so our week in phoenix was pretty exciting. i'm so over weddings, if i don't have to go to another one until may, i'll be perfectly happy.  

i got in on tuesday and went straight to serranos for the best mexican food ever. then went to get pedicures with the fam.  got to see all my cousins and their "others" which was a wonderful surprise! headed home and mom made chicken and dumplings! delicious.

wednesday mom and i got up early and went to target to get daniel and tamra their wedding gift.  then hung out with chelsa the rest of the day. we went to lunch at zpizza and then i made her drive me to the mall.  while heading out we ran into beau! he invited us to happy hour, so along we went! then chelsa and my mom, dad, pop, and i all went to margaritaville for dinner! it seems quite odd to me to have a beach themed restaurant in the middle of the desert, but whatever.  we had margaritas and cheeseburgers in paradise (with heinz 57). 

thursday we spent the whole day setting up for the rehearsal dinner.  everything looked beautiful. my mom has a real knack for that kind of stuff. all in all, everyone remained on their best behaviour, which is saying a lot for redneck kentucky folk! rylan arrived in the great state around 11pm.

friday morning i got a haircut and rylan bought himself a dress shirt for the wedding.  got to the wedding about an hour early, so we tracked down the boys in the bar! the wedding was beautiful and the rehearsal was a blast. my drunken cousins took over the dance floor. very entertaining.  danced with pop, danced with rylan. and no wedding is complete without the macarena, the electric slide and of course the chicken dance. my mother requested them, go figure. i was lucky enough to remain seated for two outta three of those! my cousins (probably flyin' high, if you catch my drift) did the chicken dance, so how could i not?! oh i love my stupid family!

saturday was spent relaxin, and then of course another trip to the mall! had dinner at guedo's, which is second best mexican food in az!  went to see "sex drive" with chelsa. way funnier than i expected.

sunday mom had some friends from church over to say hello. it was so nice to see everyone.  then we went to my cousins house in gilbert to say goodbye to the family.  

yesterday was eventful. we got the airport at 10:30 for our 12:40 flight. well, apparently the 9:30 flight to dallas was 3 hours late.  that meant that our flight was going to be at least an hour late which would mean we miss our connecting flight to savannah.  we would have to sleep in the dallas airport, which is fun for no one.  rylan got our name on the standby list for the (now scheduled) 12:40 flight and we thankfully got on... but our luggage did not.  so we made it to dallas with 40 minutes to spare! we knew the bags wouldnt make it, but we would rather have had the luggage spend the night in the dallas airport than us! the dog welcomed us home with lots of kisses. we also returned to cold weather! it's fall y'all.  i would love to take shower, but the hairdryer is in the luggage. in dallas. so im seriously debating the showering thing right now. did i mention its really cold?!