5.07.2012

Sunday night bowling

This weekend proved to be a very good weekend with just enough time to relax between working.

Friday night Drew and I headed straight out to Starlight after work to finish painting the reception hall and setting it up for the wedding on Saturday. I will admit I was a bit of a baby and MAY have thrown a little tantrem about having to paint. ( Yes I am 26 years old and Yes I hate painting that much!) Sweet Drew let me whine about it and act like a baby for a few minutes. As I taped the baseboards and he painted in silence for an hour listening to Zach Brown Band on Spotify I was convicted of my childish ways. I still never lifted a paint brush but was able to do all the sweeping, mopping, cleaning needing to be done in order to set up tables and chairs. Tammy and Kelsey were there doing the rehearsal on the lawn for the ceremony and joined us in the reception hall as soon as they could. Just as I was starting to get pouty again about being hungry  Mom and Nana showed up with KFC!! Fried Chicken had never tasted so good to me!

Saturday Cooper and I slept in until 11:30! Miracle!!! Obviously since Cooper is a Dog he doesn't realize which Saturdays we can sleep in till way late, so he is usually up and at em at 7:00 or sometimes 5:30. Anyway I have discovered that if I invite him to lay on the bed with me ( he usually sleeps on the floor for the first 8 hours of the night) then he will snuggle up to me and sleep in. So Saturday we did! In fact I  had to wake him up to go out when I was in desperate need of some coffee at 11:30, I think he would have slept in for a lot longer. Anyway after a quick lunch with Drew we headed out to Starlight for a successful and smooth wedding!

Yesterday after catching the Yankee game on tv I went to see Mom and Nana and then Drew and I met Lane and Neeley for some dinner at BDubs. We then decided to all go bowling.

Amarillo unfortunately hasn't accepted the same enviromental laws that Abilene has, as in people can still smoke in public. It makes a bowling alley the ABSOLUTE WORST because you just reek of smoke  the minute you step in there. We decided to embrace it anyway! Bowling can be the most fun in the world. My first game is always my worst, I learned this in Thailand when my teamates and I would escape the home sickness by eating Pizza Hut and go bowling. Drew however was not ready to accept this fact and a few frames into our first game he was giving me tips... totally ruining the fun. He let it go pretty quickly though upon realizing I had absolutely NO interest in bettering my game.






Last night while bowling was kind of a momentus night for Drew. Since we found out that Neeley and Lane were getting married, Neeley and I have been wondering who Lane would pick as his Best Man... he has several friends who he has known for a long time, played in bands with, gone to school with etc. that we were thinking would be a front runner. Although selfishly I think we both wanted him to pick Drew, they haven't known each other for as long, only a year and a half, but are the best of friends to one another. Being roomates they spend more time together than anyone else usually late nights after Neeley and I have already gone home to bed. I have loved their friendship they have developed. It goes far beyond being the "boyfriends" to Neeley and I and them being thrown together because of that. They truly have one another's backs and genuinely developed a real bond between one another. Anyway last night Lane decided to make it offical and ask Drew to be his Best Man. He told Neeley he would wait until the Galaxy Bowling started to make it more special. Drew was elated! I know he was a little nervous about who it would be and who I would have to "walk down the aisle" with as Neeley's Maid of Honor. He was so proud and honored to be chosen for that role. The best part is looking down the road 10, 15, 30, 60 years I know they will still be very close friends and always there for one another. It was so sweet to hear each of them tell separate people the other was his "Best Friend!"

Our friends Colton and Bailey came and met us for bowling. Fun night with great friends and family!!!