The One Where Nate Gets Married

More treats from the $1 Store for Autumn’s teacher appreciation gift today.  The note said, “I wish I could send you on a shopping “SPREE” to thank you for all the “CURVE BALLS” you’ve had to deal with this year.”

Mom texted me all these pictures.  I’m so jealous that she & Dad are having fun in sunny Cali and getting to be on the beach.

Nate flew in from Japan yesterday and this is his lovely fiance, Riannon.

They got married today on the beach in Ventura, CA.  Welcome to the family Riannon!  I love this picture of the happy newlyweds w/ the 2 sets of parents.

  After school/work, Autumn & I rushed home to pick up the 3 pans of brownies I had made last night for the Young Women’s activity tonight.  Then we went to Chipotle for dinner and shared a burrito bowl.  We were right around the corner from Hobby Lobby & had a few minutes to kill, so we went to see if they have a place for Project Life on Friday.  They sure do, and Autumn gave that 2 thumbs up!!!  I am SO EXCITED!!!!!!

Tonight it was a combined activity and it was Senior’s Night.  Last year’s Senior Night was hard, b/c a lot of the youth lost interest after about 20 minutes.  So, we decided to try something different this year and it worked out PERFECTLY!  Each of the 4 graduating Seniors (Sydney, Mekinzee, Rylee & Seth) had a table set up by their parents w/ some of their favorite items.  We split all the youth & leaders into 4 groups and we spent about 10 minutes at each “station” where the parents told us fun stories about their Senior and we got a little taste of their favorite treat/snack.  Then after 10 minutes we rotated to the next station.  After everyone had been to all 4 stations, there was a slideshow of the Seniors and then we had their favorite desserts for refreshments.  It was AWESOME!  We’ll have to do every Senior night like that in the future! 

Autumn came w/ me and was such a good little helper.  On the way home I asked her what she would want me to share about her if I was going to spotlight her.  It was fun to hear her answers.  She would want me to mention that she’s a great artist, had beautiful handwriting, and that she’s my Love Bug & Ponca Princess!