T Minus 18 Hrs...

Friday evening was Jenny and Stewart's wedding dinner and they held it up at the Tyrell's home (Stewart parents). They live in the Avenue's and their home is gorgeous! It was a perfect evening for an outside social and it was great to see some faces of the past. I am still the "big sister Katie" and it always throws me off to see Jenny's friends all grown up with families of their own. So much fun!
Jared, his wife Mckell, Jenny, Raquel, Tricia (Jenny's all-time bff), & Raschell Jake and Tricia are both fluent-fluent in Spanish so for fun they were testing each others knowledge and just chatting away....
Whenever Katie Thomas (our college friend who lives in Las Vegas)whenever she is involved the laughter is non-stop. She is hilarious! She is always giving me a hard time about my blog and about my constant picture taking so the line of the night was "Is this picture/event blog-able...blog worthy?" Lyssa joined in the amusement so they had to take one of their infamous "take a picture of yourself" shots! (I warned you both and maybe one day you'll learn!!!)

I had to laugh at this picture! The two of them look so nervous, nauseous, and scared to death!!! After dinner, we were invited to share a story/memory of Jenny/Stewart and give them an object that went along with the memory....

Growing up, not matter what, Jenny would always get carsick. The zip lock bag was a must in our van. One time, while we were in Buffalo, New York, Jenny once again was sick, zipped up the bag, and instead of taking it out to the garbage when we stopped, she left it in the car. Our family went into "Denny's" for lunch, since there was not one up in Toronto, and to help Jenny feel a bit better with some type of nourishment. We finished, got back in the van, started to drive, and that's when my Mom found Jenny's barf bag. Yak! My Dad, amusing us as usual, came up with a song that went a little like this....

"Jenny's, come to Jenny's and you'll get some of her throw up....and if you come quickly, you might even catch it when it's hot"
That song/memory sums up our road trips and the memories that we have of Jenny :( and NO...I did not give her a bag of throw up!

Lyssa's story was about her snoring(Lyssa's snoring) and Jenny waking up one night scared, thinking there was a cow in their room, and then realizing that it was just Lyssa...so Lyssa gave her a miniature cow...
Jake's story was one that I had forgotten...Jake and his friends, being the hot jocks that they were in high school, and Jenny and her friends being the hot cheerleaders, were all friends. Jake was a senior and Jenny was a sophomore. One night as the guys were down in the basement, Jake kept hearing a tapping noise on the window. He went and looked and saw nothing so he blew it off. The funny thing is that he heard it a number of times, on a number of nights. Finally a few weeks later, Jake's friends gave in.....Jenny's bedroom was directly upstairs from the basement window. They had a string with a rock tied onto it. Whenever the girls wanted a "make-out" night, they would lower that down, tap it on the window, and initiate the session. The guys would wait for Jake to fall asleep and then sneak off to the destination point and meet the girls! In Jenny's defense, she ended up dating her "partner" but they were nervous to tell Jake since they knew how protective Jake was of Jenny but still....way too funny!
My Dad brought a map to remind Jenny of all of their adventures throughout the world that they have gone on. My Mom gave Jenny one of her favorite Royal Dalton dolls to start her own collection. The infamous Terry clan (minus Lyssa's hubby Joe who did not come until the next morning...and nice face Jake...you're funny???). It was a great night that was alot of fun! The Tyrell's are great and Jenny is so lucky to be marrying into such a wonderful family!

Laughter, laughter, laughter is the main thing that I love about my family! We are always laughing! We have great stories, great memories, and great parents who made it all happen! I love my bfs's and my bfb's and hope that I am teaching my kid's to love each other the exact same way!