Wedding, Deck, & Time out

I have been bad about posting. Then a bunch of things happen and I feel overwhelmed to recap them all. So last weekend we went to my friend, Kristen's wedding, in Nashville. Man was it hot outside Saturday night but we had a great time. It really want an honor to be invited since it was a pretty intimate wedding at her parents house. Kristen was the most beautiful bride I have EVER seen. I am telling you--the whole wedding party looked like barbie and kens. I was just thankful that i was not up there-I would have had to wear a bag over my head. It was gorgeous!!!! Arden had a blast too. She was the most excited about getting to dance. We went to Loveless Cafe for father's day for the famous southern breakfast--it has been on food network. We had a great weekend!

this is what she looked like after the wedding and all her dancing and sweating.

We are also building a deck on our house in the back. Our lot and the city are both very tricky so it is hard to get it all squared away. We are working on it now. Getting a permit with the city was just a nightmare. I can't even begine the story. We did get one though. Thank you to everyone that prayed for us. It was such a stress for me. I was so frustrated and I am just glad it is over. The City holds all the power and they make the final decisions on anyone that lives in North Chatt. They will pull your house deed all the way back to the 20's when it was built and make you make it right. scary.

Also, the girl got time out on Tues.Her teacher told me that she would just walk up and take a toy from the other kids when they were playing with it. I was so upset about it because I didn't want to have time out kid. The teacher explained that Arden didn't really understand--she wasn't mean at all--and always sorry after it happened. She said it was as if she didn't understand that you just don't walk up and take things away. Proof that she has no siblings. We have been talking about it tons and how we should act kind to our friends. She seems to understand but we will see after school today. I told her if she got time out at school then she was getting a spanking when we got home. Welcome to the world of parenting.

Now just for your enjoyment I thought I would post a picture of Kristen and I (both preggies) on 80's night. We decided to have our picture taken by the food table. Seemed appropriate.