plants update!

remember my baby plants that i told you about awhile ago? i was so proud that they were actually sprouting roots! well friends, i am here to tell you that either i have a green thumb i never knew about...or these are the easiest plants to grow ever. check out their roots now!

today as a reward for being such great plants, i cleaned the vases and gave them new water. what a productive friday afternoon :)

lots to celebrate!

i apologize for being a big time blogging slacker - the past few weeks have just been crazy, but they're settling back into a normal rhythm so it's time for some updates!

first, alex has moved into the condo along with all of his and my belongings! this has made for several days worth of work packing, cleaning, unpacking, sorting, and throwing away, but it's starting to come together. we are loving the 15 minute drive between us now, and we're getting to see each other nearly every day. it is awesome.

second, stephanie, my very best friend from high school, got married on saturday! the week was full with her bachelorette party thursday, the rehearsal and dinner on friday, and the ceremony saturday. a few highlights:

• the look on stephanie's face when trent (her husband) told her friday night about his family's brunch at 8:30 sunday morning...needless to say, i think she convinced him to bail on that, haha
• the opportunity to see where she and trent are moving - it's a tiny 1 bedroom apartment in the city (as in 500 sq ft or less) with 1 closet, but it's just steps from the lake and they've done some cute decorating to make it feel cozy
• getting to open her ceremony in prayer and ask God's blessing on their marriage along with her family and friends, such an honor
• listening as they each gave their vows, stephanie in tears, trent handing her kleenex...it was beautiful
• clapping as they kissed as man and wife...like 4 separate times :)
• dancing the night away with alex as we pondered our own wedding just a few short months away...

it was such a great week and all of the busy-ness was well worth it in the end!

PS - i was going to spell "busy-ness" "business", but that's the same as the regular business...odd and confusing.