SHEYANNE AND DANIEL'S WEDDING-4-5-2014

My oldest granddaughter, Sheyanne Brett and Daniel Barton, were married in a vintage western wedding on April 5, 2014. Since she was a cowgirl and he was a team roper it seemed that something more formal would not suit their taste. 

When she went searching for a dress I knew then that it was going to be just a tad different. While looking for a dress her mom found a pretty dress on the sale rack. Sheyanne looked at it and knew instantly that that was the one. The dress was marked at $320 and was on sale for $27 so that fit just fine. With the $300 I had given her she was able to buy her dress, all of the bridesmaid dresses and some of her flowers.

She took the dress to Carol, a seamstress in town, and told her to cut the top off and put a band on the skirt. She then found a denim blouse, a friend made her a belt and she was fixed up for the dress she wanted. I was almost in shock but old ladies learn to sit back and let these young ones do their thing. On her wedding day with her hair all curled she looked beautiful. She looked the way she had planned it so I guess that is the way a wedding should be. After all, mine was the way I wanted it which was just a ceremony in a dress my mother had made.

Madasan was the maid of honor and when she came down the isle she was already bawling. (She is very tender hearted and cries at the drop of a hat.) Well, when we saw her crying most of the crown teared up. After the six bridesmaids came in the atmosphere was broken with Ayden Howard pulling Kase Daniel, in his John Deer Wagon, to "I Think My Tractor is Sexy". It was pretty cute and Ayden pulled the wagon down by the bride and groom. I just knew the nine month old Kase was not going to sit there fore the duration of the ceremony but HE DID.  He did his patty cake, smiled, played with a bubble bottle and did just great. I am afraid he might have stolen some of the bride and grooms show because he was so dad gum cute.

Scott Feemster, Sheyanne's basketball coach, performed the ceremony. Back while she was playing basketball she told him that when she got married she wanted him to perform the ceremony. He agreed! She loved Coach Feemster and since he was a preacher she wanted him for the job. 

My cousin, Greg Westfall and his wife Lorie, acted as host to the wedding. Their beautiful home was just what a "cowgirl"  needed to satisfy her dream of  a cowgirl wedding.

(I will change these picture to better ones when the photographer gets her pictures back to us. She is pretty slow so it may be at the first anniversary.)

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MADASAN'S SR. PICTURES...just a few

I have this beautiful granddaughter and I can't keep from showing her off at every occasion. She had senior pictures taken. The photographer did a bazillion  and these were a few of my favorites. The photographer has not finished...she plans to come to the farm and take some of Madasan with her horses. That should give us another bazillion to choose from.

JUST FOR FUN...ETC.

This a picture of my Golden Girls. We all get our hair made beautiful on Fridays. After getting all of that gray hair all washed and a shake of shimmery lights put on it we are ready to go. We all congregate down at Kenya's to have lunch. We have our own table and no one dares to get it on Fridays. We have our lunch and catch up on all of the news that is news in the community. We usually break up the fun around 2:30-3:00 and go our separate ways...until the next time. (Since I took the picture I missed being in it. Iris is the only one that works on Fridays and she was our special guest on this day. This is an old picture that was taken on Helen's birthday.)

This is one of my fun nights of the year. Sixteen friends and I play Bunco each month and in October we go all out and go in our Halloween best. In the top picture you will see me as Ms. Kay (from Duck Dynasty) and Si.  Our host for the night was Rachel Moore Lowrey. (For those that claim me as a cousin need to know that this is the grand-daughter of Mary Quinn Moore and the daughter of Terry Moore, Mary's son.)

This is the Chase Quinn family that is so much of a part of our lives. Kaci is a dear friend to my daughter and the girls. She goes to all of the out of town games with Suzanne since I no longer make those trips. Chase is the grandson of Bobby and Sue Quinn. Since they are Suzanne's friends they become my friends. We worship together and have lunch together most Sundays. They helped out with getting ready for Sheyanne's wedding. They are very special people in my life.

Amanda Rae Moore is the daughter of Terry and Julia Moore. They are cousins but also very dear friends. Amanda was riding on the back of a motorcycle with her boss and was killed at the young age of 33. She was a lawyer in Fayetteville and so dear to so many of us here at Dierks.

This is by brother, Danny Hyle's beautiful family.  The man on the end with a tan suit is the superintendent at Nashville. The family was honored at the ceremony of the Open House of the new gym at Nashville.

This is my dear friend, Edna Earle Farley Cox. We went on the church trip to Garven Gardens in Hot Springs at Christmas time. Edna and I were in school together, played ball together, were cheerleaders and finally taught in the Dierks School System for many years. We both lost our husbands and have grown closer as a result of this awful thing happening in our lives. We now worship together at the Dierks Church of Christ and are now dedicating our lives to our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the Lord.

 This has been a post of events that have happened in my life that are joyous and sad.  Friends and family grow more and more important in my life. I realize that my blog is of very little importance to many but I still have a few that check in and I thought they might enjoy seeing some of the people that are important in my life besides my daughter, granddaughters and great-grandson.

MADASAN'S SR. YEAR IN BASKETBALL-2013-4

 Madasan had a very good year in basketball. Her team ended up going to the State Playoffs but ended up coming in third. She did win a position on the State Finals Team. She was chosen with eighteen other girls, in her district, to play in the State Playoff game. It was strange to me that she was chosen to play on this team because of her ability but was not chosen as an All-State Player. Strange!

 This is the Senior Night Celebration. All of the senior basketball players are honored by parents by presenting them with little gifts. It also introduces the parents and gives them a  night of being honored as the parents.

This is the Lady Outlaws celebrating after winning their game in Regional.  They were moving on to the State Playoffs.

KASE HAS HIS PICTURE TAKEN, AND TAKEN...

We have had some serious picture taking going on with my new great-grandson, Kase Daniel.  I think the one with horns is adorable of him. It was so cold outside that if you look real close you can see that his nose is a little red. I think he looks embarrassed in the picture with Rudolph horns but his mom thought it was adorable.

The very first picture is of Daniel and Kase. Daniel is a very nice young man. He has a very good personality and is a hard worker. He works for an electric company and in his spare time he shoes horses. In fact, that is the way they really got acquainted. He is a team roper and she had met him at some of the rodeos but while he was down shoeing their horses they got to talking and started dating.

I love the last picture. He was here Christmas and the big red Santa hat looked so cute on him. He is too young to really enjoy the excitement of Christmas but look out next year. He is just now sitting alone. Sheyanne and Daniel don't put him down often enough for him to crawl or sit alone. She went to pick him up the other day and he was sitting in the floor playing with his toys. She was completely beside herself...she just couldn't believe it.

I would like to wish my two loyal  readers a Happy New Year.