Our first hole in the wall was the Mexican restaurant in Oskaloosa. We celebrated Daddy's birthday with margaritas, chips and salsa, great food and good conversation. And a birthday song in Spanish! :)
Saturday, Mom and I headed into town to finalize flowers for the wedding. It had been a little while since I have talked to Mom about so much and we talked the whole day! The flowers are all set to go and it is becoming more and more real that I am getting married!!! :) We then headed to Ottumwa to do a little shopping after stopping at our favorite hole in the wall for a Canteen! My belly was soooooo happy! :) After a little shopping, we stopped at our other favorite hole in the wall for some ice cream at Grahm's! Oh, my belly was pretty close to heaven at that point! Mom and I continued to talk and laugh until we got home. Basically the minute we walked in the door, we turned on the country music and got to cooking in the kitchen for Dad's birthday supper with everyone coming over. Those are the best afternoons it feels like. Soon, Dad finally had time to take me out to see my new baby calf! Cinnamon had a baby girl on Thursday afternoon. I named her Clarabelle after the Mickey Mouse character. She's a little sweetheart with a pretty protective mother. Ruby was tied up during this and she barked the WHOLE time she was so jealous!
Everyone came over for supper and I got to talk to Blake about being my ring bearer and wearing boots and a flower like the big boys. He is going to be the cutest! There was so much laughter ringing through the house as we ate good fish...even my grandmother ate Dustin's fish again! Once the crowd thinned, the cards came out. there was even more laughter and rib poking as we played some cut throat Oh, Heck! We then went with Karen and Michael to another hole in the wall place that was a bar where they did some karaoke! Dustin even sang with me! We sang 'Jackson' by Johnny and June. It was so much fun!
Today was so good! It is always so refreshing to go 'home' to Lancaster for church. I have so many people that genuinely ask about me that have really missed me being home. We sang 'Sanctuary' that brought tears to my eyes thinking about my homesickness for camp. We also sang 'How Great Thou Art!' which is one of my favorite hymns of all time. It also brought tears flooding out of my eyes. God is just so good! After service, Dustin and I went to the front of the church to talk about things for the wedding. It's crazy how real it is all becoming! After a quick lunch with Mom and Peyton, we headed in to the bowling alley with the church. It was a blast! I stunk it up, but it was fun and filled with laughter anyway! All too soon, it was time to head back north. But no worries, just a couple of weeks, and I will be back and ready to see my baby Clarabelle again! :)
