Today is the 5 year anniversary of our favorite holiday.  Snake Attack Day!!!

A little background: A few years ago I was sitting at my desk working when I heard Danielle let out a scream.  I grabbed my camera and ran towards her.  The following video is what happened.

Here are a few ways we are celebrating this year.

Danielle is making Snake Sticks for breakfast. (Cinnamon sticks.)
An over abundance of gummy worms.
I’m encouraging all the kids to sssspeak with an exssstra long lisssp.

We are thinking of going all out starting next year and giving the kids they day off from school as well as me getting a paid vacation day. What do you think?

3 things I would LOVE from the comments.
1. Be nice to my wife.
2. Snake Attack Day celebration ideas.
3. Tell me your “scariest” encounter with nature.

If you like Aggies OR Incredibly detailed country weddings you are gonna wanna see Melissa & Ross’ wedding images later this week.  These two frames should hold you over for a few days.

A few images from Nikki & Jonathan’s Mug Machine.  We’ll start off with the happy couple.

Meet Darcee & Thomas.  Thomas is Jonathan’s twin brother.  Darcee is Thomas’ fiancee.  I am Darcee & Thomas’ wedding photographer. :)

Thomas from La Tee Da Flowers does this to every single flower they bring to your wedding.

Grandmothers are always such good sports.

I hope it’s ok, but I’m gonna show you some of the big piles of purple that La Tee Da Flowers brought to my last wedding.  Barbra & Thomas seem to outdo themselves every wedding I shoot with them.  I have no idea what half of these arrangements are called but I’m pretty sure if you give them a call they will explain every flower related wedding question you ever had. :)  Seriously, call them. 903-566-1566

Every cup and plate in our house is plastic and we like it.
You are engaged and you should like it.
This post will eventually make sense, and you will like it.

If you look through our kitchen cabinets you’ll see plastic cup after plastic cup.  Our dishes are also plastic.  Some are just a solid color.  Most contain a cartoon character of some sort.  Are Danielle & I allergic to glass?  Do we look down on others for owning fancy dishes?  No.  The reasons for our plastic fetish are simple.  Jo, Sara, Luke & Eli.  Awhile ago we made the decision that the next few years would be much much easier if everything that went back and forth to the kitchen table was NOT breakable. :)  This in turn would allow kids to take and bring all the dishes; something they could not do if we were using “big people” dishes.  (I’m sure each of you has a memory of dropping or breaking a dish while you were young.)   Rather than fight our phase of life, we embraced it whole heartedly and jumped right in.  We have yet to regret this choice AND our meals are more colorful and fun because of it.

One of the coolest things about being engaged is that you are not married yet.  You have cool words like fiancé, bridal showers.  You also get to go to stores, shoot things with a gun, and have other people buy them for you.  Seriously, think about how cool that is.  It’s a season of your life, and it only lasts for awhile.  Embrace it.  Go all out.  Find the joy in saying sentences like “My fiancé and I are having coffee today.”  You can wish and want and try and make your wedding day get here faster, but you may miss the phase of life you are in right now. The same is true of you single people.  Live in the moment of your single-ness.  Find the joy in saying sentences like “I’m having three different guys buy my meals today.”  :)

Most people live their life constantly looking towards the next moment.
When they get engaged.
When they buy a house.
When they have kids.
When they get promoted.
When the kids are out of the house.
When they have grandkids.

All of these are great seasons of life, but please, please don’t look towards them at the expense of where you are today.

Be single. Be engaged. Be married.  Drink out of plastic cups.