This Is The Year

Whew! It's over! But what a wonderful day. I took lots of pictures, and want to get things written (typed!) down while it's all still fresh...even though I really just want to sleep! Warning: long post ahead with lots of pictures! This isn't one of those posts where I'm worried about going on and on forever and boring my readers...I want to record the events and feelings of today for me, and for my family, so I'm not going to worry about how long it ends up being. I'm just warnin' ya! The day started bright and early as I had 5 people to get ready (and by 5 I really mean 6- 'cause we all know that husbands really can't get ready themselves either!). We had to be to the temple at 9:50 a.m., so I was up at 6! This is super early for me...I'm so not a morning person! If 9:50 seems like a weird time to you, I'll give a crash course in Mormon weddings as we go. I wanted to do some fun, fancy hair on the girls, but needed to get my hair curled firs...

Is it my birthday? Nope. Anniversary? uh-uh How 'bout hubby's birthday, or one of the kiddos? Nah. On April 3 there is NOTHING going on! Isn't that awesome? This past several weeks has been CaRAZY! You see my baby bro is getting married. You might remember my mom and I, with the help of my aunt Darla, and her daughter Stephanie recently threw a bridal shower for the soon to be little sis-in-law. We have a HUGE family, and it was a luncheon. We had mahogany chicken wings (they're fab. I will post the recipe sometime), sweet and sour meatballs, salads, rolls, desserts and goodies. Oh, and can't forget the Jello! We had lots of baking, making and cooking to do. We divided it up - but it still kept us hoppin'! I had the idiot idea of trying a new cut out cookie recipe that is chocolate heart cookies, then dipped in white chocolate, then drizzled with semi-sweet chocolate. Why, oh why do I not know how to do anything simple? It took FOREVER! They looked super cute, ...