WOW. . . . .What A Day

Our oldest daughter, Goose, will be getting married April 18, 2009, to a WONDERFUL young man named Tang. This is their engagement announcement picture taken in our front yard. They are just perfect for each other. Tang will be entering the Police Academy, following in his father's, uncle's and brother's footsteps. Goose is currently studying to be a child psychologist.

The engagement ring.....The shuttle can find their way back to earth just by the glare alone from that diamond! : > )

BLING BLING!!!!

Goose is not wasting a minute trying to get things organized and finished so all she has to do is wait for the big day!! (smart girl) So, yesterday, we went to a Bridal Expo. We attended our first one on the 5th which was small compared to this one, but very, very nice. This one had over 300 vendors. OH MY GOSH!! They had everything you could possibly imagine from invitations to portable outside bathrooms, which by the way, were GORGEOUS.

The first thing Goose saw that she just went nuts over was a set of Bride and Groom chairs. The bride's chair was decorated with a veil. It is soooooo pretty. The grooms chair is decorated with a tuxedo. Aren't they just adorable?

They had a bunch (no pun intended) of florists there also. Goose loved the tulip bouquet that C pointed out to her and she just LOVED it. How come she didn't remember that I suggested using tulips back in OCTOBER since the wedding is in the S P R I N G?????

The one thing they had the most of and they were EVERYWHERE was...........................CAKE.....CAKE.....and more CAKE!! They were absolutely beautiful. We tried a LOT of cake and sadly, were disappointed with each one. They were all dry or the icing tasted greasy like Crisco, and ALL of them had jam in the middle. ? Whatever happened to chocolate mousse? After looking at tons of cakes, Goose decided on this design, but it will be purple at the bottom, gradually getting lighter up to the top of the cake. I really like this one too!

Tang found the groom's cake HE wanted......Isn't that AWESOME?

You know, yesterday was a looooong day and there were a gazzillion things to look at. It was nice to see Ben being such a good sport about all this and to see him wait so patiently while we went from aisle to aisle....vendor to vendor.

I couldn't resist taking this picture!

Tang's mother , C. came with us to the expo. She is a WONDERFUL and funny lady and the two of them get along so well. Goose is blessed to have such a great future mother-in-law who loves her dearly. Here they are looking at wedding albums from one of the photographers when they came across a funny shot.

Here is another picture of Tang a little bit later on when they got to the vendor giving away a free honeymoon. My, how his mood changed!!!

As I mentioned before, yesterday was a looooooong day, but it was also very exciting and a little sad at the same time watching her planning for the next chapter in her life.

OUR LITTLE GIRL IS ALL GROWN UP!!!!