STL Trip

We had a fun time on our trip to STL. Check out the pics.
Downtown
Zoo

Parres-Todd

Lesley Parres and Nicholas Todd were married Oct. 7, 2006, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. Monsignor Ed Eftink and the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer performed the ceremony. Pianist was Jerry Ganiel, and vocalist was Ron Hitt.

Parents of the couple are Thomas and Debora Parres and Dennis and Virginia Todd of Jackson.

Maid of honor was Ashley Parres of Springfield, Mo., and matron of honor was Jennifer Shelton of Cordova, Tenn., sisters of the bride. Bridesmaids were Kelly and Whitney Parres of Jackson, sisters of the bride.

Daniel Rath of St. Peters, Mo., cousin of the groom, was best man. Groomsmen were A.P. Woods, Jonathan Compas and Seth Bollinger of Jackson. Ushers were Ryan Shelton of Cordova, brother-in-law of the bride, and Josh Birk of Jackson.

Flower girl was Megan Brown of Perryville, Mo., cousin of the bride. Ringbearer was Tanner Slinkard of Jackson, cousin of the groom.

Miranda Brown of Perryville handed out programs. Michelle Otte of Cape Girardeau handed out flowers.

Leah Lappe of Jackson attended the guest book.

The reception was held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson.

The rehearsal dinner was held at Emmanuel United Church of Christ fellowship hall in Jackson.

Mrs. Todd is a 2000 graduate of Jackson High School, and received a bachelor of science in elementary education from Southeast Missouri State University in 2005. She is a first grade teacher with Jackson School District at North Elementary.

The groom is a 2001 graduate of Jackson High School. He received a bachelor of science degree in technical graphics from Southeast. He is a graphic designer with Jansco Outdoor.

After a wedding trip to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, the couple resides in Jackson.

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1219169.html

Moving

Yesterday, he all helped move some of Lesley's grandparents thing out of their house. It was a long day. We seem to have a furniture store at our house now. 4 sofas, 4 chairs, 2 coffee tables, 4 end tables, and a lot of other things, some ours and some we're just holding for others. I'll be glad when everyone is done moving things.

STL

Yesterday Lesley, the gang, and I went to St. Louis to move some more stuff out of Aunt Mildred's house. We had a 4' x 8' U-Haul trailer that I drove to St. Louis in Clyde's Trailblazer. We left our house at 9:45 ish and didn't return home till 9:00 ish. It was a LONG day.

Another year older

Well, it my birthday again. Another year older. It just seems like any old day. I could have spent the day in bed. With company this weekend, I got up early both days. I'm just tired. My boss took the guys and me out to eat at Mazzio's for lunch. It was a little better than what I brought, but I'd probably be happy with what I brought anyway. Oh well. At least tonight will be better. Lesley will make it a good night and Prison Break comes back tonight.

New Year

Well, it's a new year. Everything feels the same though. We had a good Xmas and New Years parties at our house. On New Years, I got a little inebriated and Josh got flat out drunk. I recovered, but Josh wasn't doing so hot last night either. Lesley says that this will probably be the last party for a little while. All I know is that Buffalo Trace is good, even though Josh might not drink half the bottle next time.

Mary Parres

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary A. "Lolly" Parres, 79, of Perryville died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, at her home.

She was born Aug. 7, 1927, in St. Louis, daughter of Roy Earl and Elizabeth Susan Upshaw Ritchey. She and T. Bernie Parres Sr. were married May 29, 1950. He died Nov. 28, 2004.

Parres was a customer service manager 10 years at Wal-Mart. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.

Survivors include a son, Thomas Parres Jr. of Jackson; a daughter, Mary Ann Parres of Chicago; two brothers, Martin Ritchey of Jefferson City, Mo., Thomas Ritchey of Ironton, Mo.; three sisters, Delores Riney of Jackson, Marion McClure of Perryville, Ruth Long of Kansas City, Mo.; five granddaughters; and a great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, and 6:30 to 9:40 a.m. Saturday. The parish wake will be at 7 p.m. Friday, and the rosary will be recited at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Church, with the Rev. Kevin Fausz officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Wedding and Jamaica

We got married on the 7th. Everything went smooth. It was a great ceremony. The only real hiccup was the D.J. Everyone left by 10 p.m. All in all, it was a good time though. On our honeymoon, we went to a Sandals in Jamaica. I miss laying on the beach when it's now 60s and cloudy.

Number 2

Lesley got called yesterday for her second interview with Jackson Schools. Hopefully (if all goes well) she'll get the job!

