The Two became One.

I can't even begin to express how much fun I had this weekend with friends (and family!!). One of my oldest friends (she's not old... we just go way back..) got hitched, and I was so excited to be a part of the festivities!!!

We started off the weekend with dinner at Maria's Cantina! YUMMY food. Not so great entertainment... we felt like we were in Hicktown, USA. Maybe we were... :)

The Bride Ash, my sissy Aly, and basically another sissy Ash (they are all some of my "dearest" friends!)

The other side of the table!

AJ, me, Hayley

Then we headed back to the hotel to meet more bridesmaids for a fun time opening gifts!

Elish and Holly

This is quite possibly one of her reactions to a gift... priceless.

Ash and Hayley wearing the shower decor... Hayley and I put all the streamers up right before we went to dinner and came back to most of them on the floor... so they turned into streamer scarves!

Friday we enjoyed lunch and pedicures with the bride!!

That night we headed to the church for the rehearsal with a yummy dinner to follow...

Aly and Wade

Calvin and Amanda at dinner

Saturday morning Ashley's aunt hosted a brunch for the bridesmaids. Her house is GORGEOUS and the food was DIVINE. I felt extremely spoiled.

This is Ashley with all of her bridesmaids!

Rox, Ash, Ash, Aly, me... I love these girls! Ash & Ash have known each other since they were like 2 or 3, and my sisters and I moved to Mississippi 16 years ago and became immediate friends with the Ashleys! :) It was SO fun to be together again!

After brunch we headed to the church to get ready!! LOVED Ashley's colors: yellow and grey!

Kyle and I after the ceremony!

Ashley and Nate!

The reception was SO much fun! Ashley and Brad dancing their first dance as Mr. and Mrs. Alexander! Isn't she gorgeous???

Whitty, Rox, and Al having FUN! Whit is due with her second in December, too!

High school friends!! It was so great to see old friends!

My sissies. They are beautiful!

These are some of the girls from our CPC youth group!

I've said it already, but it was an amazing weekend!! It was a beautiful wedding, and Ashley was a beautiful bride! I'm so, so happy for Ashley and Brad! Thanks for letting me be a part of your big day!! Love y'all!!

Friends come to town!

Kyle and I had the honor of hosting two amazing people at our house for the weekend! Michelle and Drew are very, very good friends that we grew close to while they lived in Oxford. We were so, so sad to see them move, but we LOVE that they are only a couple hours away so they can come visit and we can go see them!

Friday night we all ate dinner together and just talked about life now-a-days. After Park-man went to bed, Kyle and Drew caught up a little bit (a.k.a. played X BOX...haha, I do have to point out that they DID conquer a "level" or game that they had been working hard on beating last time they were together...Michelle and I were so proud!). Michelle and I enjoyed hearing about the goings-on of each others lives and just enjoyed hanging out again!

Saturday, we all got to witness a BEAUTIFUL wedding ceremony of good friends at our church. It was so exciting to see such amazing people join together in marriage. I loved getting to be there! The reception was absolutely perfect, and we got to enjoy catching up with more good friends that have moved away (miss y'all KC and Baskin!). Although I didn't get any pictures with the beautiful bride or our whole "supper club", here are a few to enjoy:

Michelle is such a sweet friend!

Cool guys!

I love this! Thanks so much for staying with us Michelle and Drew! We can't wait to see y'all again!

Lately...

Disclaimer: There are a TON of pictures in this post... you have been warned.

Spring Break marked the beginning of about a two week long crazy streak for the Routh family. Kyle's mom, AKA Nanna, met us the Friday before Spring Break to pick up our little Parkie-man for a WHOLE WEEK! It's longest he's ever been away from us, and we sure did miss him! But we knew he was in good hands! :) I think he did a lot of playing and even took a trip to the zoo! After we got back from the backpacking trip (which I posted about here), Kyle and I along with our good friends Craig and Missy headed down to Jackson to pick up Parker. We then proceeded to Lake Bruin, Louisiana to relax at Kyle's parents' lake house! We had a BLAST! It was a nice break, and we SO enjoyed spending some time with the Daniels!!!

Parker drove the boat most of the time...actually he did help Kyle drive a lot!

Craig and their sweet puppy, Jake! Jake was a little scared of the lake and the boat...but by the end of their time at Lake Bruin, he LOVED it!

My guy and me...he wasn't too happy about having to sit still...

Missy, Craig, and Kyle waiting for the shrimp!! Kyle and Craig are expert shrimp boilers now!

It was delish!

Kyle and Missy fishing in the alligator-infested waters... a little exaggeration... but there ARE alligators in the lake, and Kyle, Craig, and Missy said they thought they saw one! Unfortunately, the fish weren't biting that weekend...

My guys.

Tiger says "RAWR!"

Getting ready to get on the boat one more time! We had so much fun and can't wait to go again!!!

A few days after Rox's birthday (she turned 27 on March 20... she can now say she's in her late 20s!!! haha, Rox), I got to head up to the Winebrenner's house to have a mini-birthday celebration for her! Well... the boys did most of the "celebrating" by screaming, yelling, running, making a mess, and being crazy!! I had so much fun, though!!

My dad's tradition with his grandsons is to take them to McDonald's for lunch. One-on-one, it's a pretty fun trip, but Dad knew that three toddlers at McDonald's would not be ideal... so he brought Mickey-D's to us!! We had an indoor picnic since it was a little chilly out...

Parker and Eli enjoyed a snack and a show before JuJu woke up.

Dad played in the backyard with the boys for a LONG time, and they had a blast!!! They used their little soccer goals and a blanket to make a tent!

Rox was being a big baby.

Eli loved trying on CeCe's shoes!

On my birthday I woke up to a lovely surprise!

Kyle made me a bench (without me knowing!) from Ana White! (This is when he gave me my jig-saw, too! I posted about it here!) Isn't it cute?? He even bought we cute little baskets to go in the cubbies! I can't wait to paint it!

Kyle made me breakfast and coffee, took me to lunch at Volta, and then we even got to go thrifting (this is when I found that cute little squirrel!)

We played in the backyard that afternoon since it was pretty nice out! Here's my little golfer :)

My little family!

Kyle made me one of my favorite foods for dinner: fresh spring rolls with spicy peanut sauce! YUM!!!

He also made me the the biggest chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich ever!! It was delish, and he came up with the idea all by himself!! I was extremely impressed! Oh, and excuse that giddy 5 year-old smile...I couldn't help but be so excited! :)

The next day, Kyle had me get all dressed-up to go on a surprise date. He said the babysitter would be here at three...I had no clue what he was planning...when I walked out of my room thinking the babysitter was here, I saw my family standing there and smiling!!! What a surprise!! I was so excited to get to celebrate with my fam!! (We missed you, Mom!! But we understand!! Can't wait to celebrate again! :)

Rox and Eli cuddling!

Rox, me, and Aly being weirdos.

Crazy. I know.

Mike and Kyle chillin'.

Dad was DETERMINED to figure out the complex childrens' puzzle.

Things stayed pretty crazy the whole time... I think this may have been a screaming contest??

Then, we had a drumming contest!

Kyle and Mike staying out of it.. haha.

Birthday girls!

It was a good thing Kyle made such a big ice cream sandwich!! :) I loved another excuse to eat some sweets!

There you have it. The last couple of weeks in pictures!

Thanks to everyone who made my birthday so special, especially Kyle who planned all of the excitement!! :)