So Long, Fair Well Kansas!

  We got SO MUCH DONE while we were home!!! The apartment is coming along nicely, we had a family wedding to attend, and lots of team events and classes, meetings and such.  Our work rarely feels like work because we adore connecting with our team so much. 

  We were so thankful to be home for Dale's cousins wedding.  Guess what? He was a junior attendant in our wedding 15 years ago.  WHAT?!  How are we this old?

  He got married out at the BEAUTIFUL farm we renewed our vows at.  We used the all brick gorgeous horse barn, he used the gorgeous lawn for ceremony and the brick airplane hanger for the reception.  Yes, this place is AMAZING!  :)  

  I was excited to get to wear my second Stitch Fix wedding dress.  One more to go in Oregon!  

  Imagine my surprise when I find out that my NANNY kids were there!  If you followed my old blog, you know I nannied for a family of 5 and a family of 2 right up through the time Dale and I got married.

  Anyhow, the Wiens family, they are super close friends of the bride.   I was SO happy to get to hang out!  So get this,  Abby (in red) is pictured up in my wedding photo, holding hands with yup, you guessed it...the groom, Dale's cousin Matt.  I had so much fun introducing them again after all this time.  :)  

  Can you believe those little guys laying in a circle above, are the same as in the pic below?  They have grown into amazing adults!!  

  The kids danced the night away, it was a gorgeous wedding!

  The rest of our time at home was spent taking bike rides, seeing family and friends, and working on the apartment.....

  Mother's Day started off with a yogurt parfait in bed. My sweet family knows that breakfast is NOT my favorite! :)  They brought me sweet cards and kept me company while I ate.

  After church and a lovely late lunch at Dale's mom's restaurant, we headed to the lake. Dale wanted to fish and I had plans to read  a book or two in the sun.  My sweetie girls came up and asked if they could "do my nails" and give me hand and foot massages.  Haha, SURE! :)

  I got some AWESOME chairs for Mother's Day.  I call them my porch candy, they are so colorful and beautiful!  And totally retro like our apartment theme....

  We ran to pick them up from Orscheln's.  

  And I found a present I wanted WAY WORSE...

  OH MY GOODNESS.  I want this sweet little BUNNY for my RV pet!  Sophie would surely love some company.  I wasn't alone, all the kids were smitten.  In fact, we visited this little bunny several times.  But alas, Dale would not budge.  Something about not wanting a litter box in the RV and knowing, that in the end, I really wouldn't either.  ;)

  Too bad, she sure is cute.  We named her Cassia, after the cinnamon essential oil.  Sigh.  I miss her.

  One quick lunch date with my BFF, and a 45 minute run to go pick up my broken wedding ring from AGES ago it seems, and it was time to leave for our west coast trip..... 

  Kasey had some boring errands to run in a town about 45 minutes away, so she called to see if I could go and we could make it a quick girls lunch and shopping trip.  We had a leisurely lunch at our favorite high class joint, and then ran to the stores she needed.  SUPER fun! So thankful we got some time together before we hit the road.

   I don't know if you saw this on Instagram, but months and months ago, I went into a kitchen cupboard and caught my beautiful band  on a mean ol' bolt in the hardware.  Something had to give, and thank goodness, the ring did, right where we had it sized.  Apparently, people strip all their skin off, break their knuckle or break the ring where it was sized.  PHEW!

  Feels good to have it back on my finger before we go! 

    We had to run to Kansas City before we left town to go pick up our new trailer, aka garage.  I'll share about that soon!  It's time to hit the road again.....

Hugs, T