Razorbacks

We just returned from Arkansas and I've got Razorbacks on my mind. They kind of remind me of porcupines with their bumpy backs. I think they must somehow be related, although my husband assures me they are not. Maybe a Razorback is what happens when porcupines turn mean.

The reason for our trip to Arkansas and my thoughts on Razorbacks? Our friends, Jeffrey and Keri, got married last weekend in Fayetteville, and we travelled to celebrate the day with them. Joe was a groomsman and Xandra was the flower girl. It was a VERY fun weekend.

Flower girl Xandra did a fantastic job. She walked down the aisle, albeit VERY slowly and VERY crookedly. She was just following orders, as we did instruct her to walk slowly and stay close to the ringbearer. This set of instructions resulted in Xandra walking so close to the Ringbearer that she was touching him. He apparently did not care for this, and spent his time walking into the left set of pews as they advanced down the aisle. Try as we did to correct the crooked walk, we could not. We told her to stay close and walk slow, and that’s what she did. In fact, the music stopped when the two kids were just halfway up the aisle, causing a giant pause in the processional. Very cute, very funny, and pretty much expected. Of all the possible outcomes where you pair two young, very dressed up children who do not know each other, ask them to walk down an aisle at a specific time in a specific way, with hundreds of eyes looking on, all during an hour when they should be napping, I'll take slow, crooked walking.

Pictures after the wedding were a little dicey, as she was a few hours past her nap, having been dressed up for hours, and having just sat through a wedding ceremony that was about 30 minutes longer than her attention span. She did sit through them, but I’m pretty confident there isn’t a smiling picture of her in the lot. I would also question whether there would be a smiling picture of her even if she had been happy because she’s started making this weird face everytime you ask her to smile. She looks more like she’s frowning or squinting her eyes than she is smiling.

Bride Keri & Aliyah

Theia, Erin Morrow, Trisha, Keri, Allison Crane, and Liyah

You'll notice that Xandra is absent from the reception pictures. By the time we got to the reception, she'd had enough wedding for one day. She was too grumpy and too tired to participate in any of the festivities.