My Cousin's Wedding

My cousin Shane was married this last weekend!!! He and Haley are so cute together and you can see how much they love and have fun with each other. Their wedding took place in the mountains by Aspen, CO. During the actual ceremony, you could hear a lot of people sniffing at certain parts, myself included! :) It was really beautiful. Throughout the day I would frequently look at them and get emotional and get made fun of by Mirza or Aunt Rie. Shane has always been a favorite cousin of mine (except for a period when we were younger and seemed to always fight... :) I will never forget the times we played Nintendo all hours of the night, spent time on trips together such as Denmark and visiting our great grandma, and when I've been able to talk with him about questions and things I'm going through. He is a really special part of our family, and we all love him.

Sadie and Curtis as the flower girl and ring bearer

It was definitely one of the funnest weddings I have been to, what with the dancing, karaoke, seeing family, and just watching Shane and Haley :)

Unfortunately, it wasn't all fun and games. Right after the ceremony my grandma fell down, and had to be taken off the mountain by ambulance. She ended up breaking her femur, and had to go into surgery that same day. She is still in Aspen recuperating. As bad as this accident was, we are so thankful it isn't worse. My grandma is so amazing, positive, fun, and beautiful, and I hope she has a speedy recovery!!!

Interestingly, I ended up going into the ER while I was visiting grandma in the hospital. My left knee has been giving me a lot of grief for a couple weeks, and by the day we were supposed to leave Aspen I was getting pretty desperate for relief from all the pain and swelling in it. The ER doctors didn't see anything wrong with the X Ray or MRI, and we thought there could be an injury from skiing I did back in April. After doing those tests they declared I was a medical mystery, and told me that their next guesses included an infection or arthritis. Luckily all the fluid they took out didn't show an infection, but now I need to go to an orthopedic specialist. We ended up missing our flight that night, but luckily they let us change our tickets to the next day with no extra charge!! Yay!!

It's no fun limping everywhere, or worse, using crutches! Each day I now have to wonder what's worse - knee pain or armpit pain :)

Other than that, I have some exciting changes in my life such as changing to a part-time work schedule, and going back to school.

To be continued...