Congratulations Brandon and Loreen!

Our whole reason for our trip to Florida was to attend my friend since junior high, Brandon's wedding to Loreen. I have actually known Brandon for 20 years. He and I were pretty much best friends throughout high school. He could always have his pick of the ladies (which he would modestly deny to this day) but was never down with the drama of high school girls. My best girlfriend from jr. high and high school used to joke that the girl that won him over deserved a trophy but we didn't think that anyone would ever get the trophy. I thought about giving one to Loreen as a joke but I wasn't sure if she would think it was funny and didn't want to accidentally offend her. In any event, Brandon's sister actually lives out this way in Mukilteo and Brandon comes out to visit periodically so I usually see him once or twice a year. When he told me that he had a girlfriend with him on one of his visits, I was stunned in a good way. When I met Loreen, I was happy to discover that he may have found the one. Brandon proposed last June while they were in Ireland together.

These 3 guys were inseparable all throughout jr. high and high school. From left to right, Chuck, Brandon and Jake. They were in a cover band named the Derelicks together. I still have their cassette which Brandon saved a copy of for me since I was away at college during their sales drive. I seriously have not seen Jake for probably 13 years and he looks exactly the same as the last time I saw him.

Since we looked halfway presentable, I actually got a nice picture of us together. Notice the big orange bus in the background....

This was the getaway car for the entire wedding party. I had no idea about this but Brandon owns this with 7 other guys. They bought an old school bus and did it up Gator-style. All of the seats have been ripped out and replaced with couches and bunk beds. They take this up to a UF game and can crash in it after a game. Really clever idea if you ask me. It just totally cracked me up that such a vehicle exists. I'm not hatin but no rivalry on the West Coast can come close to how crazy people are about all SEC college teams.

I got a chance to steal part of a dance with the groom during the money dance. He's honestly one of the greatest guys you could ever hope to know. I am so honored that I was able to be at his wedding to such an amazing girl. Congrats to you both, I wish you a lifetime of nothing but happiness!

10 years

Friday was Jason and I's 10th wedding anniversary. We went out to dinner with my Aunt Holly, her fiance Bud and Bud's Dad, John. John skipped out early so we missed him in the pictures. The drink special for the night were $4 Long Island Iced Teas. Jason and I realized on Saturday morning that we were a little too old to drinking those.

Wish you were here....

This is the view from our hotel room. We are immensely enjoying seeing the sun for a change. We are having a great time!

The happiest place on Earth!

Jason and I drug our jet lagged bodies out of bed early yesterday morning and headed to the Magic Kingdom. We had a blast doing all things Disney.

Sink, a sink!

We worked most of the day yesterday at getting the upstairs bathroom back in order. Have I mentioned how much I hate the angles of our walls? The picture below is to show off the molding.

Jason had SO much fun working on plumbing. (That's sarcasm.)

We love our new faucet, bought it on eBay because we refused to pay as much as Home Depot wanted for a special order. It was less than half the price!

I love this vanity, it weighs a ton. Thank God we never have to move it out of there!

Another view so you can see the door and everything else next to it. We're going to order glass knobs to replace the hardware on the vanity to make everything match. All in due time!

Like looking in a mirror?

I was in straighening up the spare room today and Fonzie wanted up on the bed. He immediately went over and climbed just about the fabulous weiner dog pillow that Tracy made me. The light bulb went on to get a picture. Camera was downstairs. He jumped off the bed. I made him re-pose which is why he looks so annoyed but I still thought it was a cute picture.

Surprise Troy!

Yesterday we went to my BFF Troy's surprise 30th birthday party. Happy Birthday Troy!

Doors!

We have doors in our house again! They were installed today. We still have to paint them but can take them off the hinges if the weather ever gets any better. We installed the fabulous door knobs tonight.

New bedding!

We picked up our silk comforter while in Rainier today so put it on the bed with our new duvet cover. It's a blue paisley pattern.

Fonzie posed so I could get a closer picture of the pattern.

Cutie pie

We got to see Allyson today. Uncle Jason helped out by feeding her.

Grandma gave her a bath.

Then she played while wearing her "I love my auntie" onesie. I tried to get a picture where you could see it but she didn't cooperate.

We're a 3 cow family again

The little red guy is our new bull calf who was born on Thursday night. We went down to Rainier today to check him out. You'll notice his mom Betsy babysitting all the new calfs in the background.

Upstairs bath

The dogs tried to help me take pictures of the upstairs bath....

Downstairs bath..

Pictures of the downstairs bathroom.

Bad mom

Tonight, I cut Fonzie's toenails. I messed up and cut 2 of them too short and made a major boo-boo. Notice the bandaid on this paw. I feel so bad about it. I got him wrapped up in his blankie and he's now passed out asleep next to me as I type. Think good thoughts for the little hot dog's tiny foot.

Barna family

My Aunt Terry asked me what I wanted for my birthday earlier this month. I reminded her how much I wanted a copy of the family portrait from before my great uncles went off to war. I bought a frame for it this past weekend. It's the first picture that I put back out in the house now that things are getting back into order. The next time you're at the house, ask me about it so I can tell you who everyone is.

Clampett's garage

We bought new interior doors this weekend. We got the call today that our molding was in as well. Time to get moving on the finishing work! We have to paint all of the pieces before we do anything!

Trapped monkey

Bill and Jason moved our dining room table this weekend and put the area rug in place. We put the felt on the bottoms of all of the chair legs and pushed in all of the chairs. Look who got stuck...the monkey dog.

Comforting

We worked on the downstairs bathroom this weekend. The paint color is called comforting, picked out by my fabulous friend Troy. I LOVE this color. The light fixture and mirror are new. We are waiting to install the molding before putting in the new vanity. Jason did a great job putting up the wainscotting. We had an issue with the upstairs bath and had to have some plumbing move before we could put up the wainscotting or go any further than painting it.