Little Rock Love.

What a fabulous Memorial day weekend Bryan and I had! We went to visit Kari and Andy in good ol' Arkansas. The weekend started by working a half day at work, which was awesome! And, the drive down there was probably one of the most beautiful drives I have made (and I have made a lot of family roadtrip drives!). The pictures don't do justice for the scenic drive we made. We spent most of the time relaxing at their house, catching up with them, and of course getting to know their new addition to the family-Buckwheat-who is the cutest puppy and reminds us of Marley (from Marley and Me). Of course the weather held up on Saturday while we were there, and we went out to Texas Roadhouse, which is absolutely delicious! Afterwards, we made our way to Little Rock downtown for Riverfest where we got to see James Otto live. Jason Aldean was supposed to play after him, but due to the weather getting bad, we left. It was a great time! Sunday we spent time lounging and enjoying the indoors due to the rain (got to love May!). We did make it out for some dinner and a movie. And, we headed back Monday to relax and enjoy our last day before going back to work! It seems no matter what, when you are a grown up, the weekends (no matter how long they are) go by so fast! It was a great Memorial day weekend, and we are SO glad we got a chance to visit Kari and Andy! Love.

Congrats Jared and Kelsey!

I would first like to start out by saying this weekend was A.W.E.S.O.M.E. Bryan's cousin, Jared, and Kelsey got married on Saturday (a popular day we found out for a wedding this year!). First off, the weather was GORGEOUS. I don't think anyone could have asked for better weather. No rain, sunny, light breeze, and in the 70s. Perfect. A little background on the awesome couple. They are high school sweethearts and have been together for over six years, and if you met them, you would understand how perfect and great they are together. They are goofy (there is not a picture of them without their tongues sticking out...it's the Jared pose!), fun, sweet, and some of the most caring people. The day started off with stopping for a little bit at Bryan's Aunt Kathy's house to get dressed and hang out with the groom (Bryan was one of Jared's best men). Another side note, if you know Jared, you know he does not do anything of the norm. Instead of the traditional black tux, he wore a white pin-stripped tux that looked AWESOME! (The junior groom was dressed the same...can I say they looked like STUDS!). And, the groom's tuxes were black pin-stripped. See pictures below. (Bryan looked like a stud as well.)

We then went to the church where I was to find out my duties of guest book attendant and Bryan was to be by Jared's side until the ceremony started! I hung out with Kelsey, her family, and the other bridesmaids. Kelse looked beautiful. And, watching her dad's reaction to his daughter all dressed was the best! The ceremony was awesome! There was a dip for their first kiss and sunglasses worn by the groomsmen to show their "GQ" side. Pictures were awesome. Their photographer was amazing. The wedding party was incredibly fun as you will see below in the pictures. Not one picture was boring. The reception was...a B.L.A.S.T. I don't know if I have ever had so much fun at a reception dancing. Almost all the guests were up there dancing! It was awesome. I should back up. The speeches were wonderful. Bryan's speech was hilarious, and he had all the guests laughing throughout the whole speech. And to think he was nervous about it. :) Seeing all of his family was great as always. The matron of honor, Emily, had the CUTEST little boys if I may say so. If you saw them, you would say the same!

There were two highlights of the reception. One being their first dance was sung by Kelsey's uncle who was amazing. It would not be Jared and Kelsey's wedding if they had not done something crazy. Remember that couple last year who broke out in the dance to "Baby Got Back" during their first dance...you guessed right! Jared and Kelse did it to the perfection, and it was awesome! The second highlight was a song that Kelsey's dad had written for Kelsey, and it was incredible. I don't know if that gives enough credit to how touching it was! He had an entire side of the room of women tearing up throughout the song. I must say, Kelsey's family is very musically talented and to think she married herself a musical talent in Jared as well! :) All in all, the wedding (as you have read) was wonderful and a blast. It made Bryan and I very excited for our big day to arrive!

Enjoy the pictures below from the wedding. There were too many good ones to choose from, so I have lots of them for you to look through! Love.