This weekend, a couple friends and I took a roadtrip to wine country (Rocheport, MO) for the wedding of our high school friend Laurie. 

{Les Bourgeois Vineyards}

It was a beautiful wedding and we were happy to be a part of it. 

{Laurie coming down the aisle}

{Laurie and Kieran McBride}

{Me, Tabatha, Laurie, and Julie}

 The theme of the wedding was "vintage" and I absolutely loved the flower arrangements.  I loved them so much that I got permission from the bride to take a few home.  I'm going to make them into hair pins.

{Handmade flowers}

Have a wonderful Memorial Day!

(My dress was from Potentials.)

As I previously mentioned here, I am currently helping out at work by driving the moving truck.  Monday was full of pick ups, deliveries, and rain. 

The day started out normal enough.  I went to pick up some donated items from a lady who lived in a gated community full of million dollar homes in St. Charles.  The only problem was that the gate would not let us in.  People honked angrily as I sat there in my big ugly truck blocking the entry to the neighborhood.  I must have looked like I was coming to rob someone because a woman in a Lexus rolled down her window to tell me that I couldn't "tailgate" into the neighborhood because the gate would close on the truck.  Not that I was trying to "tailgate" but I'm sure in a battle between the gate and my truck, my truck would have won. 

After getting into the neighborhood, finding the house, and loading it up with donations, it was on to the next pick up.  The next obstacle of the day was the strong storm that popped up as I drove down highway 94.  Out of no where the winds picked up and the rain fell.  The windshield wipers in the truck probably hadn't been replaced since 1990 so they just smeared the water across the windshield.  When the winds picked up, the truck started blowing all over the road.  I couldn't keep it on the road.  Trash and tree limbs were flying across the road, but the turning point was when the driver side mirror swung over slamming into my window.  After pulling off under an over pass for about 5 or 6 minutes I was off again.  The next hour consisted of loading up more donations in a rain storm. 

After a long day of loading and unloading the truck it was time to take the donations we couldn't use in the store to the yellow box to be re donated.  As I drove down the highway again, an old man in a truck pulled up beside me and gestured that the back door of the truck was open.  We were almost to our destination by this point so I continued.  Once arriving at the yellow box, I noticed that indeed no one had closed the door on the back of the truck.  I had left a trail of clothes down every road that I had driven.  Luckily no one called the cops on me. 

It was a long day of back breaking work.  I'm definitely ruling out a career in moving services.

It has been a busy past few days.  Honestly I'm not used to being busy.  Saturday was hectic and I spent most of Sunday recovering while also doing the laundry and grocery shopping.  On Monday I had a sick dog and a sick computer.  After taking Callie to the vet to find out she had spring allergies, I took the computer to the Geek Squad to find out it is old.  Following that, I tested to get my Class E Driver's License (which I passed on the first try despite what some skeptics might have said).  I then drove the Youth In Need diesel U-Haul down the freeway to deliver some donations to their destinations.

{ Driving the U-Haul down 270 during rush hour. }

I had planned on spending the weekend organizing but didn't get very far. 



Like I said, I'm not used to being busy.  Its only up hill from here....

It literally seems like yesterday that I helped my little brother move into his freshmen dorm at Webster University.  Although he acted cool and collected at the time, I knew he was nervous.  While some things may have come easy to him so far, this was a whole new ballgame. 

Four years and many experiences later, he graduated on Saturday with a Bachelors in International Human Rights and a Spanish minor. 

{ Getting the diploma. }

With graduation out of the way, he now leaves for Rwanda for a couple of weeks.  He's changing the world one international trip at a time....

{ The whole family. }

{ Me and my lil bro. }