Mea Culpa!

For those of you who don't know what this phrase means, it means "My Mistake" or "My Fault."

While at home this weekend my mom, sister and I were running around all over the place doing errands.

Every time we left the house, I couldn't help but notice the neighbors across the street were also getting some chores done around the house.  Their laundry. 

Now, while I'm all for hang drying my clothes (majority of my pants and nice shirts), grandma panties is taking it to a whole new level. My mom told me NOT to take the picture because they might see me the first time we left the house, but after leaving for the second time that day I just couldn't resist. My mistake that I took someone's grandma panties for granted.  They were just hanging there minding their own business and there I was snapping away!

So be careful when you choose what you want to hang on your clothing line. Someone like me who sees this as an opportune time to take a photo may display it for all to see, especially because I have a weird sense of humor and thought this was just too funny to pass up.

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One BIG Happy Family

After showing you this picture need I say more?

From Left to Right: Beau (Mom's), Enzo (Katie's), Max (Mom's), Harley (Katie's)

These are the four perpetrators that torture Mia every time I come to Tulsa. How perfect would it have been if I  could squeeze Mia in there?

Taking this picture was quite the task.  Getting four dogs to sit close enough and look normal for long enough to take a picture is MUCH harder than one would think.  I had my sister, Katie, standing over me holding dog treats.  Max and Beau had zero idea what the word sit meant, so they usually stood on their back two paws begging for the treats, while Harley observed the other three dogs looking stupid for believing they would actually get the treat BEFORE the picture, and Enzo running off every five minutes.

The result.  My idea of perfection of a family dog portrait.

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Meet Enzo.

You ask another animal on her blog?

I ask the same thing. My sister, Katie, decided she wanted ANOTHER dog.  Yes, ANOTHER dog. She's had her hands full with Harley for the past two years, and is about to start her first job as a nurse in OKC, I told her no, my mom told her no.... but no matter what we said we couldn't convince her that getting a second boston terrier was a bad idea.

Que Enzo.

Regardless of what anyone thought, Katie made the big decision to adopt another dog.  This time she was a little smarter and adopted a boston terrier that was a year and a half and actually potty trained.

He is bulging blue eyes (little creepy when you first look at him not going to lie) and is so tiny.  Compared to Harley he is about half the size.

So yes another animal. But not just any animal. His name is Enzo and he is now part of my family which  now consists of four dogs, a cat (Mia), my mom and sister.

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Camp VML

Yes I am talking about Summer Camp. Well... not really.  This year I helped put on the Summer company party and after many weeks of planning and getting everything organized the day finally came.

We held the even at the KC Live! (Power and Light for those of you who are familiar with Kansas City), which is a HUGE venue.  Our company has seen tremendous growth since I've been here that we are pretty limited on venues which will hold everyone, but by golly we found one and it was perfect.  It had the perfect amount of space making us feel big, but not too big.  Had drinking games going on, food for everyone, and of course drinks for everyone. What would a company party be without a few drinks, right?

I will say getting up in front of nearly 400 people is just as scary as I thought it would be, but I'm glad I did it and had fabulous help to make the whole day go as smoothly as I could have imagined.

Of course I was a little photo bug at the party and got some candid shots of some fellow VMLers.

Our MoF (Ministry of Fun) group that helped with the party - Can you find me?

A little beer pong to get the juices flowing!

Danielle hanging out with the bouncer- I heart her! 

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Just a Walk in the Park

With little Mille. You remember her, right?

Katie, Kara, Sarah, and myself gave Millie to Mandi and Matt as their engagement gift.  My present to Mandi (along with a couple of other things) was to watch Millie while they went on their honeymoon.

Boy did I underestimate how much Millie would grow since April! She is still cute as a button though.

I knew while I was babysitting the little bugger that I wanted to have a mini photo shoot with her. She made it pretty easy considering she is one happy little puppy.  She is 100x more rambunctious than the last time I saw her so Walt and I had to take her to the park to wear her out before bedtime.

We first tested to see how she would do without her leash on by having me run ahead and see if she would chase me.  Mission accomplished. After doing that little test trial we decided to try her off leash.  I had Walt hold her as I ran away so there was some distance between us.  Then I yelled GO and Millie came flying!!!

Of course I took cutesy pictures of her at the park, but I thought these were just too funny and wanted to share first:

Here was her best shot, AFTER we pooped her out!

I See, You See.

You know what day of the week it is.... I See, You See Tuesday. 


Our theme this week: FRIENDSHIP


Boy did I luck out.  As most of you probably saw I was in my friend Mandi's wedding this weekend.  I was pumped that we picked this as our theme this week because what is a wedding without having great people and friends surrounding you?


