A Day on the Green

Jord and I spent the day on an outing with Ja and the squink (Jord's catchy name for Ja's 4-year-old daughter Ella) walking around the Gardens at Thanksgiving Point. I started off the day so ecstatic to put on my big poofy princess dress and meet up with my handsome fiancee for the big "First Look." Plus it's always fun to walk around feeling like a (wanna-be) model getting our picture taken at every pose - especially since it's been 10+ years since our last family picture. Luckily my talented brother Steve played "photographer" and helped us get that updated while everybody was in town for the wedding.  (Thanks Steve, I'm looking forward to retiring my 10-year-old Shopko pose self) ...However, I didn't realize that long-term walking in my corsette-like dress in the sun, while poor Jord carried my massive train on his freshly re-rolled ankle along the un-level grass would turn into such a crazy day. I mean, don't get me wrong it's a blast getting dolled up and feeling special but by the end of the day all we wanted to do was put on the baggiest sweats and eat cheetos. I'm just being dramatic here; we had a WONDERFUL turnout and as always Ja did a stellar job :)