It's starting to sink in that Steph is actually leaving. I'm getting sad. We've been friends for 15 years. She is such a great person and an amazing friend. I'm not saying this because she reads my blog (she doesn't) but because I really love her. I do not think for a minute that her moving to Seattle will make us loose touch, it won't but I won't get to meet her for lunch whenever I want. I'll have to save it for an annual trip to Seattle. Since her family has all moved up there chances of her coming here to visit are slim. :)
Back to the band.
Instant Iguana...good stuff. And the Affton bar scene? Well, not my kinda crowd...but oh well I liked the music.
Stephanie and Karl. Gotta love the Pabst Blue Ribbon sign above their heads, right?
This place has something every night of the week...from line dancing to swing dancing, from 80's night to Rat pack night....What a bar huh?
The band. This was their CD release party and possibly their farewell gig. They might squeeze one more out before Jon joins Stephanie in Seattle.
So late night and then Bryana had a basketball game at 8:00. Adrianne I do not know how you function on as little sleep as you get...because I looked at the pictures I took at the game, and I have no idea what I was doing. LOL
I had the shutter speed set much too slow so Bree is a blur in most pictures. I know she's fast...but not that fast. :)
Look at my baby drive down the court.
Ok she really didn't wake up until the second half. And she was still a bit rusty. I think we may get her a hoop for Christmas. Not sure how much she'll get to play on it, but they said we're going to have a mild winter. Since it's been 70 degrees in November...it looks like it.
What a pass.
Then later in the day Saturday we took family pictures. I only melted down once (yeah right) while trying to get everyone to match. I don't think the lack of sleep helped at all. Karl, (the poor baby) at one point actually said, "Babe, I'll pulling out my best stuff here and it's not helping." I think I hung up on him. :) Poor guy, the abuse he takes. But we did work the outfits out. And the photographer said "You guys look great. You're the best matched family we shot all day." Karl (smartass) says, "I appreciate you saying that, if you only knew what it took to get us this way." (Meaning my meltdowns.)
Cianah being a typical (brat) teenager didn't smile like I think she should have. So she looks a bit unhappy. I even tried bribing them. Ice cream, anything. It didn't really work.
Here are some *unedited* and low res proofs:
It's so hard to get 5 people to look good at the same time, even if they are as hot as my family.
Thanks to Colortouch Photography for doing their best to make us all look good.
Please over look Bryana's white shoes. I couldn't find any brown one's in her size. It took 5 stores to get us all shirts and brown pants to match..I wasn't going to 5 more for a pair of shoes for Bryana to wear only a couple of times. Oh well. I'm sure no one but me notices stuff like that.
Sunday (since I hair Saturday) I got to relax. YEAH ME!!
This weekend we're doing Thanksgiving with my sister on Sunday. They're heading down to Branson on Thanksgiving (lucky dogs) so we're celebrating a little early.
Then I'll cook a spread for my family on Thursday. And hit the ground running on Friday for the sales. :)
Hope everyone is having a lovely week.
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