Wedding Pictures are here!

As promised! Here's just a few of the pictures from the wedding up in Ft. Bragg.

Ryan was the ring-bearer. Sorry the picture is blurry - had Kylie in one arm squirming while he was coming up. We had to bribe him to get him to do this. That is my step-daughter walking him up the aisle. The only way he would do it was to have her walk him up and I had to promise him I would take him to the mall later to pick out any Spiderman toy he wanted. Once he got to the pews, he said, "That was very scary!" Then he sat down and announced very loudly - "I'm never doing anything like that again!"


Here's my step-son Danny with his soon-to-be new bride. This is just after her father handed her to Danny.







This is our "Hallmark" picture of the day. As the services began, Ryan stood up to get a better look so obviously, his little sister had to copy him. Look at those curls!





I don't know if you can see this very well - this is the aftermath of sharing the cake. Danny made a very huge mistake! He went first! I don't know why people think they need to start their marriage off with a tradition like this..but..I know she was very mad! When it was her turn..not only did she smash it in his face, she rubbed it upwards to make sure it got into his nostrils as well!




And - here's my wife Mary and Danny - the newlywed! You can definitely tell he's her son! She had a very hard time with this whole thing. Afterall, she raised him as a single mom for 18 years. She is very connected to him. She has come to the realization that she is not the only love in her son's life anymore! It was both a sad day and a happy day for her.



And - finally - if you didn't see them down there - I also posted pictures of Crystal and her new pink cast!

To my wife: I'm sorry!

Well, if what I read over at Beekers Words is correct, I owe my wife a heckuva lot more than "I'm sorry!" According to an article she posted, there has been a study conducted that says when a woman gets married..the husband adds 7 more hours of housework. When there's children involved, "it gets worse."

Okay..so..we blended two families..so there were now 4 kids. Then we added another 2 kids...plus I had a dog and she had a dog! If this study is correct, I've added a frakkin lot more than just 7 hours to her housework!

Just out of curiosity, I wonder if that study took into consideration the husbands that actually help out around the house doing some of the cooking, cleaning dishes, doing laundry (yes..to include folding and putting them away!), bathing the kids, etc. While I admit there's a possibility I may have added more hours to her week...isn't it also possible that I may actually have helped her some?

Prior to our marriage...her she did EVERYTHING for her kids. Once we got married, I started a chore list for the kids and they all had to start doing their own laundry. I figure when you're 13, certainly by now you should be able to open a washer lid, put clothes in it, put detergent in it, then hit a button! They cycled between dishes, garbage, and vacuuming. The kids had to take some responsibility. So...I ask again...could it actually be possible I could have saved her some time by us getting married?

Either way, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for any time I may have added...I'm sorry for whatever it was that I said 10 years ago that still pisses you off today...I'm sorry for whatever I might say in the future that will piss you off for the following 10 years..and..well..I guess I'm just plain sorry! :^)