Hobby/Neal Rehearsal

Our wonderful friends, Adrianne and Josh are getting married! Beau and Josh have been friends since middle school and all of the wives LOVE Adrianne! She has beeen an amazing influence on Josh :) Merritt loves them both and I was thrilled when they asked if she would be the Flower Girlin their wedding!

Merritt is becoming a professional Flower Girl with 2 weddings in the past month! I am thinking of renting her out for weddings in need of a beautiful Flower Girl {got to start saving up for her own wedding!}.

The wedding and reception were at Reunion Ranch. Merritt had to try out the Red Wagon while the adults continued the rehearse... As I said, Merritt is a professional, she doesn't need to rehearse!

We had a wonderful dinner at Maggiano's thanks to the Hobby Family! The food was A-MAZ-ING, I was so glad that I didn't have to worry about fitting into a 'skinny' dress for the next night - one of the benefits of being pregnant!!

Adrianne gave Merritt her first jewelry box as a thank you for being in the wedding. She loved the dancing ballerina and continued to ask me to make her dance to the music, even during the bride and groom's speeches.

Here Comes the Flower Girl {Part 1}

Merritt and I arrived at the Hilton Hotel for her day of pampering before she walked down the aisle as the Princess Flower Girl. Here is the 'Future' Mrs. Sarah Randall on her wedding day!

Sarah and Merritt got their hair done at the same time. I joked around that this was Merritt's 'Toddlers and Tiaras' moment. Unfortunately I didn't have time to get Merritt fitted for a flipper or get her spray tanned :0

For Merritt's Birthday, Sarah gave Merritt bloomers with Flower Girl monogrammed. Had to take one of those, 'Mom, I can't believe you took a picture of my butt!' pictures that I am sure will embarrass her greatly when she grows up.

Once we were dressed and ready to go, everyone got into the limo headed to the church!!

Here Comes the Flower Girl {Part 2}

After a day of getting ready at the hotel with the girls, Merritt was ready to get to the church!

The flowers were a beautiful hot pink and blue for the Bridesmaids and bright white Bride's bouquet. Instead of Merritt throwing petals down the aisle, she had a pink pomander ball to carry.

Here is Sarah's mom, Cheryl, zipping up Sarah's dress. Sarah's dress was gorgeous and it made her look like a princess!

While waiting in the Bride's Room, Merritt entertained us by playing the piano {eventually the Wedding Planner came in and told us that the guests and family were being seated and that my protege needed to end her concert}. This is when she began to break down after a 10 minute nap, past her dinner time, and now she couldn't play the only toy in the room...

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of her walking down the aisle or during the ceremony because she wasn't happy about being so far away from her piano. After the ceremony, she posed with the wedding party after being bribed with fruit snacks :) I'll have to wait to see the video to see my Flower Girl walk down the aisle.

Wedding Rehearsal

The weekend had finally arrived - Sarah and Jason's Wedding! Sarah and I first met when we became next door neighbors at school six years ago. We have been together ever since through fantastic times, difficult days, and even some strange students. We also joke around that no one can keep us apart - when I moved to second grade this past year, it was difficult to think about Sarah not being there but the next month, she got the call to come to second grade too! We weren't next door to each other but that will change next year.... the Travelers and the Corral will be together again.

Sarah was one of the first people to come visit Merritt in the hospital after she was born. Merritt refers to Sarah as Auntie Sarah and I was so excited when Sarah asked Merritt to be the Flower Girl in her wedding to Jason! When the Wedding Weekend was finally here, Merritt and I joined all the Bride-to-Be, Bridesmaids and Moms for a brunch at Bess Restaurant. Sarah was so sweet and gave Merritt a Fairy Princess Wand, a Princess Teapot, a Sleeping Beauty doll. She hasn't let the Sleeping Beauty doll out of eye sight since she opened it!

Merritt had fun during the Wedding Rehearsal, Beau and I stood at each end of the aisle and Merritt walked back and forth between us to practice.

I LOVE this picture!! During the wedding Merritt and Lane, Sarah's soon-to-be son, were to walk down the aisle together. Lane did a great job helping Merritt down the aisle and she stood by his side as the ceremony practice took place.

I am so excited to watch Merritt turn into the Flower Girl Princess for the Wedding Day and of course to watch my dear friend Sarah marry the man of her dreams!