Recently, my co-worker told me a secret. Her mother was getting married in May. It wasn’t announced yet so I had to keep it under wraps. She was so excited to see her mother get married and had to share it with a few close people. About two years ago she had introduced her mother to a gentleman she knew in town. They were married yesterday in a small ceremony with family and a few close friends. I had told my co-worker that I would offer my services to capture their day. I have been so excited for this wedding.

My co-worker is in the black dress while her mother, the bride, is in the purple.

The groom watching his bride come down the aisle.

What an AMAZING day for a wedding …

This was the cake for the bride and groom. HOW CUTE.

This is the bride’s great-granddaughter. She is a CUTIE.

A toast ..

The groom commented to the guests that he and the bride and been married over 50 years to their first spouses when they both passed on – and now they have over 100 years of experience in marriage between the two of them.

If you haven’t listened to the comedian Brian Regan – you NEED to.

On Thursday I got my hair cut … off. Ideally I would wear my hair “boy short” like I did so long ago – but the general feeling from Jared (and others) is NO WAY. I like this look thou.

I have mentioned before that on Wednesday nights Jared and I lead the PowerKidz group at our church. This week we talked about the “Rack, Shack, and Benny” bible lesson and related it to present day peer pressure. We talked about how God has made each one of us for a purpose and loves us dearly. We talked about what to do when people pick on you or tease you. Having grown up with the last name Trout – I have some experience with that one. We talked about how God has given us morals to live by and we need to stand up for what we believe in. The days that your friends think you aren’t “cool” – which I am finding is truly becoming a 90’s word – are going to come and go. God will always think you are #1 in His book. Usually we only have about 10 to 13 kids – with 1 or 2 being boys – but this past week we had NINE girls. I think Jared may have felt out of his element but we made it. It is amazing to me the differences that boys and girls go through with peer pressures. Boys tend to pick on the girls more but the girls tend to be more concerned with who is doing what and what clothes are in or out. We had a great night of discussion with the kids.

Before the lesson, Mara – or PM – had them play a marshmallow building game.

It was messy, sticky, and loads of fun.

Later, we decided to make our own tower of sorts.

It didn’t last long, just like the marshmallows.

We just happened to see “Chuck” hit 3000 miles on Tuesday and I just happened to have my camera to document the moment.

Our poor children are going to be so sick of cameras …