No, I'm not this excited over my jeans fitting again (excited, but not that excited).
It's my wedding band! Sometime around my fourth month or so my fingers swelled enough that keeping my wedding band on was rather painful. I've been trying to get it back on ever since Julia was born and today, for the first time, it fit! I'm so glad. I've felt rather naked without it. :)
Showing posts with label Wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wedding. Show all posts
05 March 2007
05 September 2006
We put the Labor in Labor Day
We had a good time visiting McMinnville this past weekend. The main event of the weekend was a reception for Dave's cousin, Cindy, and her new husband, James. Cindy and James were married in Las Vegas on August 12. Since the ceremony included immediate family only, Tracey and Stan threw a party for the newlyweds at their house. It was a typical party: girls in one room looking through the wedding album, guys in another watching football and eating. As at any do involving members of the Newby family, no one walked away hungry! (I particularly enjoyed the strawberry creme cake. YUMMY!)
I didn't get any pictures of the bride and groom together, but here's Cindy opening the gift from Christopher and Jamie & Dave and I.
I was in charge of gift wrap & delivery for the Bouldins and did such an unfortunate job wrapping their gift it made me laugh. (Sorry David and Jackie!)
The next day we relaxed at Nannie and Pa's house. Of course, there was swimming. (Jacob didn't want me to take pictures of him.)
And Dave practiced being a Daddy.
Once he set her right-side up, Jenna played peekaboo with Pa.
And then on Labor Day, we helped Tracey and Stan and Casey move to their new house in Manchester. Whew! It was an exhausting, fun weekend.
I didn't get any pictures of the bride and groom together, but here's Cindy opening the gift from Christopher and Jamie & Dave and I.
I was in charge of gift wrap & delivery for the Bouldins and did such an unfortunate job wrapping their gift it made me laugh. (Sorry David and Jackie!)The next day we relaxed at Nannie and Pa's house. Of course, there was swimming. (Jacob didn't want me to take pictures of him.)
And Dave practiced being a Daddy.
Once he set her right-side up, Jenna played peekaboo with Pa.
And then on Labor Day, we helped Tracey and Stan and Casey move to their new house in Manchester. Whew! It was an exhausting, fun weekend.
18 July 2006
Weekend Excitement
We had a great time in Bristol, VA. Christy's wedding was beautiful, and we got to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa, Allen, Bev and Richard. Add getting the yummy breakfast buffet for free both days and you have a banner weekend! :P
FRIDAY:
David got off work around 1 pm so we could try to beat the weekend traffic out of town. On my way home from dropping Echo off at the vet (Yes, we waited until the very last minute to abandon her for the weekend.), the downpour began. It rained nearly the entire drive. Fortunately, except for the traffic headed to Pigeon Forge, the roadways were relatively vehicle-free.
We arrived at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Bristol and discovered that the hotel was location of choice for several of the teams competing in the Virginia State Softball Tournament for Nine and Ten-Year-Olds. Oh, boy. (The only real inconvenience to us since we had no desire to swim in the pool was the use of the elevators as entertainment once the girls returned from their games. We ended up using the stairs quite a bit.) After checking in, we met up with Grandma and Grandpa and Allen to go to the rehearsal dinner.
The dinner was at a little cafe type place called K.P. Duty on State Street, the Tennessee side, I think. (Bristol is on the Tennessee/Virginia border and State Street runs along the state line. One side is in Tennessee and the other is in Virginia. When shopping on State Street, remember that Virginia's state sales tax is about half of Tennessee's.) The food was delicious--barbecue pork, potato salad, corn on the cob, green beans and lemon squares for dessert. Yum. We sat with Allen and Bev and Richard. This turned out to be a mistake. :) Each place setting had a mason jar glass with a monogram painted on it combining Christy and Gray's initials (GBC). I mentioned to David that if we named our child so that it had the initials G.B.C. we could snag a set of glasses for it, pre-personalized. And then Allen christened our baby Golden Bouldin (Goldie if it's a girl) and called it that all weekend. I tried to reassure The Peanut that Allen had no naming rights whatsoever, but I'm afraid the child might be afraid to come out now. Wouldn't you?
SATURDAY:
The wedding took place at River's Way Outdoor Adventure Center. It was a gorgeous location, especially since the rain held off until after the wedding and reception were over!
Much to David's delight, the music was provided by a bluegrass band. :P
The guys wore matching bowties and brown leather flip flops. I really liked the bridesmaids' dresses.
