i'm back!

I have returned from the Dominican Republic!

And I will be back with stories and pictures soon.

Get your mind out of the gutter, not those kinds of stories.... call me for that :)

For now, I have to go figure out where the grocery store is and where to put all my clothes! Also, my goal is to make this bachelor pad feel more like home!

I'm glad my new home has my new husband in it!

I'll be back soon, promise!

kisses.

I'M MARRIED!!

With the help of an entire crew of family and friends....

Who all wore their "Camp H&M" t-shirts with pride...

We got married.

And. It. Was. Awesome.

We are in Philly now, about to leave for our mystery destination honeymoon. So I will be MIA again. But this time, at least everyone knows what I'm doing... it :)

I'll be back soon to fill these posts with wedding pictures (from my baby camera I had in my pocket) but until then. Let me leave you with this.

My adorable nephew ring bearers...

I mean really? WHy are they so cute?

kisses.

p.s. I can't wait for our photographer to put up some more pics. Her teaser is killing me!!

2 days away!

Today we got a pretty awesome package all the way from China and this girl

She always knows the best gifts.

These awesome "king" and "queen" heart shaped coffee mugs. And traditional Chinese wedding slippers for the future little ones.

Of course!

Thank you Kara! We wish you and Peter were there but this is the next best thing!

....And because I'm exhausted and have no time, I thought I would leave you with a few pics from the day...

I am loving every minute of this crazy family time. I have the coolest family ever. I'm just saying, they rock.

I GET MARRIED IN 2 DAYYYSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

kisses.

i love family

It's nuts.

Our house is full of sweet, crazy, little children.

Yay!

kisses.

nader time

This morning Marshall came back to Stillwater so we went down to the court house!

Marriage license time!

Some were not as excited as others...!!

We signed our names...

And shook hands.

We're one step closer to it being official.

And then later that day the sky got dark and creepy.

So what else do we do?

We play outside.

And watch the storm come in.

And then we had 19 people stuffed into the storm shelter. We told the little girls we were camping and they were loving it.

No electricity + 19 people in a tiny space = sweaty

SO glad everyone is safe.

kisses.

crazy house!

The family has started to arrive!

My cousin Leah, her husband Justin, their 3 sweet little kids, and their friend made the drive from Alabama to hang out early!

The house is crazy but that's perfectly fine with me.

I love this.

I especially love adorable little girls.

Jett loves to give kisses.

Lip kisses.

To his cousins. His 2nd cousin...

Let the madness begin!

kisses.

Technology RULES!

My dear friend Tim, who I taught with in China, has had a lot going on the past few months. He has been planning his wedding to his Chinese fiancé Michelle in China!!! Think planning a wedding in America is stressful, imagine planning one in another country... in another language!

Tim, who is extremely technologically savvy, set up this live video stream of his wedding for his friends and fam who couldn't make the journey all the way to China. It started at 10:00 pm central Oklahoma time, 11:00 am China time.

It was awesome and so much fun.. especially because I could watch with my retainers on.

I chatted my other American teachers Jessica, Justin, and Kylie and we took many trips down our China lane. It was just so incredible to watch this marriage ceremony take place.

I am so excited for their lives together and can't wait to see pictures and hear all about the details! Pray Michelle gets her visa all figured out.. Tim is coming back to MD soon, and Michelle will join him when she can.

p.s. Marshall is in Tulsa and I'm in Stillwater. We are separated again, but this time it isn't as sad. It's exciting!

kisses.