This weekend was a very special time for our family. We were blessed to be able to attend two family events.

First on Sunday we got to go to the baby dedication for my cousin's Andy and Sharalee and there baby Kiara. Kiara is a very beautiful baby, even if she does puke a lot, and loved by so many people. The dedication was held at Arnold MB Church, in Arnold. I love going to that Church. It is a small Church that seems like a big family. And I know that Andy and Sharalee have been blessed to attend there as well. God is definitely living and moving there. It was a great service. I really loved how real the dedication was, and how much conversation their was about the importance of the parents being dedicated to raise Kiara up in a way that is pleasing to God. Which I have already seen in Andy and Sharalee. They are such great parents. Way to go guys. Keep up the good work!

After the service and some time of visiting, we joined some of the family for a lunch at Boston Pizza. It was good conversation and food. I hadn't been there for a long time. And hadn't seen some of those cousins for a long time either. I miss getting together with everyone. Maybe I'll have to do some more planning this year. Adults need play-dates too! :)

After the restaurant I was lucky to get to help another cousin decorate the Church for her wedding. I have been helping her with some of the flower details. It was cool to spend time with her, and everyone else, and see everything come together. She did a great job with all the wedding planning! She was just a baby when my Mom started babysitting her. She has grown into such a beautiful, godly young woman. I am so proud of her. It was also fun for me to learn more about her, and about flowers.

On Monday, the Wedding Day, I picked the flowers up from the nursery at 9 am and was busy for the rest of the day. The Wedding started at 4pm and so we had most of the day to finish the live flower parts of the decorations. My Mom and sister and I met at the Church and we made flower arrangments for the centers of the tables at the reception. My Mom brought some flowers from her garden as well. Together we made 17 wild/natural looking flower arrangements in about 3 hours. Then we moved to the sanctuary. My sister and I cut, wrapped and hung bright pink Gerbera flowers on the pews. It looked so pretty!

Onto the next task, I quickly went home to make a hot dish that I was asked to bring to the wedding. It was a potluck! It was a neat idea. There was a lot of great food to taste. Too bad you can't taste everything. And then there was the dessert buffet . . . Back to the days events. As I was making my dish, Mark took the kids to pick up the babysitters. When they got back, I was just finishing getting ready and the oven timer was going off. Perfect timing. A few last minute words to our wonderful babysitters, and we were off again! This time it was a little more relaxed. It was so nice to sit back and enjoy the evening and the wedding. Date-night! It was so great not to worry about anything, and enjoy all the beauty of the decorations, flowers, commitments made, God's blessings to a wonderful couple, conversations with friends and family! And in the end I even got to take some flowers home! I love flowers. Especially on this rainy rainy day! So glad the sun was out for my cousin's special day!

Thanks for the wonderful day, guys! We love you!