Paige actually married Bill!

Well they did it!  Bill and Paige got married last weekend and it was beautiful.  Bill and Kyle met freshman year at OU through Kappa Sig and have been great friends ever since.  They've made a couple trips to Bill's hometown...Chicago...and always have so much fun when they are together.  Kyle was a groomsmen in their wedding and we were so honored to get to celebrate their big day with them.  We flew into OKC on Thursday night and had a blast getting to catch up with them.  On Friday the boys went and played golf and I treated myself to a mani / pedi and a hair cut.  The rehearsal was at a beautiful place called Cole Gardens and then we went out on the town after that.  Guess who came into town to visit us...

Jeff and Leah!!!  It was so wonderful to see them.  Even though our time was short, we had a blast like we usually do.  They drove in from Tulsa for a couple of hours and it certainly meant the world to us to get to see them.  It would have been so hard being that close and not getting to.  Thank you guys again for making that drive, you really are the best of friends!  I might have cried a little (okay a lot) when they left but that felt harder than when we left Tulsa for good.  

On Saturday we went to Norman and ate at Bison Witches.  We just love that place.  It made us feel really old being on campus with all the young students there getting ready for school to start!  But it was fun to see campus and do some OU attire shopping.  Can't get anything OU around these parts.

The wedding was at Christ the King and the reception was at the Petroleum Club in downtown OKC.  It was a beautiful reception and of course extremely fun!  

you may now kiss the bride!

Mr. and Mrs. William Ross in the limo!

Kyle and Paige

Me and Bill

We also got to spend the weekend with these crazy kids...

love and miss you guys!  thanks for driving us around all weekend! Can't wait to see you in Miami! 

Kappa Sig sweetheart song

and of course it's always good to see this guy

This was our first trip back to OK since we left and it was quite emotional for me!  But as good as it was to be surrounded by so many wonderful friends it was great to get back home to Orlando and see A.W.  

Congratulations to Bill and Paige!  You two truly are a match made in heaven!  Can't wait to see you on the last leg of your honeymoon at the Miami game!  only bill!  

Love,

Angela and Kyle

p.s. for everyone that made a comment about kyle's hair being "so long" you really got to him.  So he went and got it trimmed up a bit yesterday.  It's still longer than his normal do - but with a little bit of shag to it...just neater.  i'll try and post a pic soon.  Otherwise we will see most of you in Dallas next weekend for the first OU game of the season!!!!!

The Paynes in the Big Apple!

Two weeks ago we went to NYC for a mini vacation!  It was a lot of fun to go up there and spend time time with friends and just hang out!  And the flight from Orlando wasn't too bad.

Shannon, me, and Chris on the subway.

I also met up with a dear friend that I hadn't seen in 15 years.  Katie moved away from Plano in 5th grade and we kept in touch via letters for years.  She also went to OU (Ohio University) and was a Chi-O.  It was wonderful to see her after so many years!

Friday morning we got up super early and went to the Today show to see Kings of Leon!!  It was raining and we were exhausted but it was so worth it.  PJ got us tickets to stand right next to the stage and it was an awesome experience.  We got to see them warm up and practice for a while before the show started.  The rain finally stopped, although we were already soaked, for them to perform.  I asked Nacho their roadie/ guitar tech to take a picture of the OU helmet that they have on their drum set for me!  and he kindly obliged.  

After the concert we walked around for a little bit, grabbed lunch with Chris and PJ, tried to do a little shopping, then met up with Kyle's friend from high school Adam and Shannon.

Friday night we got soaked again at the Mets game.  Our friends Adam and Shannon went to the game with us.  The new stadium is really nice but I was so ready to get home and in some dry clothes finally.  

Saturday we went and ate breakfast and a wonderful little diner called the Kitchenette!  They have the best coffee. Then we took a ride on the Staten Island Ferry.  It runs like every 30 minutes, is free, and gives you a great view of lady lib and the NYC skyline.  We just rode it across and came right back.  We walked around some more and went to Washington Square and then to Central Park.  It was so nice to walk around Central Park and just relax.  It was a beautiful Saturday in the park...if only it was the 4th of July.  We also saw two weddings and a proposal on a gondola ride.  Kyle played a little football, shannon built a twig city, and I enjoyed sitting with my toes in the grass!!

Saturday night we went to PJ's place and rocked out on Rock Band.  We played for quite a while and enjoyed some Sweet tea vodka and lemonade.  Which if you haven't tried yet you must!   Then we headed to Shannon's fav karaoke bar which surprisingly was really fun!

Sunday was another rainy day and we just went to brunch at a wonderful place called hundred acres and Kyle, Chris, and I went and saw Hair...a broadway show.  It was okay.  nothing spectacular but we wanted to see a show this time around.  And we headed home on Monday.  We did some shopping but weren't able to find much this time around.  Oh well...maybe next time New York.

We are off to OKC on Thursday for the marriage of Bill and Paige.  This will be our first time back to OK since we moved almost 6 months ago.  Can not wait to see all our friends but most importantly we're looking forward to Bison Witches ;-)

Hope everyone is doing well!  We love and miss you all!  

p.s. hotel payne is now taking reservations for 2010...any visitors welcome!