 
Well one thing's for sure 
All you really need is love 

Let me say I'm happy for you both 
And here's a little something that the two of you should know 
If you want to do it right 
Well take my advice 
All you really need is love 

And a license and a blood test and a bunch of invitations 
A minister, a white dress, and of course a congregation 
And flowers and music and candles and cake 
And a bunch of rice for folks to throw as you drive away 

Well what's that expression on your face 
You're lookin' kind of pale, is everything OK 
Don't worry you'll be fine 
If you just keep in mind 
All you really need is love 

And bridesmaids and groomsmen and a wedding coordinator 
And food for the reception, you'll need someone to cater 
Did I forget to mention it'll take a couple rings 
And of course a P.A. system if you're wantin' me to sing 

Well you look so happy you could cry 
And that explains the tear drops I see wellin' in your eyes 
Don't worry you'll be fine 
If you just keep in mind 
All you really need is love 

I'm sure I'm tellin' you something you already knew 
All you really need is love 

~Beautiful Life Friday~

It's time again for me to slow down and reflect on what's beautiful in my life RIGHT now! My Katie gets married  two weeks from tomorrow and right now it feels like the calm before the storm! :) What a beautiful storm it will be!

~Beautiful blessing of a girl with pb&j sandwich and a super cool Dora notebook~

~Finding a fan template is a blessing! Think outside wedding in Texas~
~Look how blessed our garage is right now? That's all of Katie's things and gifts for the wedding. The UPS man has been busy~
~It's summertime. Bath towels mingled with pool towels~
~I'm LOVING our passion vine flowers this year! And so are the bees~
~My Lexie girl is home from an awesome trip to Uganda. She has lots of pictures to prove it. Like this one~

What are your blessings this week?

Lexie's home from Uganda!

Lexie is home!! She had a fabulous time in Uganda. She has started a blog detailing each day there. If you are interested in following her journey her website is www.hereiam-lordsendme.blogspot.com. Check out the above picture, which by the way is SUPER AWESOME!!! That picture was taken of their plane after they had landed in Uganda. Wow...gives me chills. I love how sweet our Lord is and how He reassures us! I think the team was pretty touched at that. God and His wonderful promises!!