Dirty Chai!

About a week ago I tried a Soy Chai Latte. It was delicious.....thank you Tera. Later that day, I had a patient family member that came into the unit and offered me a "dirty chai". I was very intrigued, being that it was "dirty". Come to find out, a Soy Chai latte with a shot of espresso is a "dirty chai". It is a bit of heaven at work, if not an expensive habit. PLUS, I get to say "dirty" when I order. Dirty, dirty, dirty....hehehe

Tall Soy Dirty Chai Latte

I <3 you

Wedding Pictures and sappy gratefulness!

The photographer dropped off our picture albums and the CD with all the pictures from the wedding on them. It’s overwhelming there are so many pictures. I thought I would post about 10-15 (OK, 25) of my favorite.

Looking through them it makes me feel like I want to do it again, only have about a 5 hour dinner/party so that I can spend more time with everyone. I don’t feel like I was able to talk to everyone and thank everyone for coming. I think the wedding and reception was perfect and I am very grateful to everyone who came and celebrated with us.

I am the luckiest woman in the world. I have a perfect husband, two new wonderful daughters and their sweeties, a grandson to die for and combined with my 4 kids it overwhelms me. My heart is huge with gratitude and love. Looking at my parents and siblings, I realize that my happiness started with them and the love they have given me. I love my new mom and dad Rydman and the whole family. They have shown me so much respect and affection and I have a whole lifetime of family fun to look forward to. Definitely the Well’s club will be in my future!!! Not to be left out, I look forward to a trip to Moab to get to know my new brother-in-law and his wife.

SHEESH……….I’m such a braggart!!!!
I LOVE YOU FAMILY!!! Thank you.

Picture of Jen Q. getting me in my dress. I met Jen at work and we have become close friends. She has a really big heart and a great sense of humor. She was nice enough to go to all my fittings with me and help me out when it came to dressing....and undressing.

Thanks Jen!!

Picture of me and my girls getting ready in the Brides room. Aren't they beautiful?


My dad and I getting ready to walk down the isle. I was so nervous and so glad my dad would be escort me!!



Uncle David and Matt, waiting for me to walk down the isle. Handsome groom!

Big smooches!!! We are now man and wife..FOREVER!!

A moment together after the ceremony.

I love this picture! My dad is so funny. He was holding my flowers after the ceremony and he is standing between my oldest brother, Brad, on the left and my "little" brother, Joe, on the right. My dad really isn't that short - he is bending his knees, but my brother is really tall!! We are a funny bunch!

My mom (holding my flowers) and my dad.

The whole family!!

Al and Susan Rydman, Matt and I, Marcene and Bob Taylor

Matt and his family. His parents, his brother, Nate and Nates wife Rani.

Chris, Rachelle, Logan, Corinne, Matt, Kathee, Samantha, Austin, Daniel and Jake.

I was thrilled how adorable everyone looked!!!

Bride and Groom!

Xadi, my niece.

This is a good pic showing the table that had the signing tree, pictures and place cards on it. It turned out great and thanks to Melissa (my sister in law) and all her creativity it was beautiful.

Judge has signed, witnesses signed, bride and groom signed. DONE DEAL!!

Matt has his great friend Adam witness and I had my great friend Chris witness for me.

You may have to avert your eyes.....too much beauty in one pic!
This is my brother, Dave, that did the music. He is a very talented D.J. He is with his daughter Xadi, who I still thinks looks just like I did at that age.

Xadi. I love this picture of her. She is sitting across the Brides room. I wasn't there when the picture was taken, but I just love it.

Ryder. Grandson. He likes to strip down to his underwear on formal occasions.

My sister, Caroline and her husband Cody. They have been married 18 years!!! Congratulations to the both of them!

Me and my friends from work. Jen Q., Danielle, Jen S., Tera and Rachel. I really love these girls and we have had some good times together. Working in the environment we do, we've all cried together and worked hard to save a life together. I trust them completely. I have many friends from work and would have likes to have invited them all, but alas, we could only invite so many!

The bracelets made by my friend Marissa, to honor my late sister LeAnn. My mom had a necklace that matched our bracelets.


Sisters and Cousins. My sister and her daughter Emily and me and Samantha.

Walking down the stairs. Cool pic.

LETS DANCE!!!

YUMMY, Delicious cake!!!

What a great day it was! I am sure I will post more, but this is a taste of my favorite ones so far!

The photographer gave me permission to use them like I wanted, just so you know!!!

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Life IS wonderful!!!

Matt is gone for 2 days for work. I will miss him A LOT. I will miss his hugs and smooches and all the wonderful things he does for me. I will miss the way he likes to cuddle at night and how his arm is alarmingly heavy on my side. I will especially miss HIM.

That being said…..I am way excited to have 2 days of NO work and some time alone. I feel very comfortable with Matt here and being who I am when he’s around, but the guy works his ass off on a daily basis doing anything and everything. It is crazy for me to lay around all day and then watch him cook for us etc. Knowing that I can lay on my bed as my children starve…guilt free…..is a fun indulgence that I will wallow in for 48 hours. I love my husband, more than I thought I could love any man, but I love my alone time too.

But first, I have to go to a physical therapy appointment. Maybe if I type this post and make it really long and amazing I can talk myself out of the appointment. I doubt it. I can’t just miss an appointment. It’s the OCD/anal retentive in me. I won’t even be late. Then my sweet nice therapist will take this hard plastic tool and DIG it into my plantar fascia. He will then hook my heel up to electricity and leave me in my agony for 10 minutes. I must admit, my foot is doing better and I really like my therapist. He is very nice and very realistic. He tells me like it is and isn’t afraid to tell me what his truthful opinion is. I appreciate that. Especially since I work with doctors all the time and sometimes they say stuff to patients and family and I just want to ROLL my eyes. It’s the people that work with patients every day for hours on end that are really the smarties. Just my opinion…..

Rest assured, after my appointment, I will be snuggly hanging out on my bed with my favorite new blanket, snacking on chocolate and preparing for a nap. It is really lazy. That's ok. I will be working all weekend long and I have been working alot. I need the recovery....yeah, thats it, recovery.

Things he gets my kids to do....don't they look fantastic working so hard??

Pictures Matt has sent me while he is on the road. Isn't he COOL??? (In Matt's defense, Sami and I had sent him a pic with peace signs and what not)

Even when he comes to bed, trying to read, he usually passes out within minutes.

Picture of Ryder......because.

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Wine and RockBand

Last Saturday a friend of mine was having a wine party at her house. Jen Q. and I were going and later had our husbands join us. (Long story) The wine was delicious and I think Jen and I had the bottle that we brought gone in about 30 minutes or less. Later, after at least 2 bottles, we hit the Rock Band. I have never played it before and it was a total BLAST!! Thanks so much to Shanon for the great time and what a great hostess!!!

Blog on partiers.........