TGIF (I hate that phrase, true as it may be)

This week has been very frustrating. At work, we're trying to integrate our software with new hardware and there is a never-ending stream of problems. And though it's not really said aloud, there's a lot of finger-pointing and whatnot over whether they're software or hardware problems. So far they're mostly hardware problems (which are quite a pain to diagnose, I might add.) Aside from all that, we had a major ant problem that has since been cleared up and Matt's had a rough week at work, too (he's just really, really busy.)

Tonight we went to TGI Friday's for dinner for Kristen's birthday (my brother's girlfriend.) They're off to Destin tomorrow for a week for a friend's wedding. I'm kinda jealous. I could use a vacation.

Today was "Take your kids to work" day at work today. It was really strange seeing little kids all over the place. I've never worked anywhere that did that before. Of course the lab I work in is classified so there weren't any kids in there, but they seemed to be everywhere else. It made me a little sad, actually, to see all those kids there with their parents and I have to remind myself how much older all these people are than me.

One of my good friends since elementary school (Nicole) is pregnant (about 4 or 5 months now.) She's going to have a girl and I'm very excited for her. I'm helping to throw her shower in a few months.

That's about it. I finally got that cable for my camera (thank you Amazon) so hopefully I'll get some house pics up soon. Until then, here are some pictures:

Christian's Stockyards Sour Challenge: (from when they came to visit)


Tyson wants you to get the ball away from him and then throw it:


Tyson being very sad and sleepy: (and laying on our pillows)

Wedding Pics - Part III - The Reception

The Reception

Southfork (Dallas, TX):





The Cake:




Our First Dance:




Dad/Daughter Dance:


Mother/Son Dance:


Me and Matt w/ Lindsey (flower girl):




Dollar Dance (Matt & Brandon being silly):


Best Man Toast:


Parents Dancing:




Miscellaneous Reception Pics:






Saying goodbye:





Leaving:

Wedding Pics - Part II - The Ceremony

The Ceremony

Me peaking to see what's going on:


Getting ready to walk out with my dad (trying not to cry):


Ring Bearers walking down (and you can see Amy):


From behind, me and my dad walking down the aisle:


Matt and I at the altar during the ceremony:


Pictures after the ceremony:





Matt & me leaving the church:

Wedding Pics - Part I - Before the Ceremony

All this talk about pictures made me go back and look at the pictures that we have on this computer. Mostly, they're just our wedding pictures and a few others taken with our digital camera(s). Looking at our wedding pictures again made me want to post them, so I think I will.

I ordered the cord I need for my camera off of Amazon, so maybe next weekend I can post some house pictures...

Before the Ceremony

The Invitation:


Paul:


Christian:


Dave: (did he steal a bouquet?)


Ring Bearers: (one happy, one not so happy)


One of the Flower Girls:


Me and the bridesmaids telling stories in the dressing room:


Whoops, I forgot to put on the garter. That's the kind of thing you only ask a good friend to do:


Me and Matt's Mom:


Ready to walk in:

Lazy Saturday

Matt:

Tyson (back when he was little):


Well, Matt had to go to work today so I'm just hanging out at the house with Tyson trying to find something to do. Of course, there's plenty TO do, it's harder finding something I WANT to do. Tyson seems pretty content with just sleeping all day and, while it sounds intriguing, I think I can do better.

Of course, it just happens to work out that when I finally stop having to work weekends, Matt finds himself busier than ever...

I've been meaning to start compiling a cookbook of my favorite recipes. I want to download some pictures and songs to my phone so I'm not stuck with the stuff Matt left on it (he's moved on to a smaller and better phone.) I just have to figure out how to get it to connect to the iMac's bluetooth. I need to buy curtain rods and make/buy curtains. I need to look up some stuff online for work. I need to go through the rest of the boxes upstairs that haven't been unpacked yet. I need to post some pics of our house, especially now that it's mostly furnished. I need to buy a new cable so that I can get those pics from my camera to the iMac. I need to clean out my car and get it washed (can't do it myself due to stage 3 water restrictions.) I need to organize our old pictures and make albums. I need to make Matt's parents (and us!) a wedding album (4 years later!) I have SO many pictures from high school that I want to be able to look at. I need to scan them into to the computer before I put them in albums. I need to buy a scanner.

Anyway, lots of stuff to do and very little motivation to do them. Tonight - dinner & a movie. Not sure what movie. I wanted to see Wordplay (a documentary about crossword puzzles,) but it's not showing in Plano anymore. Maybe Pirates of the Carribean or A Scanner Darkly. We shall see. Last night we had Thai food - very yummy. I much prefer it to Indian food and this place near us is awesome. It's only a 5 minute drive. I'll leave you with some pics:


Me & Tyson: (thanks to the new iMac built-in camera):



Our new house: (before we moved in and before our trees had leaves)