Mud Bugs

Another busy, but wonderful weekend! Yesterday was the Page family Crawfish boil that used to happen every year, but hasn't happened since I've been around (Okay guys I get the hint! Haha). Casey's mom and dad bought 200 lbs of crawfish and we spent 8 amazing hours eating them and hanging out with all of our wonderful family and friends. There were about 75 people there when it was all said and done and only 2 or 3 lbs of crawfish remained at the end of the night. Here are some pictures from yesterday:






We were all exhausted today, but had a great time so it was all worth it.

Celebrated Shannon's birthday today and now hanging out with my dad and grilling steaks - life isn't too bad. :)

Iron Man Field Day

Oops! I forgot to blog about the fantastic field day we had at Willbern Elementary! Well here we go!

Friday, May 7th was Field Day at Willbern Elementary and while I had kind of been dreading this, it turned out to be a really great day. The reason I had been dreading field day were two fold:

First off - it was supposed to be very hot and humid that day and I really did not want to be out in the heat just yet.

Secondly, Casey and I had the brilliant idea to go see Iron Man 2 at midnight on Thursday. This seemed like a fantastic idea until around 11 p.m. when of course I started getting sleepy (my normal bed time is around 10 pm). Well I am proud to say that I pushed through and the movie was great! I really love the Iron Man franchise and I'm kind of a closet comic book fan... I guess the secret is out! :) We got home around 3am, I got 3 hours of sleep and actually didn't feel horrible on Friday which was very surprising.

Friday was fantastic actually, the kids were in a great mood and were really listening (something that doesn't happen too often toward the end of the school year) and they had a blast at field day. I heard NO complaining from any of my kids all day long which was very surprising to me - I figured I would hear "I'm tired", "It's hot", "I'm thirsty" 1,744,084 times, but nobody complained at all. We ended the day by doing some fun worksheets (a treat for them) and watching some cool sciencey programs on United Streaming. All in all a great day! Here are a few pics:

Isn't She Lovely?

WOW was this weekend a doozie! Casey and I drove something like 700 miles in 36 hours - here's how:

Saturday morning: I wake up at 5:30 - shower and we get on the road to Longview around 7am. We arrive in Longview around 10:30ish and my mom and I immediately go up to the bridal place to get my dress that FINALLY came in. It was absolutely perfect, more perfect than I remember and I am SO thankful. :) Leigh Anne came with me for support and it was so nice to have my best friend there with me for that.

After picking up my dress we headed to Bodacious to meet up with Casey and my dad for some BBQ. One thing I do miss about Longview is eating at the restaurants that I grew up eating - Bodacious, Papacita's, Lupe's, Pietro's... there's nothing like home sometimes.

After eating it was back to Dad's for quick nap and then on to Princeton, TX for Liz & Buckley's wedding! Casey and I made great time on the road and it was nice going a different way to the Dallas area (we took 80 instead of I20).

The wedding was absolutely gorgeous! Liz's colors were Red with accents of turquoise (a ZTA homage?) which is one of my favorite color combinations. Liz looked absolutely stunning and so did my beautiful Zeta friends who were all there that I miss SO much. Here are some pics from her amazing wedding!

This is us squeezing every Zeta at the wedding into this tiny photo booth (16 of us)- idea courtesy of Sarah Nicole Wood

4 ZTA weddings in one year? OKAY!

Blushing Bride!

Beautiful Liz and her Dad walking down the aisle to "At Last" by Etta James :)