Monday, June 09, 2008

There's No Place Like Home

So last week was our trip to Arkansas. We saw family and friends, but most importantly we attended my cousin Jennifer's wedding. It was such a great trip! I took tons of photos that you can go here to see, but I'll post a few of the highlights by day.

Saturday we got off to a great start by almost getting into a tornado. We were just outside of St. Louis and it got scary very fast. Jamie opened the sunroof and told me to watch the skies above to look for a funnel cloud. We made it safely, but it was really scary for a while.

Saturday night we stayed in our friend Andy's condo inside of this cool old church. We were so grateful that Andy let us stay there.On Sunday we stopped in Springfield to visit the Van Eps. Jamie and Ben were buds in architecture school, and it was great to catch up with them and meet their cute little boy, Jack.Monday I got to spend time with my girlfriends Johnna, Beth, and Gretchen. We had such a great time and laughed lots while talking through all of our memories.
Tuesday brought a trip to Oklahoma to visit Nana and Opa. We had some heavy traffic on the way over, but it was worth it to see the fun Natalie had having a tea party with Nana and visiting Opa.

Wednesday night Jill had the Henleys and Shavers over for dinner. This group has been friends for years - Jamie and Noel since they were four and Jamie and Ashley since they were seven. Here are Noel, Ashley, and Jamie.Here we are with Jeff and Jill.

Thursday was lots of family time. Here are Memaw and Natalie.Friday was the rehearsal dinner. Here is our family all dressed up.
Saturday was the big day! Here are Justin and Jenn with my precious flowergirl. She had so much fun - even though I had to walk her down the aisle. She wouldn't go without me. But the wedding was beautiful - I have never seen Jennifer look so happy. And we are all thrilled to have Justin in the family.

3 comments:

stephy said...

These killed me! I wish I was there. *sniff*
And I also wish I had a condo in an old church.

Ashley said...

Stephanie, I knew you'd be jealous that I got to see Jamie & Stacy! When are you going to come home to Arkansas and visit us?

Ditto on the condo in the old church!

Stacy, it was so good to see you and Jamie! Thank you for inviting us. Also, I wish I could go snooping inside your friend's house with the blue suede couch! It looks amazing!

digging a hole to China said...

oh man, i wish i knew you HA guys were together on monday. i was in fort smith with my three, visiting my brother. we were so close. not a fun drive from nashville, pk only slept for 11 minutes!!!!!