Wedding #2 - The Hoovers

Saturday started out rainy and dreary, but turned into a beautiful day. Jesse was the best man in his friend Joe's wedding, so we spent the day chasing kids, helping, taking pictures and finally enjoying time with friends.

Joe and Jesse grew up together and have been friends nearly all their lives and since Joe only has a sister Jesse had the honor of standing up with him. Joe and Danielle dated for 5 years and we have all been waiting for this day which we knew would come eventually. The wedding was short and sweet and really showed their personalities. The wedding party even took a hay ride to the reception. I didn't get pictures of this because our two year old was crying because she didn't get to go with Daddy. All in all it was a good day, but very tiring!



Kathryn and Daddy. She was a little tired!



Lorelai was worn out after dancing all night.


Karaoke again. The wedding party serenaded the happy couple.

Jesse and his brother Eric and our niece Meredith. They're finding a song to sing, but Mer Mer left so she didn't get to sing!

They had the little girls sing Hannah Montana's Best of Both worlds. You know you're a mom when you know the words!! Robin and I both were singing along with them. The flower girl and ring bear were suppose to dance, but Sydnee said " I don't know what to do!"

Our friends Dave and Robin who just got married a few weeks ago.


Jesse and I. Not the best picture, but it had been a long day.

All the groomsmen. They helped Jesse with his toast. Sorry Danielle!!

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Finally...Some summer FUN!!!!

The start of the summer here in Iowa has been cool. Many days have been spent inside because of rain, cool temps, or muddy yards. Finally we have been able to spend some time outside and it so much easier to take the girls places with no jackets/coats and just head off for the evening.

Here's a picture of Lorelai playing from one of our many days inside.

Kat and Lili love eating Chinese because they get to see the fish so one evening off we went for some family time. And yes, the dirty guy in the background is Jesse!!!

Kathryn loves her little house (it was left here when we moved in!), but the wasps and spiders seem to like it to!!

Lili loooves to swing. This is at my in-laws. She spent a good 45 minutes in the swing before we could get her out so she could eat! Oh, and notice the boots. A gift from my aunts to Kat and now Lili loves them just as much as Kat did.

Kathryn is great at taking turns because she has more fun getting to push Lili...well, except the one time Lili's shoe caught her eye:)

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New Look

Well, as you can see we have a new look. Someone from Etsy designed business cards, banners, avatars, address labels and such for my Etsy store so we carried over the idea. Dots everywhere!!! I love polka dots and watermelon colors so I'm happy. I'm having a garage sale this weekend and also introducing my bows to our town and after that I will be adding more things to my Etsy store. I've been busy creating so many new things and have them all ready to sell. I'm so happy to finally be kicking things off. Check me out at http://princesschunkymonkey.etsy.com. Happy shopping!!!

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