Ryan is still in Gallipolis....

Which makes this almost 10 months being in the exact same apartment... just different companions sometimes :) here are a few pics of Ry... if you will notice august 25 is coming mighty fast... like 4 months! not that we are counting or anything! :)

I Believe this hotdog is called the "homewrecker"

Don't know why he is so excited for a nevada cowgirl plate... but ok:D

awww how cute!

Talk about an outhouse! That is quite the throne...

where to? Ryan the missionary/chauffeur :)

Mr. and Mrs. Dee Downs... and the reception

Be prepared, this is an extremely long post...enjoy though.

Mr. and Mrs.

Ryan even graced us with his "presence" (sorry Ry, I thought 5'8" looked a lot taller...)

The crowd...

This is the James side supporters...

the James family....

"all" the kids...(no, I didn't have an eyebrow lift.  I think everyone should practice their look in a mirror prior to any event, obviously I didn't follow my own instructions)  At least there are a few of my sisters making great faces too!  Oh, and Ryan's been a bit "handled" if you can't tell but still won't stop teaching...even for Karly's wedding!

All of the "James" Girls...

Karly may look like she's going to give him fishy lips, but this is Karly's attempt at a sad face.

Karly's friends at the temple...

the kissing couple...

Umm, if you can't tell, these two are made for each other, they even have the same mannerisms.

Marilyn...oh, I mean Karly at the temple...

Vintage

The reception at the Riter Mansion...thanks for all the help to all of those sweet people who came to help decorate and made our lives a bit less stressful!

The reception details:

If your name is Dee...my dad will KILL you if you look at this!

Karly wanted to put a few of these on the blog...  Enjoy!  By the way, Karly loves comments...hint-hint!

these are some of our favorites

We went to the Bonneville salt flats....who knew that they were covered in water?!  We thought that they looked really cool though.  By the way, it's one week from today!

Less than 2 weeks to go!

So, less than 2 weeks to go until Karly and Dee get married!  Here's some fun from the bridal shower.  She has another one this week given by Dee's family.  She got tons of stuff, makes you want to get married for sure!

Karly's friends Kiara and Christina had to be the ones to give Karly the red face...with a cute new top and...

Gigantic granny panties!

Here's the setup for the shower

I hung this over the bar.  When I took it off, it took a bit of paint with it.  Darn those 3M clips, they attach great!  Needless to say, I got better at it...sorry Mom and Dad!

This is the picture Karly picked out for her and Dee.  I made it almost black and white but you can still see a bit of color.

Here are the boxes that Nicole, Elise, Becky, Mom and I made for the favors:

the inside view:

We made little wedding cakes (we had higher expectations but it was our first cake ball wedding cake we have ever made...)

We are getting really excited for Karly and Dee, we can't wait to see everyone!