Wedding Week: Tuesday

Tuesday was a busy day of starting to wrap up last minute details. In the morning, we went to Staples to print place cards (people kept thinking Gordon and Glo worked there because they happened to be wearing shirts that were the same color!), DSW to buy shoes for Hannah for the wedding, and Michael's for frames for the wedding posters.

We had Noodles & Co for lunch after I called out Glo for acting like a mess.

Pedicures that afternoon for Hannah and me while Glo took a nap.

That evening, we had a temple sealing session scheduled, but it ended up being too much. Ethan and Rebecca were cutting it close coming from Dayton, it would be tight for John coming from work, and Glo had the idea that she wanted to spend some time with her siblings before the wedding, and she wanted to do it in Ann Arbor. So much to Hannah's and my chagrin, we canceled the sealing session and just let it be what it was going to be.

Side note: I tried really hard during this whole experience to LET GO. To be flexible. To not need to control everything. I've discovered that I frequently set a bar of perfection for our family gatherings which is rarely met which leaves me unhappy, so I decided to not have a bar at all. Just take care of the things that I can control and let the other things happen as they will. Turns out, there was some frustration from some of the family members who like me being in control, but it really made for a much nicer experience for me personally.

I can't write about the time in Ann Arbor because I wasn't there, but Glo came home happy.

Comments

The FIRST of the Best Days of My Life

I'm always amazed when people can answer the question, "What was the best day of your life?" For me, I've never had a specific answer. The typical response of "my wedding day" doesn't work for me, because in all honesty, our wedding day was pretty sad with no family in attendance. The second most popular answer of "the day my child was born" only conjures up feelings of pain, misery and exhaustion for me. Really, up to this point, the best day of my life is anytime my family is together, and we are laughing, and talking, and ... being together. I guess if I could string all of those moments into one solitary day, that would be the best day of my life. Everything changed though on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. In fact, I feel quite relieved now, knowing that I can answer the proverbial question successfully and succinctly, for on that day, Anneliese Margaret Kennedy joined our family, and there has never been a better day in my life. Po...

SURPRISE!!

When the pizza guy came to the door last night, here's what John saw: It took a few seconds for John to process who the pizza delivery man was, but when he did, he was incredibly happy (and couldn't stop saying "heeeeyyyyy....". It was Jared Moran, John's best friend. And me, I just knelt down, right then and there, and began repenting of all the lies that I have told over the last four months, hiding this most amazing surprise :-) I told Sarah the other day that I was glad to see the light at the end of the falsehood tunnel, because if I kept this up much longer, I was destined to end up in liars' hell... Jared ran the Air Force marathon with John last year. It was his first marathon, and from what he told us, his last. However, he called in June and said he was coming again, but I was supposed to keep it a surprise from John. I'm not sure what changed his mind, but we sure are glad he did. John hates runnings marathons alone, and ther...

Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

I'm writing this, not as a complaint, but as a plea. If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it. My children are talented. In fact, every child that I have ever met is talented in some way. That's the fun thing about meeting kids--discovering those hidden talents. Some of the talents my children possess are very public--you guessed it...music. Some aren't so public--kindness and generosity. My kids are frequently judged by other children because of their musical talents. Other kids see them as "snobs" because they play their instruments well and because they are willing to share those talents whenever asked. My kids never play with arrogance. They recognize that they are better at music than most kids their age, but they never, ever show it. In fact, they are very generous with compliments towards other kids and their efforts with music. I have raised them to appreciate anyone who tries to do anything with music--it's ...

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

Search This Blog