The Flower Girl, part II

Julia's first encounter with a curling iron and hairspray. She has never seen either one of them since I don't use them at home. She thought we were nuts. And she HaTED the hair spray. She would only let me use it on her (not the hair lady) despite the hair lady's degree in hair spray. Oh well.

Julia, all dolled up except for the dress....which went on at the very LAST minute...

Lindsay and her Dad

Papa and Squish

The girls

A cute photo of the three flower girls.

Three kids is difficult, but taking pictures of five little kids? Are we crazy?
Julia would only hold still for the group photos if I let her hold her glass of sprite AND the straw.

Lindsay and her flower girls

Dan, Lindsay, and the kiddos

Julia and Mary spent a good deal of time fighting over/playing with this alligator/xylophone thing from Aunt Mary. It is actually Mary's toy, but the closest she could get to playing with it was smacking Julia's hand while she was holding the mallet.

Dan and Lindsay's Wedding, July 4th, 2009

Squishy wouldn't let Julia touch her head piece. She screamed bloody murder when her sister came to try it on. It was hilarious. It won't be hilarious when they are fighting over it in the car...

Twelve year old cousin Andy played the piano for the entire ceremony. Wow can he play! And notice...no music!

Squishy and Gramma

Squishy, Gramma Beth, and Cousin CArly

Julia took her job as "flower girl" very seriously. She methodically dropped one daisy blossom every three steps from her "step off" point until she hit the altar. She didn't miss a beat. If only she listened that well when she isn't all dolled up with everybody looking at her....

The flower girls and bridesmaids

MARRIED AT LAST!

Grandpa and Grandma share the true meaning of wedding vows

I love this picture of Julia

Aunt Trice (aka mother o' the groom) and the flower girl, armed with ANOTHER thing of bubbles

Susie and Dave

Twistin' the night away

Glamorous Julia, whose Papa changed her into a blue dress for dinner after he saw the barbeque sauce on the table.

Bride, groom, and (fore)headshot of Miss Flower Girl

The Riesgraf Clan

Random photo of Squish...no idea how it got in with the wedding pictures, but it was cute so it stayed.

Matt and Paula

Julia, delerious from dancing for HOURS...

Chris and fiance Laura

Bob and Mary

Photo shoot

Dan and Jessi came over last week while Papa was working late and the girls enjoyed the extra attention. Out came the dress-up clothes (AGAIN......) and on went the bling bling. Julia was cinderella. Mary was Snow White. Julia ran the show. Mary chewed on her crown. Both of them loved being in the spotlight. Oh bother....I can only imagine what they will be like in ten years. I need to stock up on good wine now.

We are not amused.

Even Psymuhn participated in the party. He is dog-erella. He also chewed on his crown.

Uhoh...they've realized that I"m in the living room....I'm in trouble now!

Mary is getting tired. Time for night nighting!

Hello Dan. Thanks for coming over and playing dress-up with us. Next time you get to wear the crown!

Nemo's maiden voyage

Julia has been begging to fly her kite for the last fourteen months. Auntie Annie gave her the kite for her second birthday present....and we always forget to take him out of the package until it's either completely still outside (which doesn't happen very often in Duluth), OR there is abundant thunder and lightning outside...an absolute contraindication to kite-flying. Well, Julia tried her hand at flying her Nemo kite last week, and he had an impressive maiden voyage!

Squish and I watched from the sidelines until Nemo decided to take one of his inevitable nose-dives into the gravel. Julia didn't quite grasp the concept of "keep tension on the line" just yet. Maybe that'll be next week's lesson.

Hmmmm...how did the water get all over the front of my shirt!?!?