Wisdom Teeth

I am not sure why we have wisdom teeth, but it would make sense that they should not have to be removed. Anyway, I had mine out last Thursday. All four were taken out at one time, which I think is probably better than doing it in stages. Needless to say I was out of it for a few days. I did manage to take Lauren to the Fall Festival at church on Halloween for about 30 minutes. More on that later. I thought I might starve to death after having these teeth out. A liquid diet is not great after 2 days. I need more substance. I finally moved up to mashed potatoes and then chicken and dumplings. I managed to eat pasta with meat sauce last night and garlic bread. It looks like everything is on track with the healing and hopefully I will be back to normal soon. I must say that I wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for my mom and stepmom. They took care of Lauren for several days while I was on some great pain meds. I am looking forward to moving on and putting this all behind me.

Tatti's Wedding

This past weekend we traveled to Atlanta, GA for my sister, Tatti's, wedding. Lauren was a flower girl and did a great job I must say. We arrived late Wednesday night to get the weekend started. Thursday night I went to the bachlorette party with all my sisters and Tatti's friends to a tapas restaurant. We had a great time catching up with each other (since we never get to see each other). Friday we all went to Chris' house (the groom) to make flower arrangements and to finish up last minute items. Saturday at 2 was the big event. Everything was perfect. The flowers, decorations, bridal party couldn't have looked better. Especially Lauren (I may be a little biased). Tatti was walked down the aisle by her father and looked gorgeous in her white gown with red sash. The ceremony was really sweet and touching with the fathers saying a pray of blessing over the couple and my brother-in-law officiating. With the vows spoken and rings exchanged it was time to party. The reception was at a community center not too far from the church. Chris did an amazing job with the lighting and Mary, Paula, and Ronna did a wonderful job decorating the tables and such. I don't know if this reception would have happened if it hadn't been for Paula. She is such a wonderful person and good friend to Mary. The bride and groom left and went to Florida on their honeymoon. All in all it was a great but tiring weekend. We miss you guys already!!

Lauren in the white dress not wanting to take pictures!

Branson Vacation

We traveled to Branson with my Dad and Mary in their motorhome. They have a class A bus type motorhome which is very nice to travel in. We arrived on Thursday, set up camp and went to get our rental car. That night we drove around town to see what all there was to do the next day. We ate dinner at Outback (Not the chain) which was very good. The next morning Dad and Steve went fishing while Mary, Lauren and I had a leisurely morning eating breakfast, playing and getting ready for the afternoon of girl adventures.

Lauren watching Little Einsteins not wanting to be disturbed.

We went to the Butterfly Palace where they have thousands of butterflies in a big open room with trees and plants. It was so neat to walk through and have them land on you. Lauren LOVED it. She wanted to touch them all.

Lauren loving the butterfly chair.

After the butterflies we went to the outlet mall and shopped for a while. Then we went to Rocky's Italian Restaurant for dinner. It was very good, except they could use a little help with making sweet tea. Saturday the guys fished again and afterwards we went to historic downtown Branson. The new mall, Branson Landing, is right on the Lake Taneycomo (which is really a river) and is very nice. Lauren loved walking around and running from flower to flower smelling them. We went back to the motorhome for a steak dinner. It was wonderful. We had a great time and can I just say that this is the only way to camp!!

Lauren with her Papaw and Mimi.