South Carolina, Wedding, Valentines Dinner

That is what my life has consisted of the last little while. We had a good visit with our family in South Carolina. Micah and I rode about 20-30 miles in the back of my uncle's truck the Saturday we were down. It was great we were in the mountains and he would go real fast and take the curves fast he gave us a real fun ride. Saturday night we all went to Uncle Wendy's for supper. Papa, Aunt Kim, Katie, Mom, Beth, Micah, Aunt Kathy, Vanessa, Jacob, Carter, Emily, Hailey, Addyson, Uncle Doug, and I. We went to church at Midway that Sunday. It was good to see everyone again. I now have people that claim me at three different churches. Farmville, VA (my home church), Palatka, FL (the Cox's church), and Midway, SC. After church Sunday morning we went over to my Great-Aunt Boot's house and cooked Mexican for lunch. We cooked Mexican food for supper Saturday night too. We eat Mexican a lot in my mom's family. Aunt Kim and Katie, and Aunt Terry and Rhonda and Uncle Doug were there also. We had a good time visiting and playing games together. We left for home Monday morning and stopped by Hamricks on the way home. Bethany and I desperately needed some clothes. I found two nice dress outfits for less than $50! I was happy! I got clearance things and one sweater that was regular price. One was a real pretty lavender skirt and jacket I got a sweater to go with it. The other was a blue green sweater and a matching skirt. I'm getting to be pretty good at finding deals at least for someone who doesn't really like shopping. (If I do say so myself) ;-p Anyway we got home safely and the guys were very happy to see us... (Obviously they were ready for something decent to eat after Zach's cooking) Really though we had things for them to eat while we were gone and Zach is a pretty decent cook. Wednesday was VLB service. Friday we had music lessons and did our house cleaning. Saturday e headed out bright and early for Tim and Shannon's wedding in Roanoke. We got there and got to visit with church folks for a little while before the wedding. Beau slipped out of the back where all the family was and we got to visit a little bit. Ruthie came in and insisted on sitting with me during the wedding. So I ended up with Ruthie on my lap the entire ceremony. I didn't mind one bit. I miss those kids like crazy. The wedding was neat. Francie was the perfect flower girl. Shannon and Bro. Billy Cox came into this song called "I loved her first" it was very sweet and sentimental and made my Dad decide I can never get married. I just reminded him if he wants grandkids he'd better let me get married and that changed his mind. Tim wrote a poem for Shannon and read it. It was mushy and had funny Tim humor in it. After they said their vows they took the church covenant as a couple. Then when they introduced them as "Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Cox" and they came down the steps this music came on. It said, "WEEEEEEEELLLLLLL" and they came down the steps then it said "You make me want to Shout" and they took off running down the aisle and into the foyer. It was great. Everybody liked that. Then we all headed over to the firehouse for the reception. The family came in after a they took pictures. Then we were swarmed with Cox kids and loved it. Abby was sure happy to see me. I was glad to see all of them. After the guys ate. Beau, Josh, Zach, Daniel, Critter, Eric, and Levi went out and trashed Shannon's car. Tim was smart. He left his truck which is what they took on their honeymoon out of the way. So when Bro. Billy and Sis. Deborah Cox and Eric went home Eric had to clean up the mess. They messed it up really good. Nate and Micah headed out there after a while. After a while of visiting Shannon threw her bouquet and Tim threw the garter. It was funny. All the girls went out there and out of everyone out there Bethany caught the bouquet. It was funny. Tim said, "Oh no Bethany caught it" and dad said, "Throw it back Bethany throw it back!" Then Tim threw the garter and that was hilarious. Dustin Washburn stayed up on the balcony where Tim and Shannon were because he didn't want to take any chances. Grayson went right down in front and stood there. Mike Weigand was trotting out there and Lorri stopped him. Then the cavalry came in Zach, Daniel, Beau, and Josh. That's when the fun started. Zach, Daniel, and Josh moved to the back and just stood there. Beau went and stood next to Grayson and acted totally disinterested. Then Tim threw the garter and Grayson leaped for it. Then Beau reached his hand up and caught it. Grayson insists that Beau stole it from him and mom says if you were watching it looked like Grayson caught it. Beau says he was just reacting to something being thrown at his head and grabbing it out of the air. I personally had a front row seat and Beau didn't take it from Grayson in my opinion. But enough about that. Next everyone went outside and waited for Tim and Shannon to come out. Tim stood in front of the window while he was waiting for Shannon and Dustin took a bag of the birdseed and threw it at him and hit him on the shoulder. We were on the ground and Tim was on the second floor. All I'm going to say is that boy has good aim! Anyway they finally came out and we threw birdseed all over them. Then Dalton Cox and Noah and Caleb started a birdseed war. I was just standing there minding my own business talking to Beau and Josh and those little stinkers ambushed me! I had birdseed ground into my hair and in my clothes and it wasn't even my wedding! Anyway we ended up standing in the parking lot visiting for quite a while. It's funny the first time we met them (other than dad and Bro. Jerry of course they already knew each other) was in a Shoney's in Chattanooga and we really visited with them in the parking lot. We have been good friends with them for 5 years and we still can't get away from parking lots. Maybe it's because we always say goodbye in parking lots... Anyway Sunday the gleaners had a Valentine Spaghetti dinner. We were raising money to send the gleaners to camp this year. Tonya, Steele, Sis. Gayle, TJ, and I worked in the kitchen and got everything done before hand. Steele and Tonya and I have decided that people who think church kids never have any fun are delusional. We have fun all the time. Just get a group of us together and we'll teach you what fun is! We even have fun when we're working! Dawn and John were able to be there Sunday so after we finished up and got everything straight they came over to our house and visited for a while. Anyway we had fun. Wednesday was VLB service. I've been working on getting the young people to take turns doing one service a month. I do the first one and then they take turns doing the second one. Zach did it this Wednesday. So I got to sit next to my "boyfriend" and enjoy the service. I know just about now people's eyes are popping out of their heads. I'd better explain. He's so cute I've known him for practically his whole life. He loves me. Don't worry my standards haven't changed, you can all breath a sigh of relief, he's four. His name is Layne and he likes to sit next to me every time he comes to church. He says that I'm his girlfriend and he's going to marry me. He'll grow out of it in time. Anyway this weekend is couples retreat and Mom and Dad headed out this morning. Well I'd better get going.