Saying Goodbye

So this is the saying goodbye post :( In the beginning I stress like mad to make everything perfect. I don't eat or sleep well while in the middle of it all. I'm emotionally distraught over every little thing but I try vigorously to try to let go of it all and have a good time. Then in the end I cry when everyone leaves. Does this seem like an oxymoron to anyone but me? We decided to come home a little early from church so we could spend a last few moments together before everyone got on the road.

The most recent impromptu family pic - missing Karl and Curtis' families :(

Daddy wanted a pic on his phone of he and Emma but I told them to stay so I could have one for the blog. I wanted it on the header pic but this new format wouldn't let me have it the way I wanted it. Oh well!!!

The next few pictures make me laugh but really tell so much about my little brother Roger. He typically doesn't mind kids crawling on him and often I see him sitting on the floor because he's given up a seat for someone else such as my momma. This picture just was so adorable. I'm probably going to print it off and hang it somewhere just because it's that cute! Either this one or the next...my two little brothers with their oldest sons! I love those guys so much!

This is another example of Roger being the guy he is. Down on the floor talking to the grand kids. Being so interested in what they have to say and loving every minute of it! I'm sure Craig won't remember this moment but now it's forever in my blog!!!

So I might have been a little obsessed with taking pictures of Roger laying on the floor but this one really does crack me up. In the picture above you can't really see Cote laying on Rogers back but when you pan out this is the picture you see. There he is checking out his new Star Wars DS game laying on his dad's back like it were a couch! Roger obviously not giving a care in the world about that at all. Rog, you're such a great guy!!!

Seen enough of Cote or Craig yet? NAH! Here are two more! So cute!

This picture only made it to the blog for two reasons. 1. It's totally way cute and 2. I love how Taylor has her thumb tucked into Jessica's shirt! Isn't that such a little kid thing to do? Love it!

This is the last picture of this post. Grandma wanted a picture of her and Taylor and of course Tay just wouldn't sit still! I guess we should have given her a duck! Oh well Mom's cute smile is the best so this picture got added in too!

Thanks everybody who came from Las Vegas and Texas to celebrate in Emma's big day! I'm sorry if I was a basket case the whole time and seemed distant or a witch. I learned a lot of things during this that I am hoping never to forget. The most important thing I learned came from my friend Steph...One of the days I was most stressed about everything she simply said to me that nothing else matters besides Emma and her getting baptized. If I stressed to much I would miss it all and look back and be pretty upset that I had been so stressed that I missed it and didn't make good memories. Thanks Steph. I didn't miss that. I was able to take her advice and stay in the moment and put the stresses on the back burner.