Entering July

What better way to start the month then with a girls' night.

Yes we went to see Eclipse.

Yes it was good in the same way the other movies were good, entertaining, ridiculous, but tons of girly fun.

Yes I am one of those girls who goes just to watch Jacob shirtless. And on occasion I might make a cat call or comment regarding his state of semi undress. But that's what girls' nights are all about.

No my friends and I, we don't do anything halfway.

Yes we all got matching t-shirts insofar as your team orientation was concerned.

Yes we put our last names in iron on letters on the back. And one husband who shall remain nameless even donned a matching shirt upon our departure. I'll let you read what it had to say for yourself.

Yes his head is purposely cut off, because he would like to remain anonymous and he was afraid to end up on the blog.

Yes we got ourselves the candy for team Edward and Jacob.

No it wasn't good candy, but it still made us laugh.

Yes one of us bought the bucket of popcorn that is plastic with the twilight picture on it.

Yes I inherited a bucket from my newfound friend from the row in front of us. He only wanted the refiillable popcorn. I only wanted the bucket. And so at the end he turned it over to me, half filled with popcorn no less.

Yes some girls behind us said I would not want to meet that team on the soccer field referring to me and my hood rats.

No they wouldn't because we are fierce.

Yes it was a good time.

Yes I was very tired the next day from staying up late. But what can you do? Girls just wanna have fun.

Celebrating James and Adriane Graver

The First Dance as Husband and WifeDaddy/Daughter DanceAll of those in attendance

Just Dance: The DJ put James in the middle of a circle and women were to come in and dance with him.

Or two guy friends there at the end - I may have pushed them in there. I can't be sure.Cake cutting, Bouquet Toss - Go Mom!, The Wedding Party, and Beautiful Bride!Congratulations James and Adriane!

Coming Home Again

a. arriving back in Philly tired but happy

b. erin catches some shut eye in the airport in Orlando

c. while gone the kids learned to karaoke

d. the beautiful skies

e. my broken rental car radio would always switch from the fm station to loading ipod

~i was not loading my ipod~
f. i came home to brown and undrinkable water

~high turbidity, nitrates, and cryptosporidium~

g. erin mimics my sleeping on the plane

h. my face after finding out our plane in Orlando was delayed five hours

i. bella decides to get out my recipes and do the cooking

~here is the corn bread she made from scratch~

Tired....Will Update More Later

Bachelorette Party

Nothing says bachelorette party fun like Mexican food, oh my good!,

Mariachi Bands doing suggestive dances towards the bride to be,
making the bride to be dress ridiculously as you galavant around the town having cars and men honk, scream, wave, and "try" to expose their naked rear ends in your general direction. Lucky try was the operative word as I sped my oh so tiny Hyundai Accent rental car, filled with six girls, away to the safety of eye saving sights in the direction of the bowling alley.

Where we bowled, ate cake, and actted ridiculous. Then our bachelorette party converged back to the bride and groom home-to-be to join the bachelor party where they played cards, barbequed, and watched world cup, and the real fun began.

Till the Big Night

A lot of the interim time was spent in pools, whether city hotel pools we snuck into or family and friends' hotel pools. We played football, Louis and James squirted people with their noodle/pool jet contraption, and Adriane showed us her future mothering skills by singing lullabies and rocking her bridesmaid, Erin, all while in the pool.

Friday night we had the wedding rehersal at the park on the lake where they were to be married. After we headed to a...you guessed it pool to swim and ordered pizza. Apparently Florida in the middle of the summer is not good for much of anything but swimming.

The Big Night

...was beautiful. I took hundreds of pictures. None of them doing the affair justice. You'll have to wait for the professional pictures on this one, but here are some to tie you over.