Taki

I didn't have anything else to blog about this week, so I thought would share some funny pics of the notorious "grand kitty" (as my mom refers to her).  Taki has a good life, she wakes Jarrod up almost every morning when she is ready to be feed (usually around 5am), she sleeps all day, goes outside for a little in the afternoons (that is if it isn't too hot or cold for her) eats and goes back to sleep. Oh, to be a house cat. . .

She likes to lay in the floor at your feet and roll around and meow at you as if to say "Hello?? I'm down here, come and rub my belly!"

she was clawing at the camera, what can I say she's camera shy. 

Yes, she is really that big. . . and she is on the healthy weight formula.  If she had it her way she'd be a lot bigger, the silly cat loves cookies and crackers, pretty much anything sweet. But if you try to give her a piece of meat,  she won't eat it! I honestly don't think she knows she's a cat!

Aren't her eyes crazy looking?!? It's supposedly pretty normal, especially in the Siamese breed? But I've personally never seen a cat with two different colored eyes before her.  Dillon actually calls her "Crazy Eyes", brothers?!?

She LOVES bags, of all shapes and sizes and she will get inside them (even if she's too big) and sleep or just lay in it for hours.

She is one spoiled kitty. She sleeps pretty much where ever she wants, usually beside or on top of Jarrod. That cat LOVES Jarrod. I don't get it! And he might give her a hard time and aggravate her a lot but deep down he loves her, too. He has said that if you had told him 5 years ago that he'd be sleeping with a cat in his bed, he would have said your crazy. . . .ah, the things you do for love!

Fun 4th

We spent the 4th with some church friends at their cabin in Dalton. It was a beautiful place! We didn't get in the river, it was too cold, but we had fun cooking out, eating (a lot), playing scattagories and just hanging out! ha!

on the deck overlooking the Eleven Point River

The guys grilling our lunch. . . . and the back of the property.

Jarrod & Dustin playing horseshoes

the guys throwing rocks in the river (men are so easily amused!)

The girls. . .me, Erica, Amy and Leslie

Couples. . .  Adam & Leslie, Ryan & Erica, Me & Jarrod and                 Amy & Dustin.

We got home about 9:30, just enough time to catch the fireworks on KAIT! Then we crashed! I slept late Saturday morning and then Saturday afternoon we went to Memphis with Amy and Dustin. We ate at Olive Garden (YUM-O!) and went to see "Get Smart" (it was really funny, I highly recommend).

Sunday we went to HR for morning church and lunch at Grandma's then went by to visit Nanny and Papa. We got home just in time to change clothes and get to church. After church we went to eat with Ryan and Erica and their little boy Carson.

We had a really fun (and rather busy) weekend, but I not wanting to be back at work! Three day weekends are great, but it's tough to get back in the swig of things!!

Church league softball

Last night was the last scheduled softball game, but they will still have to play in a tournament in a couple of weeks.

that's Jarrod in the blue shirt and gray pants. . .

All season the guys have been nagging Amy and I about making signs, since some of the other teams have signs and air horns and all sorts of other nonsense.   So,  we decided to be good fans and make those boys some signs! We even went a step further and made ourselves t-shirts, too! Talk about being dedicated! We decided on pink for our projects because we really don't have "team" colors and we both LOVE pink, so it was an easy choice. Plus, it's just plain funny. . . .

We had a big crowd !

Do you like the glove sign?? I think it's too funny! Let's see if they ask us for signs again next year?!?!

The shirts and signs were a big hit! Too bad it didn't help them win! It was their worst loss yet! (that's why I didn't get any pics of them after the game, they were all mad) Oh well! I am sure we will be sporting these shirts again for the tournament. We have actually had some others wanting them, too.  So, maybe we will have a sea of pink shirted fans in the stands cheering our team on!

I will be happy to have my evenings back! We haven't watched prime time tv in what seems like months! It has been a lot of fun for both of us.  It has been a pretty eventful season what with Jarrod hurting his shoulder, and almost getting thrown out of the game! We won some and lost more, but we got to hang out with our friends and we didn't have any major injuries, so that to me is a winning season! ha!

The big day!!

Here are some snapshots from Saturday. . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, I haven't figured out my camera yet, as you can tell! The lighting wasn't great in the church to begin with and then we figured out the flash was off,  Jarrod had been taking the pictures and had noticed that the pics were turning out really dark, duh!?! So, that's why some of these are really grainy and dark!

Saturday was a long day, but everything turned out really great! It rained all morning so it was nice and cool. Which was good for all those in formals! Jennifer looked so beautiful, she was pretty nervous and emotional, so we had to keep the conversations light and fun! We (the girls) met at Jarrod's parent's house to get ready at 9:30. We just hung out and had some breakfast before doing our hair and makeup and heading to the church at 12:30.

The flowers & decorations were gorgeous! They had transformed the whole place into this really romantic setting! We started pictures at 1pm and those didn't take very long. They had a great photographer and she really got things moving along! Before we knew it, it was 2:30! The wedding ceremony started at 3pm and was lit by only candle light. The wedding went perfectly with only a few tears shed! They had a big crowd and a great reception. Jennifer and Daniel are finally married (yay!) and headed off to their honeymoon in Myrtle Beach!

We left Searcy a little after 5pm. Got stopped by a train at Fair Oaks and STILL made it to Kayla and Jason's wedding at 6pm in Hickory Ridge!! I just got one quick shot of them, there were so many people there it was hard to get any other pictures. Seriously, I have never seen so many people in that building before! Kayla looked so pretty and they had the church looking so great! Congrats you guys!!