A Morales Minute

Koda is extra  sleepy and groggy today. He needed to have some dental work done.  He's just been laying and sleeping all day. He had 4 teeth removed that were loose. So it's soft foods for this cutie for a week.  Being the last day of April, you know what happens next right?  

Tyler has been gone all week for another DECA conference. This time in Atlanta, GA They were lucky ducks and got to go to Six Flags, Coca Cola Museum, and Aquarium. The Atlanta aquarium is so neat. It felt enchanted when I was there about 8 years ago. Seeing those whale sharks and giant manta rays was incredible. I was sad to learn there's only one whale shark there now.  He enjoys this group and all the work and activities they do together.  The boy who hated dressing up now is eager to put on a suit and tie for DECA.   

Lindsey has been doing awesome at work. She does the marketing and streaming for the Top Notch Jerky company. I remember she was hesitant to take the job because it was a Jerky plant but with its location and wages it was a good job for her. Better yet, she's really enjoyed it! She does a lot of online streaming sales on live videos. I like to just watch it and hear her in the back round talking to James while he sells items. Every now and then she pops into frame and will talk. She's just so cute! She's had some opportunities to be front and center on the live stream. She gets so nervous but the people love her! She does so well. She's a brave cookie and I admire her for her ambition and doing things that are outside her comfort zone.  And tonight the girls FaceTimed me! It was so good to see them both and be able to laugh with them. I took this screenshot and I know Lindsey probably won't like it but I love it! Look how happy they are. That's what warms a momm...

Now that the wedding is over and I've gotten the house all put back together, laundry done, borrowed items returned, I can sit and back and relax. Enjoy that everything came together so well, enjoyed time with family and friends, and mostly...being in the temple with my family as my daughter was sealed to her one and only. It was such a great weekend. I've enjoyed remembering things about it. I'm tired but it was worth the work. So, no better way to sit and relax than with... my sweet pup! He was so eager to take a nap on the couch with me. No one else was around to take my attention from him.  While sitting Lindsey sent this cool link to the family to use google earth images that are similar to letters to spell your name. I thought it was so cool! We all enjoyed making our names out of these photos.   

Saturday afternoon Chaz and Olivia came over to open their gifts.  They got so many great gifts, gift cards, and money. They're so loved. It was fun to have them over for a while to eat and visit with. Then Olivia went and gathered some more of her things from her room. This girl just isn't quit ready to give up her room and childhood/teenage things. What she left behind we will just box up and get Tyler moved in to her room. She can go through the boxes when she has more time. I felt blessed she wanted to hang out with family before they headed back to Idaho. They left the same time as Lindsey and Isaac. They followed each other to Meridian. Isaac and Lindsey stayed at Isaac's parents and Olivia and Chaz had a night in a hotel. Sunday morning they will head on to Rexburg and get all their things moved in to their new apartment.  As excited as I am for these two, it was still so hard to say our goodbyes. I miss Lindsey and Olivia so much. They are my best friends! We've...

Paying other companies to do most of the set up and take down of the reception makes clean up easier! But it was still work for us to gather all of our things, ie yard toys, lights, fire pit, interior decor, and get the flowers and gifts all loaded up in multiple cars. You'd think we'd all want to go straight to bed at the end of it all. But just like we did after Lindsey's wedding, we stayed up even later just decompressing. Sitting and visiting. Going over the day and talking about all the good things and how much fun everyone had.  Lindsey was such a sweetheart and rubbed my feet for me.  We did it! Planned our second daughter's wedding. Only a year and a half after the first one!

After pictures we headed to the venue where they had begun serving drinks and had snacks bowls on tables while guests waited for the us and the bride and groom to get there after the picture session was done. We were blessed with a beautiful day so the outside patio and green yard were perfect for the kids to be out and play and guests could sit on the patio furniture with their drinks. I felt like it was just perfect! Chaz's Jeep is too high up for Olivia to step up into with her wedding dress on so he lifted her into it and out of it when they got to the venue.  It's not their home threshold but at least I know he will take care of her.  When you first walk in to the venue this is what you saw! The neon sign was a surprise for Olivia and Chaz. Well, Olivia mostly because when she showed me her inspiration photos of things she wanted for her wedding, the archway she wanted had a neon sign. She said she wanted that...well except that "I know we can't do the sign. But I...