Helllooooo! Man it’s been a while not that I don’t adore
all of you and want to share every little bit of everything that happens in my
life, but life has been in high gear for the last month or so and it seem that
I am nonstop on the go. This is good and bad. Good in the sense that I am
constantly moving and shaking so all the yummy food and celebratory libations
haven’t ALL gone straight to my ass. (Just most of them) Bad in the sense that
I am constantly on the go and it’s been hardtop find some me time or even hubby
time. Man we haven’t been on a date, just the two of us, in about a month. Life really has been fun and had a lot of
changes this last month! To start we made it to one year! I hear this is quite the feat but we feel like it went by so fast with little hiccups in the big picture sense. We really have gotten a lot closer and stronger. We have had some challenges that not only have hurt a little but have helped to build our bond and solidify that we made the right choice with the right person. When it comes down to it that is what marriage is about. Never giving up on the love you felt the day you committed your life to that person. We had a fabulous trip. We went and stayed in Venice with our family friend Sonia. From there we made the trek over to Disneyland, but first we picked up Kelly from the Long beach airport, if you can even call it an airport. Sorry LBA. We spent two magical days and nights in Anaheim at Disneyland. We rode some ride (pirates is my favorite, F splash mountain) When it was time to leave the most magical place on earth we hit the open road for a 4 hour car ride to one of the sleaziest places on earth…VEGAS BABY! OH MY was that fun, we ate great food and drank way too much. I even danced on the bar at Coyote Ugly! We stayed at the New York New York. By this time we were ready for our own bed and some routine. So we hopped back in the car drove 8 hours through the Nevada dessert AKA Deliverance and through the back side of Reno through Tahoe to home sweet home.
Then it was back on the pony gearing up for the fabulous events to lie ahead. Next
was my “little” brother’s graduation from high school. *tear I can’t believe He
is 18 and graduated. It was so cool to be there and watch him get his diploma
and then that weekend Adam and I went to his house for a little BBQ and
presents to celebrate the accomplishments of the last 4 years! I am so proud
and excited to see where is takes his life now!
He is so smart, kind hearted,
tenacious, and focused. I know He can do anything He puts his mind to. A week
after Spencer graduated My Seester turned 30!! What a fabulous 30 she is. Dad,
Mom, Alan, Steph, Jodi, Jason, Adam, and I all went to dinner at The Kitchen.
It is a wonderful high class place that serves amazingly delicious food with
exquisite wine and what a show they put on. It is a little pricey but so worth
saving your pennies! Then we all headed back to her house where parents went to
be and Kids hit the town. We walked to Ink, The Blue Que, and Pine Cove. I wore
the complete wrong shoes and ended up with blisters but I was a wee bit
intoxicated so I didn’t care at the time. ;-)
All of this excitement was preparing us for the big moment
it all was leading up to…Audrie Brown became Audrie Kerr. It was so much fun,
but wait I am getting ahead of myself. Of course there was lots of prep and
planning that went on but then the Saturday before the big day was time to
relax and celebrate the shedding of the past and the start of a new future.
Sara (the maid of honor) Audrie, Molly and I all drove up to South Lake Tahoe
for a night on the strip. It was so fun we got all dolled up had dinner at the
Hard Rock Café. As full as we were we headed over to the Cabo Wabo bar where
they were serving pitchers of Waboritas to any bridal party of 5 or more so we
hooked up with another bridal party we saw in line who only had 3 ladies and we
got 2 pitchers, how I am not sure. Guess we were so dang cute we looked like we
had more girls than we did. OH well no one was complaining. So we hung out and
talked with them for a while and danced. They had a band playing that was really
good and we knew almost all the song! By then it was 12:30 our dogs were barking
and we had some major drunk munchies! So we walked back to our hotel (again in
heels, my poor feet hate me) where we snuggled in to eat chips and bean dip and
watch Best in Show. Great movie. Great night and company.
Then it was prep prep prep! Friday the village spent all day at the hall decorating and transforming it from a little farm hall to a beautiful country ball room. It was elegantly simple and classy. The girls spent the night at Audrie’s house and Chris and some of the boys spent the night at his brother’s house. In the morning Audrie and I cleaned wonders pasture, loaded up the car and drove to the hotel they were staying at that night to get ready! I did hair and make up for us while we sipped champagne. We loaded up again to get to Sara’s parents house for pictures and putting on the dress. She looked absolutely stunning. I think Chris was blown away by her beauty, grace and that dress!!! The wedding was pretty nontraditional, as Chris walked her down the aisle, they did what’s called a first look before the ceremony and went and did some of the reception, then took more pictures later on about half way through. Mostly because it was ridiculously hot, I think it actually got to 109!! From there it was a dance party till the end. The bride and groom took off into the night, leaving for the Mendocino coast the next day! Meanwhile the village was back for round 2…clean up! Great weekend, great wedding, gorgeous bride!
Now it’s just been back to the grind stone workin workin workin. Been offered a
little extra position at the restaurant as sommelier! So been wine tasting and
crunching numbers to find our next local winery!
