"The Wedding", by Audrey Saunders

Audrey had to do a narrative at school where she had to write about something and narrate it to her class. She chose to write about her day as our flower girl. I thought it would be cute to make a book for her about her narrative and give it to her for her birthday. I had Lisa email me her narrative and I put it on the last page of the book. I got as many pictures as I could of her from the wedding and turned it all into a cute book. She loved it and I am soo happy she did!!! She kept telling Lisa that she doesn't know how her narrative became a REAL BOOK!!! Take a look at the book...the last page is her narrative, but in case you can't read it you can read it below the book...

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The Wedding
Written By Audrey Saunders

It was a beautiful Friday morning and I didn’t have to go to school. It was a special day. It was my Aunt Cara’s wedding and I was the flower girl!!! In the morning I went to get my hair done at A Star Is Born. It’s a hair salon where you can get beautiful hairdos. I told the hairstylist, “I want my hair in two little braids in the front that connect in the back.” When she was done my Mom said, “It’s perfect! You look beautiful!” After she finished I put a clip in the back. It was brown with a gold center.

After I got my hair done my mom and I went to pick up the flowers. The flower lady’s name was Candy. The flowers were all different shades of oranges and for the vases there were real white pumpkins!! After we got them we put them in the car.

After we got all dressed we drove to the beach for pictures. I was wearing a brown dress with gold flowers on it and gold shoes. We were in the middle of taking pictures when my Aunt Heather yelled, “Ouch!” She had stepped on a bee. She was almost crying and in pain. My Grandma ran to get an ice pack from the Life Guards. She put it on her foot and it felt better.

Next we went to the Community Center. At the Community Center we had the real wedding. That meant it was almost time for me to be flower girl!!! When it was time I walked down the isle. I carried a basket that was as white as snow and the orange petals from the flowers were in it! After my two cousins and me watched a slide show, danced, and played around. During the dancing it was time to throw the bouquet!!! Cara turned to me and said, “Stand behind me.” The next thing I knew she through the bouquet right at me. When I looked in my hands I noticed I had caught it!! That was one of the most fun times of my life!!!

The End!!!

Happy Valentine's Day Joe..XOXOXOXO

I made Joe this book for Valentine's Day. It is our honeymoon :)

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Washington DC in April

I just booked our trip to Washington DC in April. We are going for our birthday's. Joe's is on the 12th and mine the 23rd, so we are leaving on the 24th for a week. We have both been wanting to go to DC together. This will be my third time. It is going to be different because the past two times I was with my sisters!!! I am sure Joe will be just as fun :) We can't wait!! I got a sweet deal on hotwire.com for our hotel. We are staying at The Dupont Hotel in Dupont Circle. The cheapest rooms are $300 and we got it for $139...and it's a four star hotel!!! It looks really nice so I am excited about that too!! I wish it was April already!!! I hope the cherry blossom are still there when we get there!!

Good-Bye 2009...Hello 2010...

I can't believe that it is 2010!!! Where did the time go? Christmas and New Year's has already come and gone and now it starts all over again. The holiday's were great. I was lucky to be off of work the week of Christmas so I was able to hang out with everyone.

Heather had everyone over to watch the Boat Parade on Balboa. It was fun. The night before we had a "girls only" sleepover. We had dinner at Fashion Island and then went back to Heather's and hung out (I of course fell asleep!). The next day in the afternoon we took the ferry across and walked to the Balboa Pier and got shakes at Ruby's and then headed back for everyone to come. We decorated the outside with lights and ornaments. Lisa organized dinner and we had soups, salad, hot chocolate, hot apple cider and a bunch of deserts. Cory and I went and saved our spot on the sand. It was a lot easier then saving our spot for the Rose Parade!!! Lisa even brought a smore maker so the kids could have smores! It was neat watching all the boats all decorated. The only bummer was getting off the Island when it was over. It took some of our family over an hour just to get off the island!!???







































































We went ice skating during the day on Christmas Eve and Hillary and Emily came down to join us. Then Joe and I spent Christmas Eve night at Disneyland which has become a tradition of our for the past 4 years. It was the year anniversary of when we got engaged so of course we had to go to "our spot" and reminisce!!! I had to reinact some of our pictures from that night too!!! We also go to Disneyland on Christmas Eve for my grandpa's birthday!! It was his FAVORITE place! Afterwards we headed to my parent's house. The kids were reinacting The Nativity with hand puppets and then Joe and I gave the kids some pajamas for Christmas!

Shauna, Doug, Jaden and Bradli stayed with Joe and I for a couple of weeks. It is a blast having them here. Bradli sure loves Joe and can't get enough of him. He is pretty attached to her too!! Bradli will not sit still with ANYONE..unless it is Joe!!! They would just hang out together on the couch and watch TV! It was fun having the kids here for Christmas morning, it made it so much more fun. We actually got a tree so they would feel at home. It was fun watching them open their gifts from Santa. Afterwards we went to my parents for more presents, then off to Joe's grandma's house and then finished the night at Mike and Shauna's.

I got a late night Christmas present of getting sick and was sick through the New Year so I wasn't able to go to the Rose Parade this year :( I did feel better the day after and the whole family went down to Balboa and rode bikes down to the Wedge. My mom and Lisa both got beach cruisers for Christmas so now I'm not the only one with one! We had a blast cruising down to the Wedge. I think Doug thought he was in the Tour de France because he was going crazy in his surry! It was fun having the whole family together at Christmas. Matt and Brooke were able to come for two weeks too!!

Well, I am sick again :( This time it is a sinus cold which I have never had before. My sinuses are sooo stuffed up it is driving me crazy. I am hoping I am better by tomorrow so I can go and celebrate my Grandma's birthday!!! Here are a few more pictures from the holiday's just hanging out...