A GREAT WEEKEND!

Ryan & I had a great weekend!
We left for Big Rapids Friday around noon. On our way we stopped at Isabella Humane Society to look at a dog we saw on petfinder.com; Remington, a German Shorthaired Pointer mix (and by the looks of it, I think the other part of the mix is pit-bull, based on his eyes & tail). I feel in love. As soon as we got to his kennel I immediatly teared up as he looked at us wagging his tail. We weren't able to adopt until the following day (dogs have to be there for 7 days until able to be adopted), so we went & bought pet supplies & continued on our way to Big Rapids.

When we got to BR we went to Gabbys, where we were staying. Adam was also visiting so that was great too! We went to pizza hut for dinner, and then ry & i went over to schubergs for a bit for the wedding rehersal dinner, b/c larenda had a gift for me (i volunteered to cut the cake, because their hall they rented were going to charge them an extra $100 just to cut the cake, so when i found that out i told her i would do it, thanks to two years expert cake cutting practice a la Eagle Eye), so it was nice she got me a gift (even though it was not neccasary!). She got me this really pretty compact silver mirror from things remembered thats magnfied on one side when opened and normal on the other, with my name engraved on it!

After staying for awhile we headed back to gabbys to shower and whatnot, and after a little pre-drinking we headed out to Shooters, where we met up with some other friends! We all had a good time but I didn't drink too much (and Ry had 1 or 2 only) since we had to get up early the next day.

When 6am rolled around ryan & i were up and at em, with 4 hours of restless sleep. We ate a little bit then headed out to Mt. Pleasant to get our little bundle of love. Its a first come first adopt process, so I wanted to be there before 8am opening. We were there at 7:30am, before the workers! So we waited & were allowed in at 8:10 when they got there. We immediatly got Remington out to play with him. Then we found out we couldn't adopt til 9, so we waited...and then we couldn't adopt until 9:30, so we waited some more.

At 9:10 another woman & her daughter came in to the adoption room where we were playing, and she wanted to adopt him too. So she rudely said "well if more than one person wants to adopt a dog they put names in a hat and draw them out." My heart sunk to my feet. I became so nervous we were not going to be able to "win" him! I tried to not get emotional, but based on my history of never winning gambling situations, I was very anxoius. But to my very very happy surpise, at 9:30 they called my name, and when I went to the desk they said we could adopt him! That brought about another round of emotional tears and happiness! So we signed the paperwork & paid the fee, put on the great new collar we bought, and were on our way!

We stopped to get breakfast, since by that time with all that emotion (and time) we were starved, and stopped by Ryans friend, Karlys, to eat & so she could see him! After a little visit, we had to head back to BR. We went to Amys, who vonteered to dogsit while we were at the wedding, and he and Snoop, Amys dog, got along great from the get-go. We sadly had to part but we were getting pressed for time, and I had less than an hour to shower & get ready & get to the church!

After a quick prep, we were off to the church... until we got there & nobody was there. Turns out, Big Rapids has TWO catholic churchs. Luckily I called Gabby & she google mapped it, and we got there in the nick of time, whew! It was a nice ceremony, minus the crying flower girl for most of it. We went back to gabbys for awhile after that b/c there was a 2 hour time b/t ceremony & reception, and then went to the reception. The food was really good, and it was a fun time, but we only stayed until about 8; we were both pooped, & wanted to play with Remington!

We went to Amys to spend the night, and we all got along great! Sunday we got up slowly, the dogs played, we went to breakfast at A la Mode (mmmm), then to Big Lots to buy a dog bed (Remington kept trying to sleep on Snoops, and he's too big for that!), then off to Alma for the superbowl at Matt & Denas.

Remington & Kayla got along well, and we're glad for that! We left their house shortly after halftime, b/c we were ready to be home! We got back last night around 10:30, and after a quick shower & some playing, we were all ready for bed. We tried to put Remingtons crate in the living room, but he does not seem to not like to be able to not see us, & was whimpering. So we put his crate in the bedroom for now, and he was fine & went to sleep. :)

We are so happy with our doggie!