big fat egyptian wedding.

hey everyone.

sorry it has been soooo long since i have blooged.

i have missed blogging and commit 

to getting better at it in the future.

we have had soooo much going on this month

and i will fill you in on the latest in my next blog...

for this one i just want to highlight

my brothers big day!

yes matthew is married!

....poor bernadette!

haha, just kidding. 

we are very happy for the two of them

and they are already settling into florida

unfortunately, i dont really have any weeding pictures to share

because mark and i were both so busy at the wedding...

being that 3 out of 4 of us in the wright family were in the 

wedding....it was super busy.

{also matthew and bernadette dont know it but elleanne was the stand in 

flower girl :)}.

anyways, what i do have for you 

are some pictures from the weekend.

at the rehearsal...

at the rehearsal dinner....

somebody please kick me for slouching so bad {below}...yuck!


anyways with the beautiful bride....david sisters.

and a couple that i stole from my cousin angie.

jesse did so good! i was sooo nervous for him but he did awesome....brought the pillow...well basically threw the pillow, hahaha, right to my brother matthew...couldnt have asked for anything more from baby who was one and a half for this wedding...can you tell i am a proud mama!

and marks parents came to visit on saturday after the wedding...

they are basically the only reason we made it through the wedding so a big thanks to them for helping us out...and of course for being at the wedding.

alright now....there are a million of these...so sorry...we were just trying to get one last family shot before matthew and berna moved to florida.

crazy to think...started out as 6...now we are 10 and growing...plus friday of course.

berna lost it here....she was having a hard time saying goodbye...who good blame her....hahaha...just kidding.

my baby....well one of them.

and saying goodbye to matthew and berna...the classic uhaul picture....hey random piece of information...did you know that uhual meant.....u....haul....haha pretty clever heh?

 one last check on the car....can i make it?

 and the drive-away....we were all so jealous of them.....but it was still hard for everyone to say goodbye...what an adventure for them.

 my grandpa with his first great-granddaughter!

 look at that smile...already loves her great grandpa!

 both kids with great-grandpa before we leave...already in their jammies.

three generations...

four generations....and of course.....all who are featured in this photo are proudly dutch!!!!

b&b bash.

so this is the

bachelor and bachelorette party blog post.

{however...i was not at the bachelor part of the party...

so i do not have any pictures

but we did meet up with the bachelors later so i have a few...(fyi the guys went paint balling-heard it was so fun!}

overall it was a success!

we just hope matthew and berna

had fun.

ps there are lots of pictures of the house

cause i wanted to document the party.[we

did a "victoria's secret" theme...but made it "berna's secret"]

fourth fun.

well i have a few snapshots of 
the fourth of july fun
for this year!

but first i have to share with you something that happened

a few days before the fourth.

jesse LOVES his little 

sister...more and more everyday...its so cute!

anyways he always wants to be right with her 

or holding her..

or right in her chair with her...

see pictures...

he really started to squish her so we had to get him 

his own chair.

so now whenever elleanne is sitting 

in her chair he brings over his own chair and sits 

right next to her!

hahaha...ok on to fun 

of the fourth.

haha...jesse looks petrified!

although he loved the fireworks!

and lastly some wagon shots

for the fourth!

the kids are loving it!

i love this one of elleanne 

it looks like she is waving goodbye!

important pieces.

alright, 

let me set the stage for this one!

it was friday morning three weeks ago

after a very stressful and busy

week.

we were leaving town for santa clarita

[my parents house]

for my brother and soon to be sister in laws 

bachelor and bachelorrette party

as soon as mark got home from work.

well, we woke up that morning and 0545

to get mark out the door for work 2 hours earlier

so he could leave

earlier to be down there.

[we had so much to do for the parties!}

we begrugdingly got up when the alarm went off.

i got up and made his lunch, 

he quickly got ready...

and off he went on his motorcycle.

still on plan!

well the story ends here...

how did we get there?

let me tell you from mark's perspective...
{but told by me...;)}


"it was a beautiful crisp july morning in paso robles
i [mark] was off to an early start, according to plan!
i get on the freeway with ease, traffic is light...
and start to enjoy the beautiful scenery around me...
all of a sudden i felt prompted to look 
down at my bike.
a regular picture of this would include a 
general survey of the bike...with all things intact.
however this was not a normal morning...
i looked down and saw that to my dismay...
my gear shifter was GONE!
great....i am going  65-70 mph
in 5th gear on the highway with no way to shift!
upon further evaluation, mind you while driving...
the gear shifter was dangling behind the bike flying with the wind!
GREAT!!!
with each passing second i was getting farther and farther away from my home!
quickly, i decide to pull off at the next freeway exit...
{at this point not sure what mark did...but it
was the correct thing to do so he wouldnt die, thank goodness ...maybe take it out of gear....is that possible?...i dont know?}
i parked the bike at the safest place to stop off the freeway.
after surveying the situation and considering the time constraints of getting to work
a towing service was called...yuck! what a morning....
i got to work only 10 min, earlier than normal
when all was said and done!
huge bummmmmmerrrrr!"


this all happened because one little bolt came lose and fell...
man, those important pieces.

more repair work for mark....
commuting sucks....
thank the Lord mark is ok!


on a side note:
 i ran outside to catch pictures
in my pajama's and underwear of the towing man...
{well, he thought i was taking a picture of him
actually it was of the bike!}
hahaha

a half candle.

yes, it was my sweet

baby boys 1/2 bday

last tuesday {June 26}.

nomally 1/2 bdays are not a big deal

[unless of course you are 13 or under

cause you always want to be older right?]

however for us its a big deal because

we have decided to celebrate jesse's half 

birthday to give presents.

his real birthday is the 

day after christmas...

too overwhelming for him and me.

plus now its a little spread out

and he wont always have a ton of winter

clothes or toys!

we will still celebrate his real birthday

just not the gifts part!

anyways,

i have a few pictures and video to share.

....and yes...
he actually touched the flame once
burned himself ...
went back again
[no the second time we got his hand in time so he didnt get 2 burns.]
...hopefully he will
figure out "learn from your mistakes" 


anyways nana and papa
sent him a wagon 
that he loves!

alright ,
and for the video....
its super long
not sure if i would even sit down
to watch it! sorry....