Free Time!

I have been out of school for 8 days now- most of which were spent following my sister Kacie around in preparation for her wedding. We did bridal portraits, hair, nails, entertained lots of family, ate lunch, made my mom cry- ya know, the usual wedding stuff.

But since I haven't blogged in awhile, I have a LOT to catch up on!

During the last week of school I did a health fair at a nearby elementary school. I focused on convincing the kids to never ever smoke. We showed statistics of what they could buy if they weren't buying cigarettes (i.e- 10 Wii systems a year...), showed nasty pictures of lung and mouth and throat cancer, and even had REAL SMOKER lungs (set in plastic) for them to see!!!! How cool is that?

May 8 was Kacie's graduation

I think my Dad's glasses look really funny in that picture.

May 9 was mother's Day AND our anniversary...I already blogged about that, but here is our annual "Mother & Daughters" picture.

School wrapped up on May 14 with a HORRENDOUS neuroscience exam. I don't have my grades yet, but I have had an entire week to become very indifferent. I know I passed, and that

is what matters. At this point, I really don't care if it is an A, B, or C

We saw our dear friend Cara get married on May 14, also... and don't have pictures. I am really, really bad at remembering my camera. I'm a work in progress.

I hosted a baby shower for a friend in NW Arkansas on May 15. And on May 15 I decided that married girls without babies SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED to go to baby showers. It's for the same reason that you don't take children to pet stores. And no, I am not comparing babies to puppies. I think you all understand.

So wedding weekend was great...and insane...and exhausting. However, Kacie and Michael are married and in Cancun for the next 6 days :) Mom and Dad are home alone crying about not having to turn the air down and stuff like that, and Daniel and I are enjoying a clean and quiet house.

Here are a few wedding reception photos- we don't really have any of the wedding itself yet.

Cutting the cake...

Don't they look beautiful? Her dress was just made for her :) My friend Cara (the one who got married a whole 7 days before Kacie) made that stunning cake.

Also, you should know that Kacie borrowed my necklace. (It's a "sister rule" that when one of us borrows something from the other one, that it must be acknowledged as the rightful owner's property.)

My dad eating the cake... (probably my favorite picture of the entire wedding). He says that he LOVES wedding cake, but we will see how he feels about it after he eat the leftover bottom layer over the next 2 weeks.

The rest of the menu included some amazing spring rolls, fruit kabobs, teriyaki beef skewers, crab rangoon, and sushi! We had a lot of leftover sushi, so I ate it the next day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I am sushi-ed out.

The Father-Daughter Dance was to "Kung-Fu Fighting", which is VERY appropriate if you know my dad and sister. They even choreographed it!

Dancing with Dad

Kacie and Michael leaving

The next day my piano students gave a lovely recital pieces by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, and Scarlatti. I am always so pleased with my students' effort.

And now, I start my LAST EVER summer vacation! I made a to-do list a month ago, but can't find it now. I guess that means that I don't have to do anything:)