Mr. and Mrs. Buckles 
Bev put together some fans to keep guests from passing out during the ceremony. She also did the little bags of mints scattered on the tables at the reception.
And while she was busy posing for pictures with the bride and groom, I snagged her glasses and had Dave try them on.
SUNDAY:
We all decided to meet down in the lobby around 8:45 to go to breakfast. Allen and I were down there reading the paper waiting for everyone else when the fire alarm started going off. We saw the hotel staff running around with their walkie-talkies, but no one told us to leave so we enjoyed the show. I got a little nervous when I heard the alarm was from floor six (the floor David and I were on) and that they needed the front desk clerk to call the fire department because they couldn't figure out where the smoke was coming from, but even before the fire truck got there, they said everything was under control. By that time, most of the hotel had evacuated out to the parking lots. We used the opportunity to get a good table in the restaurant and start eating breakfast!
After checking out, we all decided to meet in Jonesborough, the oldest town in Tennessee. The shops didn't open until one, but we ate dessert at a little cafe and walked up and down the main street before heading our separate ways. Grandma had us take a picture in front of some old building.
We didn't pick Echo up until Monday. She was pretty wiped out. Our little kangaroo puppy.
FRIDAY:
David got off work around 1 pm so we could try to beat the weekend traffic out of town. On my way home from dropping Echo off at the vet (Yes, we waited until the very last minute to abandon her for the weekend.), the downpour began. It rained nearly the entire drive. Fortunately, except for the traffic headed to Pigeon Forge, the roadways were relatively vehicle-free.
We arrived at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Bristol and discovered that the hotel was location of choice for several of the teams competing in the Virginia State Softball Tournament for Nine and Ten-Year-Olds. Oh, boy. (The only real inconvenience to us since we had no desire to swim in the pool was the use of the elevators as entertainment once the girls returned from their games. We ended up using the stairs quite a bit.) After checking in, we met up with Grandma and Grandpa and Allen to go to the rehearsal dinner.
The dinner was at a little cafe type place called K.P. Duty on State Street, the Tennessee side, I think. (Bristol is on the Tennessee/Virginia border and State Street runs along the state line. One side is in Tennessee and the other is in Virginia. When shopping on State Street, remember that Virginia's state sales tax is about half of Tennessee's.) The food was delicious--barbecue pork, potato salad, corn on the cob, green beans and lemon squares for dessert. Yum. We sat with Allen and Bev and Richard. This turned out to be a mistake. :) Each place setting had a mason jar glass with a monogram painted on it combining Christy and Gray's initials (GBC). I mentioned to David that if we named our child so that it had the initials G.B.C. we could snag a set of glasses for it, pre-personalized. And then Allen christened our baby Golden Bouldin (Goldie if it's a girl) and called it that all weekend. I tried to reassure The Peanut that Allen had no naming rights whatsoever, but I'm afraid the child might be afraid to come out now. Wouldn't you?
SATURDAY:
The wedding took place at River's Way Outdoor Adventure Center. It was a gorgeous location, especially since the rain held off until after the wedding and reception were over!
Much to David's delight, the music was provided by a bluegrass band. :P
The guys wore matching bowties and brown leather flip flops. I really liked the bridesmaids' dresses.
Mr. and Mrs. Buckles 
Bev put together some fans to keep guests from passing out during the ceremony. She also did the little bags of mints scattered on the tables at the reception.
And while she was busy posing for pictures with the bride and groom, I snagged her glasses and had Dave try them on.
SUNDAY:
We all decided to meet down in the lobby around 8:45 to go to breakfast. Allen and I were down there reading the paper waiting for everyone else when the fire alarm started going off. We saw the hotel staff running around with their walkie-talkies, but no one told us to leave so we enjoyed the show. I got a little nervous when I heard the alarm was from floor six (the floor David and I were on) and that they needed the front desk clerk to call the fire department because they couldn't figure out where the smoke was coming from, but even before the fire truck got there, they said everything was under control. By that time, most of the hotel had evacuated out to the parking lots. We used the opportunity to get a good table in the restaurant and start eating breakfast!
After checking out, we all decided to meet in Jonesborough, the oldest town in Tennessee. The shops didn't open until one, but we ate dessert at a little cafe and walked up and down the main street before heading our separate ways. Grandma had us take a picture in front of some old building.
We didn't pick Echo up until Monday. She was pretty wiped out. Our little kangaroo puppy.
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