Monday, June 23, 2008

Mark's Wedding Weekend

Last weekend Jeremey and I traveled up to Ft. Walton Beach, FL to celebrate the marriage one of my work friends (congrats, Mark and Jenn!). We had a wonderful time in the condo we shared with a bunch of my fellow grad students...right on the beach! The highlight of my weekend was definitely getting to have my photo shot with this little gator. He was approximately 3 feet long...so about 3 years old.

All these gators were at a restaurant in Destin, FL called Fudpuckers. It was a tourist-trap of a restaurant...but I just couldn't pass up the prospect of getting to see live gators up close and personal!

All these gators are american alligators under 5 feet long. After they've grown longer than 5 feet, they become too territorial to be housed in such a confined area. Did you know that gators grow teeth their entire lives?!




Mark is anxiously waiting to grab Jenn's garter belt in this picture...they played the song "Can't Touch This" by M.C. Hammer...it was cute.

At one point during the reception, the song "I'm Too Sexy" came on and Ben, one of my lab mate's significant other, decided to do a little entertaining. He walked straight to the middle of an empty dance floor and started "taking it off!" It was great..we all laughed histerically!


For the song "YMCA", we got a 4-man costume party. Also very fun and funny. These guys were just guests at the wedding that volunteered to do this.



I may be 7 months prego...but I can still shake it! I admit, I couldn't dance a lot...but Jeremey and I had a great time anyway. How could I turn down a dance with such a studd muffin anyway!?!

How low can you go? Well, I tried. :)


We all had such a wonderful time at Mark and Jenn's wedding and reception. In this pic, Vipa, Erin, Patrick, and Kate (left to right) boogie down. You can't see me behind Kate, but I'm in there, too.



Mark and Jenn got wrangled into doing the Hoakie Pokie. Poor Mark...LOL! This a great shot of the back of Jenn's gorgeous dress, though. She looked stunning!
Here's a shot from the front. The happy couple was listening to their toasts in this shot. :)


Kate and Vipa.
Me and my honey!


Karen and Ben...with all his clothes on.
Erin and Patrick...lookin' MEAN!


Davenport's peeps on the beach outside our condo. Someone feed these people!!! LOL!

This is what a 7-month pregnant lady looks like when she's miserable. This chair was amazing, though...took a lot of pressure off my back.
Karen and Ben in a "Lady and the Tramp" moment...only with a huge piece of lettuce instead of pasta. It was really cute!
After we sat down at the dinner table, we realized that Davenport's people were sitting on one side and Hayward's people were sitting on the other side...purely coincidental.






I fully recognize that this hat is not that cute on me...but now that I'm pregnant, my face fries like bacon in the sun. Plus, all my extra blood makes my face turn BRIGHT red when I'm hot...so I try to shade my face as much as possible.
Beached whale? Nope, that's me. However, there will be no more pictures in a two-piece. I have a limit!

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