Lesley And Max

Lesley And Max,
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I love my honey and my little dog!!!

Stick a fork in her...

Lesley is officially done with college. She has graduated!!! I am very proud of her. I passed all of my classes, so I'm on track for my graduation in May.

Us

Us,
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Don't we look good together?!?

Branson

Branson was a lot of fun. We stayed at Lodge of the Ozarks. It was a pretty nice place except the bed was a little stiff. We went to the Imax Complex, ate supper, but didn't watch a movie. On wednesday we went to Ripley's Believe It or Not. There's a lot of odd things there. We went to the Branson Mall, Tanger Outlet Mall, and another outlet mall to shop. We went all the way to Springfield to look for Fantastic Caverns but didn't find it. We ended up eating supper at Olive Garden. I ate the Tour of Italy (Homemade lasagna, lightly breaded chicken parmigiana and creamy fettuccine alfredo.) It was Yummy! Thursday we went to Silver Dollar City. It was pretty good. We rode some of the rides a bunch of times like Thunderation and Fire-In-The-Hole. We rode all the adult water rides too and got soaked! We ended up the day by going to Marvel Cave. It was an awesome cave! Other then the 5+ hour car ride both ways and the hard bed, it was a fun time.

Fun, Fun, Fun!

We've been havin a lot of fun the last couple of days. Thursday we went to the rodeo. We got to see Sara Evans. It was a good time even though there were A LOT of mosquitos. Friday we went to the Jackson Homecomers. We saw a bunch of people that we haven't seen in a while, ate some cheeseburgers from the American Legion, and lesley ate a funnel cake. On friday I went to GCW: Cape Conflict. It was a pretty good time. They were building up for Wrestlefest 5. Everyone got a shirt, so we can wear them at Wrestlefest. I got a Cabal shirt. It's been a fun few days. Now Lesley and I are going on vacation. We're probbly going to go to Branson.

Wax Cell

The other night, lesley and I saw House of Wax. I really liked it. It's both scary and gorey. My new cell phone finally came in yesterday. My old one's screen went blank so I was sent a new one. My summer classes just started. So far they're easy. I gotta pick up my chemistry kit monday.

Vacation & Engagement

Our vacation was pretty good. We went to the Crown Valley Winery. We took a Crown Ridge Tiger Tour. We stayed at Miss L's House- Bed & Continental Breakfast. We got some good wines: 2 Blackberry wine and another from Cave Winery.

The best news is that Lesley and I got engaged on the 23rd when we got back.

Memphis

This weekend Lesley and I are going to go to Memphis. i don't know what we're going to be doing. Saturday's my birthday (the big 22) and we're staying with (Lesley's sister) Jenny and Ryan.

Xmas Goodies

Christmas was pretty good this year. I Got a lot of good stuff. I got a 160GB external hard drive, a couple DVDs (Aladdin and Clerks X), a AM/FM clock shower radio, and clothes. I got Lesley a memory foam mattress and pillow.

Bernie Parres

Hobo
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T. Bernie Parres of Perryville, died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was 83.

He was born July 6, 1921 in Silver Lake, the son of the late Simon J. and Julia P. (Moore) Parres. He was married May 29, 1950 to Mary A. (Ritchey) Parres, who survives in Perryville.

Other survivors include one son, Thomas (Debora) Parres of Jackson; one daughter, Mary Ann Parres of Chicago, Ill.; two sisters, Rita (Gerald) Huck of Decatur, Ill., and Mary (Floyd) Strattman of Ste. Genevieve; one brother, Vincent Parres of Charleston; and five granddaughters, Jennifer Shelton of Cordova, Tenn., Kelly, Lesley, Ashley and Whitney Parres, all of Jackson.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Fred Parres and Joseph Parres.

Mr. Parres was retired from Giesler Brothers and a greeter at Wal-Mart. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville.

Memorials are preferred to American Heart Association.

Visitation will be held today, Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 6:30-9:30 a.m. at Young & Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. today, Tuesday, Nov. 30 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville, with the Rev. Kevin P. Fausz, C.M. officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Young & Sons Funeral Home, Inc. in Perryville, provided the arrangements.

Nutcracker

Last night Lesley and I went to see the Nutcracker. It was okay. The story didn't make much sense. A weird guy threw a party when a girl got a toy soldier. The rats came to get her when the weird guy called the army. The rest of the show was dancers around the world. There was also a guy and a bellerina. There were samoe people who did some kind of acrobats, people who were supposed to be chinese who liked to point, and a lady dressed like a bird.