Bachelor Party!

Ah the bachelor party... Matt has two best men - Scott is his "married" best man and Zane is his "unmarried" best man.  So, Scott organized all the guys to head to downtown Nashville to celebrate Matt's impending nuptials! The night was full of dancing, waiting on their turn for karaoke (they never did get to sing) and many, many shots!  All in all, for the most part everyone had a good time.  Christy, Tori, and I went to pick them up, which meant no one was worried about driving home.  The gang included - Matt, Scott, Zane, Rod, Mike, Larry, Chris, Rick, and Matt Baker.  No Rose didn't get to go!

Rod, Scott, Chris, Zane, Matt, Mike, and Larry

 Not many incriminating pictures were taken... but her is one to show that Matt certainly enjoyed his time.

Showers, Showers, Showers EVERYWHERE!!!!

We have been so consumed with Tori and Matt's house remodel that we have let slip the fact that - oh yeah, there is a wedding exactly 1 month from TODAY!!!!!

The wedding showers have officially started.  Last weekend her friend, Megan, and her mother, Tina, give her a small shower.  Although all the gifts were in good taste, Rod still wants to close his eyes and not think of these gifts and I am not posting pictures of them either.  But we had fun and she got some great gifts.

Sunday brought the ladies of the church out to shower her with gifts.  Every time I am at her church, all I hear is how much she is loved up there. Makes me so proud of the young lady she has grown into.  I am not sure who all had a hand in preparing this, but I know that the food was great and the company even better!  A special thank you goes to Ms. Lori Whitworth for I know she put in a lot of hard work.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a good picture of the group of ladies who were there!  But here are some pictures from the party:

Wednesday night - Tori calls me on her way home from her internship and we go over a fairly lengthy list of things she has to do that night.  She tells me before she starts on things, she is going to go with Abi to Target.  What she doesn't know is that was just a way to get her out of the apartment so that they could throw her a SURPRISE shower!  Her friends in Jackson: Abi, Chandler, Hannah, Vennela, Damu, Katherine, Hailey, and Rachel.  When she called me at 8:45 pm she told me she hadn't gotten to any of the list yet :)  But she was so excited to tell me all about it.  Chandler (the amazing cook of the group) cooked some reeces cookies for their desert.  All the guest wrote their favorite memory with Tori.  She pulled one out, guessed who it was and then opened their gift.  I am so very grateful for the wonderful friends that Tori has made while at Union!  

Dirt Bike

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.... we do try to live by that philosophy.  We have done a lot of work over the past month (who am I kidding, we do a lot of work all the time!)... but we have been especially busy since Tori and Matt bought their house.

Luckily we took time out last weekend to have a little fun.  Rod bought Tina a dirt bike.  He had her on it and riding the trails within an hour.  Apparently all those horse riding lesson pays off.  She is a "loose" rider in the saddle of a horse and in the seat of a dirt bike.  Rod was hugely impressed with how quick she picked it up and her ability to ride the trails!  10 minutes in the back yard and they were off on the trails!

Spray Foam is in

After weeks of work, Tori and Matt's house was ready for insulation.  We had to get all the walls down, all the old insulation out, all the nails holding the old drywall out, the electrical and plumbing roughed in, walls taken down, other walls built, and everything cleaned up.  All of this was happening under a time crunch before the spray foam insulation appointment.  Tori and Matt realized that the spray foam costs approx 30% - 40% more than if we had done  batting insulation, but they will reap the rewards of lower electric bills for the entire remaining life of this house.  We were very pleased with Tru Solutions (http://www.thetrusolutions.com/). They sprayed the rafters in the attic, all the walls, and the crawl space.