So.

It's been a while since I posted a Move it Monday.  I think we were in the middle of a contest when my life was completely uprooted and 5,000 miles later I'm writing again about Move it Monday.  I wanted to post some pictures of us all swimming in the pool but I haven't gotten a chance to get them ready for the blog...oh well!

Yes.  We are finally here in SC (but not in our house, yet).  I'll talk more about that in another, hopefully soon, blog post.

Right now though...we're getting back on track.  Getting Move it Monday happening again so that we can all be consistent.  Even with all of the sitting on my booty I've done driving endless days down one lane roads on the prairies of the midwest I've only gained 2 pounds! Yay!  In the mean time when I've not been waking kids up at the crack of dawn to get them into the car and back on the road, we've been crashing at a hotel way too late...and, of course, the first thing the kids want to know is:  "Where's the pool?  Can we get in it before we go to bed?  Is it outside of inside?  Can we go?  Can We GO?"  And most times we do.

The pool is our exercise away from exercise.  We not only do it because it's a great way to wind down from a day of driving and driving and driving...it's also great exercise.  I think it's been my fast-food-in-the-car-for-the-fifteenth-time lifesaver.

Swim.  Especially, when you are on the road, on a road trip, on a trip...check out the pool.  And GO. SWIM.

good. LIFE.

sweet. day.

From the moment I met Melissa and Juan I thought they were wonderful.  I was so grateful that I got to be at their wedding!  When I read Juan's questionnaire and saw the sweet things that he wrote about Melissa I knew that we were going to have fun together.  He adores her and it shows in everything he says and does.  They couldn't keep their eyes off of each other through out the entire ceremony.  As they walked down the aisle Juan scooped up Melissa and carried her down the aisle and everyone loved it.

During the reception Juan's dad's band played and got everyone on the dance floor.  When the night came to a close too quickly, Melissa and Juan rode off around the city in a horse drawn carriage.  As we were walking back to our car we saw Melissa and Juan again in their carriage going down the city streets!

happy. LIFE.

It's true.

At 10am eastern time this morning (July 24th) the Love Affair Workshop registration will go live!  And we have a new website/blog.  Check it out!  www.loveaffairworkshop.com  (It's set up like a blog but it has all of the different categories like a website.  The links are at the top of the page just under the picture header.)  It's time to register. I hope to see you at Love Affair November 2008 in San Diego!

Have fun and may your fingers be speedy.

exciting. LIFE.

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dancing. fun.

Liberty and Nick have been so wonderful to spend time with.  One of the reasons that we connected so quickly was because Liberty is an artist.  She wanted art for her wedding and we had fun talking about the essence of her wedding day and the excitement of ideas.  

We met up with Liberty while she was getting her hair done by Nick's mom.  As soon as she was ready we went with her to meet up with Nick so they could have a quiet lunch together at Olive Garden before the day got going with all of the festivities.

Liberty and Nick's wedding was so fun!  Liberty had Polynesian dancers that danced traditional dances and as they danced everyone threw money at them, put money on them, or put it at their feet.  They had colorful dresses and beautiful dances.  Everyone really had a great time showering them with money.  At the end of the night the dancers counted the money and delivered it to Liberty.  She was completely surprised by the amount that her guests had so generously given. 

We also did a little paint with light on the last image...

great. LIFE.

sweet. little. taylor.

Every time I get to see the Framptons I love it.  They are such a wonderful family.  I am so grateful that I’ve gotten to see Ashlun as he has grown over the last two and a half years.  It amazes me how quickly life changes and how dramatically kids change seeing them from one time to the next.  Now, Ashlun has a very sweet little sister.

I was so excited to hear that Stacey had had a little girl and was so looking forward to meeting her.  When  I arrived Ashlun showed me all the latest and greatest of what he could do and his favorite toys.  Taylor was so sweet and I just love the way their family is patient and kind to each other.  Taylor is so happy and smiles so much already.  She just loves her parents and you can tell they are totally smitten with her.  It’s always wonderful to see Stacey and Kent.

Thank you!

fun. LIFE.