my best friend's wedding.

noo, not the chick flick. 

i am fortune enough to have a handful of best friends.
this past weekend, one of them got married! [eeek!]

it was a hot august saturday. that also happened to have some thunder and lightening.
but liana was calm as can be! made life as a bridesmaid easy-peasy.

coolest part of the wedding? besides the father daughter dance that you can view here, was that after they both said "i do" thunder boomed. and even though it did rain, it didn't rain during the ceremony or the reception. just before and in between. talk about luck!

 

                                 

and i ended the night eating my third cupcake. alone. don't care! couldn't resist. 

friends thought it was funny, so i had quite the paparazzi capturing my love for sweets. 

congratulations mr. and mrs. wood! 

i'm so thankful i could be a part of your gorgeous, special day. 

love you both! 

look it!

umm..how ADORABLE is this going away gift?!

can't wait to hang it up in our new place!

thank you, liana and ryan! every time i look at it, i think of you guys!
xoxo

stagecoach

this past weekend [april 27-29th] me, charlie, and our good friends teleatha and her husband, bryan all headed out to stagecoach.
with our cowboy boots & hats, and giant belt buckles packed we were ready to go! [in order to be fully prepared for a three day country fest- you gotta bring the right gear.]

[these giant windmills remind me of driving out to visit my grandparents growing up. they're still mesmerizing to me to this day!]

we headed out to the [nasty] california desert to a rinky-dink town called Indio.
never heard of it? you're not missing much. [i can't express how much i hate, yes hate, the desert. i wore pants the first day to stagecoach...BAD IDEA. almost passed out. multiple times. husband gave me the go ahead to wear my bathing suit underneath my beach shorts and tank top from then on. thank you for saving me from heat stroke, babe! ha.]
unless it's stagecoach weekend. then you're definitely missing out.
it was a BLAST!

every single country artist we saw were amazing. sounded even better in person than their albums.
favorite of the weekend?

luke bryan. definitely. [we HIGHLY recommend seeing him in concert. charlie and i both agreed we'd pay a pretty penny to see him again. but next time up close and personal. he's THAT great!] luke had us up dancing, singing and laughing the entire time.
but let's not forget about all the other singers..
eli young band, sara evans, alabama [charlie's favorite], jason aldean, justin moore, blake shelton, miranda lambert [and she brought along the pistol annies, too!], the band perry, martina mcbride, aaron lewis, sheryl crow, brad paisley and many more!

[the "mane" stage. get it? get iiiit??]

[eli young band]

[justin moore]

 [brad paisley]

 [blake shelton]

 [alabama]

 [jason aldean]

[sheryl crow]

[miranda lambert-shelton]

day and night photos of the fair grounds. never had to guts to see how much money it was to ride the ferris wheel...

i was in awe when i saw this humungous american flag. love this. for everything it stands for.

^this was before charlie got rid of his farmer's tan. hehe

 bryan, t, charlie and sam.

 i just adore this photo.

 us bein' us.

 and again. :)

such a fun, long weekend.
we're sure going to miss the Allens. they move to south carolina next week.
:( <---see the sad?
but we are so happy we were able to spend this quality time with them before the big move.
we love you, bryan and t!!
p.s. thanks for driving! you guys are the best.

and we of course love country music, too.
:)

*photo cred: some of these photos were taken by teleatha allen. thanks, lova! 

mustaches & minigolf

the rule was: in order to play, you have to wear your mustache. 

welp, mine fell off by the second hole. [i couldn't smile without it falling off! make up didn't help keep it on, either.]

good thing no one was keeping track of mustaches or the score. :)

always a good time with the rodriguez's.

tag, you're it!

i've been tagged! my friend and former co-worker, janelle, tagged me in the "11 Things" blog-tagging party that's been floating around.

i'm suddenly having flashbacks of copy and pasting questionnaires of my high school freshman days onto my "myspace" page..hehe. but oh well i'll play along- why not, right?!

These are the rules...

rules:
1. you must post these rules.
2. each person must post 11 things about themselves on their blog.
3. answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
4. you have to choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post.
5. go to their page and tell them you have linked him or her.
6. no tag backs. 

these are the questions janelle asked..

1. Are you a introvert or extrovert?

2. What is your love language?

3. Favorite holiday?

4. Where is your happy place?

5. Favorite genre of music?

6. Spender or saver?

7. Pet person or not?

8. If you had a day alone what would you do?

9. What is your beverage of choice?

10. If you could travel anywhere where would you go?

11. If you could give someone a gift with out a spending limit what would it be and to who?

and my answers!

1. a little bit of an introvert and shy when you first meet me, which is why to some people i come off as bratty [to put it nicely. some of my best friends have admitted this and feel totally guilty for judging me so harshly! haha] but in reality, i'm a total extrovert.

2. "quality time". husband and i both got that result after taking the test which is funny to us since we're always forced to be separated. thank you, marine corps. 

3. oo...this is a tuffy. but i'll have to say christmas. then 4th of july then halloween.

4. my nightly candlelit shower. so relaxing. :)

5. country, baby!

6. a little of both. been saving like crazy lately. but every once in a while i'll save up money on the side for some splurging. :)

7. definitely a pet person! but we're dog people. no cats for us.

8. oh i don't know.. sleep in, work out, go shopping at target then calling my husband to join me out of boredom and missing him then we'd go get frozen yogurt haha i'm so lame. 

9. either ice water with lemon or diet green tea. but i also looooove milk.

10. somewhere in europe. i want to visit all 10 countries of my heritage someday. [i know, i'm such a mutt.]

11. to my mom and dad for always being such hard working and wonderful parents. not sure what i'd buy them though..i know if i had unlimited money i'd buy my dad his dream beach house in newport beach. or lake tahoe. and my mom either a pinto horse [her fav] or this one snazzy quilting machine she's always talking about. 

now tag 11 blogs!

-liana

-noelle

-bethany

-megan

-mandy

-shelly

-kimber

hmm.. make that 7 instead of 11. 'cause that's all i got. at least the numbers rhyme. :)

my questions for y'all:

1. what is your guilty pleasure when it comes to tv shows?

2. if you could pick one dessert to eat for the rest of your lives, what would it be?

3. your favorite memory of the past year?

4. super power...which one do you want?

5. were you named after anyone?

6. if you were another person, would you be friends with yourself? why or why not?

7. what is the first thing you notice about people?

8. what is your favorite snack?

9. what is your favorite thing about yourself?

10. if you were a crayon, what color would you be?

11. if you could live anywhere in the world outside the US, where would it be?

aaaand...GO! :)

old friends

[kaylee, samantha, chelsea, kiersten]

us four girls have all been friends since we were 12.
a LOT of memories of each other growing up such as...
-church girls camp every summer
-middle school
-high school
-who we dated way back when
-inside jokes
the list goes on.

earlier this evening, we all met up and went to dinner at bj's restaurant. so fun :)

even though we all have separate lives in different states and towns, it's a relief to know that we're always there for each other, and it always feels like we never skip a beat! ♥

 classic kaylee. haha