39 Days

So we are now 39 days away from the wedding and receptions. 39 days until family descends, Fred comes home, the wedding site has to be decorated, the chairs delivered, the flowers delivered, the reception set up, food delivered and prepped to serve (thank you Wendy), the dresses worn, the songs sung, the toasts made...39 days until she leaves home for the last time to become someone's wife. Someones wife, there is a bittersweetness about that phrase that causes me to stop in my tracks every once in a while and remember her as the little girl that ran around in cowboy boots and diapers, with tangles and tons of blond, curls that were wildly out of control for the most part. The little girl that curled up in my arms at night as we read together. The little girl that loved Fast Sunday because it was not Long Sunday. The little angle face with the devilish smile that would lie in wait for her older siblings to bang them on the head with some toy or other and then race, laughing wildly down the hall to get away. She was here a minute ago, I could swear. It has all come to unexpectedly fast and here we are...with only 39 days.

Oh my goodness, look what I found...

A few shots of some old friends...well no so old then of course. Enjoy!

Memories!

Good gracious! The photos are coming out of the walls, boxes and boxes of them. These are a few of some dear and wonderful friends. Vick, I hope you remember some of these times. Our girls turned out beautiful and the boys just adorable! We done good girl!

Roaming The Countryside

Left Sunday (after the soccer tourney) for Maryland. Monday was the dress fitting and it was so much fun! We had lunch with the photographer Dave and Care's future sister in law to go over photo ideas. Dinner out at the Imperial Gardens (it wasn't so Imperial) but the food was pretty good and company better. The best part was the Baskin Robbin's right next door.

Tuesday, drove to Michigan go see Fred for a few days. Get in some down time, reading time, shopping time etc. before setting off to get Maddock on Sunday the down to South Carolina to see Marshal and Steph until the 7th. Then on to South Carolina, to pick up my good friend, Lisa. Drop her off in Virginia and then home.

What awaits me there is...flowers, boy's clothing, decorations for the park, linens for the reception, ordering all the rest of the food, finding a nice B&B for Care's and J's wedding night...

the list goes on and on. Now back to chillin, reading, napping, shopping...

Wedding Frazzle

O.K. so far I have been having a pretty good time with the whole wedding thing. But today, looking at being out of town for the next two weeks (no our house will NOT be empty, other people besides me live here) has caused me to have sort of a mental melt down. I do not have the flowers ordered, or the decorations for the wedding venue, or the chairs, plates, linens... I mean really, how far behind am I? If I don't have chairs can't people just stand for fifteen minutes? Can't we just let nature be the provider of the decor for the site? AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! O.K. I feel a little better now. I am so, so, very happy that God gifted me with two daughters, who are wonderful! But I am also grateful that I only have the two. Mother of the Groom, that is were it is at!

Old Friends

I just spent the last couple of hours on the phone catching up with an old friend that somehow I lost over the years of moving and travel. It was wonderful! We laughed and carried on as if no time had passed at all. At times I hate how much technology has taken over our lives but tonight I am extremely grateful for Facebook and two young women (Vickie's daughters Tiffany and Rachel) who decided to respond to a stranger's Facebook message and helped me get back in touch their mom. She was a wonderful friend and one I am blessed to have back in my circle. Vickie, you asked for photos of the family...here you go.



Love,

Tracey

Family Pics

Christina with Fayelin.

The grandbabies from left to right Gavin, Fayelin,Maeve, Heber, Liza. ...........and baby Lorna!

Maddock and his girl T ready for Prom.

Marshal &

Stephani 2008

Micah Christmas morning 2008

Carolin and her fiance Jason. Wedding 9/25/09