We are now home from the busiest weekend we have had in quite the while, but also the most fun. :)
We went to Kansas and Missouri to see family and have our second reception/open house. An almost 30 hour drive there and an over 30 hour drive back. Yay! :p
I got to introduce my new husband to my ex-boyfriend and still friend Felix, from Germany. Awkward, but good to see him. We had a double date with Colby and Seth. We went to the arboretum in Parsons and had a picnic. Colby and Seth are definitely getting married in the future. They are perfect. We had Taco Pizza from Casey's. Can't get anything better anywhere else. Speaking of foods you can't get anywhere else, Kansas is the only state I have found so far that sells NOT spicy McChickens at McDonalds. These supposedly spicy McChickens are not Spicy at all. They just taste weird and I don't appreciate it. But the normal ones, those are worth a 30 hour drive to get. :) Our reception was a success. There were more toddlers that adults and it just made dancing even more fun. Zoey and Benny met and were immediately friends. Zoey gave him hugs and Benny gave her the flirty eyes. We'll have to watch them when they get older. ;) Almost all my friends from High School were there too. The table was our lunch table all over again. It felt very weird in a good way. I love my friends. Wendy made us a card and painted our wedding picture that we have on Facebook on the front of it. It is amazing. My favorite gifts though this time, I must say, were the quilt Jacob's grandma made, and the cross stitch framed poster-like thing that his mom Jessica made for us. The frame she and her husband chose for it matches the wood accents in our living room perfect. And she worked on it for months. Those gifts had a lot of time and love put into them and have become some of my most cherished possessions. We loved all of the gifts though, they are all fabulous, and we got a ton of money too. But seeing everyone and getting to visit with them and see how they have changed and what they are doing was the best part of the trip. I also got to meet Heather, the only one of Jacob's sisters I hadn't met. She is so great, I love her. And her daughter, Onyx Rain (Had to put the middle name in there) is just the cutest. Before I had even met her mother she came up and have me a hug. :) Then Jordyn had to go to the hospital because she thought her appendix had burst, but it didn't turn out to be that, or anything serious for that matter. Just painful and she was tired.
Then there was Billy's graduation. I was 100% sure I would cry. But I didn't. Billy did a sit a sit and spin with a wave on stage when he got his diploma.y brother is my hero, and now he has graduated High School and he's starting his own life. He's a grown man. And now I think I will cry... He is going to accomplish so many things that I could never of dreamed of doing. He'll finish college in no time, he'll go on a mission in between there, he'll get back and meet the girl of his dreams and take her to temple without even a worry about not being worthy. I can see a lot of days that I'm going to cry in my future. Billy really is one of my heroes, and he will never be able to get rid of that status. :)
In other news, on the way back from our trip the yogurt exploded in the cooler. The big one too. :( and so did my conditioner. And at one point my shampoo was leaking. And my minty leave in conditioner. Fun trip. :)