At the rehearsal dinner I was trying out the different settings on my camera as the sun was setting.  I had three of my best friends visiting from out of town and it was the first time all of us were together (including Mandi who still lives in Kansas City with me- well not WITH me...but you know what I mean) since our girls trip in Austin May 2010.  Sarah was visiting from Portland, OR.  Katie was visiting from New York City, NY. Kara was visiting from Denver, CO. Both Katie and Kara recently moved to their new homes recently so it's been weird not seeing them as frequently as I used to so I was so thrilled to spend an entire weekend with them. 


Here is what I saw: 

Katie (Left), Sarah (Middle), Kara (Right)

Here is what Megan saw when she was at her friend Dana's bachelorette party this weekend:


This is Dana and Dell during Dana's bachelorette weekend.  You can always count on a friend to share a jumbo margarita.

Dell (Left), Dana (Right)

In keeping with the Friendship theme and the oh-so popular friendship bracelet trend, Meggy is hosting a friendship bracelet swap starting tomorrow!  It'll be a great way to meet a new "friend" (aka blogger) and add something fun to your wrist.

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5th Time is a Charm

5th what you ask?  Wedding! I have five down and three to go!

This was the wedding that I was actually IN this Summer for my friend Mandi.  Mandi and Matt have been dating since high school, that's almost 11 years! How insane does that sound? I've never known Mandi without dating Matt and I couldn't imagine them NOT together.  They are a perfect match.  They are both cool as cucumbers (stole that phrase from The Bachelor tonight).

I have never seen such a laid back couple prior to the wedding as they were this weekend. DJ didn't show up until 30 minutes until we were supposed to start the reception, nope Mandi didn't panic.  Little flower girl had a minor breakdown prior to walking the aisle, nope Mandi just smiled and knew it was all going to be perfect.  It was remarkable really.

Mandi and Matt got married at Mildale Farm which is about 45 minutes outside of Kansas City at this beautiful farm which was about 600 acres. It was basically picture perfect. Driving up to the farm I was so pumped to see what pictures I'd get over the weekend.  Little did I know I was going to end up with nearly 500 pictures. Good. Bad. Funny. Romantic. You name it.

Here is a little (or a big) peak into Mandi and Matt's wedding.

Mandi and Matt Pre-Wedding

Mandi in her mother's wedding dress at the rehearsal dinner. So Sweet. 

Mandi with her Bridesmaids - Teaching Walt to take pictures. See the sun right on Mandi's face! 

All the boys happened to show up in basically the same outfit and we were feeling a little cheesy - Excuse Sarah on the far left she was feeling a little frisky! Left (Sarah and Hydn), Middle (Kara and Chad), Right (Me and Walt) 

The Dress!!!

Getting her dress on with one of the bridesmaids holding a fan to keep her cooled off

Now THIS is a candid shot.  Mandi relaxing before the ceremony, champagne in hand! 

Walking to the Rehearsal Dinner

Post Wedding Ceremony Pictures

Sarah (Left) and Katie (Right)

Kara (Left) and Katie (Right)

Mandi and Matt's First Dance

Lip Syncing to Journey Don't Stop Believing

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Vacation? What Vacation?

That's how I feel right now.  It's almost Friday and I'm looking at the calendar thinking "Where the heck did June go?  How long has it been since I was in Vail? I can't believe it's already the 8th of July!"

Then I look back at some of the pictures I got this weekend which jogs my memory of how nice it was to have some time off and chillax with the BF and friends.

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I Love Lucy!

Relaxing in Denver Walt and I went out back and played with his dogs Lucy and Sammy.  However, Sammy was not so fond of the camera.  He would sprint away anytime I whipped out my camera.  Lucky for me, Lucy loved the camera!

Walt and I were running back and forth in the backyard to get as many pictures of Lucy as possible in hopes that one would be perfect.  Again, lucky for me, Lucy not only loves the camera, but she is also photogenic!

Here's my favorite of our little mini photo shoot.

This photo is the epidemy of Lucy.  Always happy! 

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I See, You See.

Here I am writing this post from Denver, Colorado friends.

It's been a glorious and relaxing weekend in Denver and Vail over the 4th of July weekend. I've taken quite a few scenic pictures I will share with you the remainder of this week.  With the juices flowing I was a little skeptic to bring my nice camera out and about to take as many people pictures as I normally do, so I focused on mostly scenic on this trip.

But back to the reason why you are visiting my blog today.... I See, You See.

This week's theme: SHADOWS

I took my photo while walking around in Vail with the BF, Walter. I was really struggling to get a shadow photo that I liked enough, and figured what easier way to get a shadow picture than taking one of myself!  The sun was blazing hot giving me optimal opportunities to get a great shadow pic.

Here is what I saw this week:

Here's Megan's take on this week's theme:

This weekend, my friends and I celebrated the 4th of July with our own personal firework show.  Now I have nothing to do with this, as fireworks so close kind of scare me!  But one of my friends is meticulous and been doing it for years.  He has his own, home-made firework stands and fills them with roman candles and artillery shells.  They made for a great show.  The fireworks all set up in their stands kind of looked like a birthday cake with candles in in the shadow they had cast.

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