Kacey and JJ's Wedding Day - part II

What do you suppose Audrey is looking at?

It's probably these two who were just married & introduced

as Mr. & Mrs. James Joseph Bullard.

It just doesn't seem it's been that long since I was standing

in Natalie and Lon's reception line after they were married but there they were with all of their children, daughter in law, granddaughter and new son in law. Has time really gone by that quickly?

Kristi & JJ came home for about an hour before the reception

and she still had that beautiful smile that she started

the day off with.

but she knew that there was fun yet to be had

and delicious cake yet to eat.

I love you Kacey and JJ.

Have a wonderful life together.

April 18, 2009 - Kacey & JJ Bullard's Wedding Day

IT'S KACEY'S WEDDING DAY!

Does this look like a happy bride?

I say yes - and I know she IS AND WAS

on this special day.

I took plenty of pictures of the bride and groom

but I'm not the one who will give you the first

glimpse. I'll just share some pictures I took while

we were waiting for the bride and goom to come out

of the Los Angeles temple.

If you don't know who this little beauty is already - she's Kyle and Amy's little girl - Audrey. Grandma Hess' name-sake. This young lady below caught the bride's bouquet at the reception; the interesting thing about that is - Kacey caught Kellie's bouquet last year ! ? What will another 10 years bring in the life of Hannah?

Natalie's daughter Kristi is one of the most photogenic young

girls I know. She can't take a bad picture.

Natalie's son Kyle (Kacey's brother)

and his little beauty.

Does Natalie look a little stressed? There was

really no point in trying to talk to her at this

particular time - there was too much running

through her head....a lot of which she probably

didn't need to be stressing over...but that's

just her.

Here we are at her house between the wedding

and the reception. I think I was on the phone

with the people who were trying to deliver the

cake to the reception. They couldn't get in!

That got us on our feet....

so we packed up the flowers, and everything else

that Natalie had put so many hours into prepairing

and headed off to the church.

Once we got there and she got things under

control we were able to sit down and relax a

little bit. Well, everyone but Natalie that is. She

was busy all night long.

Here's Kristi and Hannah - I don't know the

girl on the left but I think she's a friend of

Kacey and Sandy's.

This is (from left) Mother, her friend Paul, and

her good friend Melvaline who flew in from

Denver to be at the wedding.

This is who they had to detach from Kacey's

hip in order for her to get married.

Our fun, loving Sandy!

And this is the closest thing to the bride and groom

I will be able to show you until they, or their family

share pictures themselves. These are darling little gift boxes with chocolates inside

that were set at each place setting.

To be continued.....

Happy Easter Spring is FINALLY here - some of our flowers

are coming back to life and the temperatures are warming up.

I know some of you from UT, NM, CO are saying - 'yeh right,

you guys don't know anything about the cold weather.' But we

have been waking up to 40 degree mornings and that's cold for here.

We had Tracey, Brent and his kids here for Easter.

This is Brent's oldest daughter Brinn and his middle

child Bergen.

Brent's son Branzton is here in the red cap. Bergen again

in front here. And of course Blake and Cameron on the couch,

We sure enjoyed seeing them again. The last time we were together

with them was at Tracey and Brent's wedding 3 or was

it 4 years ago.

For those of you who follow my blog, you may have

noticed the little box in the right hand corner that

says "Tracey's Baby Ticker" - well, here's Tracey

in all of her pregnancy glory.

She loves showing her baby to everyone.

She was outside in the backyard letting "Charley"

enjoy the sunshine. Only 55 more days until the due date. We are all looking forward to it!

P.S. That's not Mike's hand on her belly...it's Brent's.

I don't think you could get Mike to do anything like that...

even with her shirt pulled down.

Glow Sticks Galore

Have you ever played glow in the dark volleyball?

This was our YW/YM activity last Tuesday

We put glow sticks around our heads, necks, or arms;

dropped glow sticks inside a beach ball, turned the lights

out and volley'd away. We had a great time!

I tried to get a good picture of the action with the lights off but this is the best I could do without a tripod. I kind of like the way this looks though. FAMILY - I want us to get together one night this summer and do this. It's a blast!

Hello !

It's been awhile since I've been able to post anything.

After 10 performances, our Savior of the World production

finally came to a close. It was such an enjoyable experience

for me, especially having Cara and Hannah there to share it with.

I now have time to spend with my husband and my extended family!

Well, as I shared with you earlier, I have been going through some

changes in my house. We ripped up all the old marble tile in the kitchen

and downstairs bathroom and replaced it with Italian porcelain tile. We

then ripped out the carpet in the living room, dining room and stairway and

replaced it with new, up to date carpet. I'm very happy with it.....

Come in and take a tour!

This is an arrangement I made today to brighten up the

corner we have next to the fireplace.

Mike wanted something with an island theme to go

with the sea turtle piece we bought in Hawaii.

Here is our finished fireplace; it sure makes the room feel cleaner.

Maybe because it is!

Now I have to share what we did in Hannah's room.

We wanted to paint the wall's after she moved into

Blake's old room. She decided she would like a waterfall

on one wall so I hired Susie Sims, a muralist in our ward

to come and do her magic.

Here is how it came to be.

And she does it all freehand!

No sketching it out beforehand.

I was amazed by her talent; and Hannah loved it.

Now we're in the process of decorating with an island theme in her room.