Even though June and July were't too eventful, August was a different story! Ron's brother was getting married on the 11th, so we planned a road trip up to Washington. They had been engaged for about a year and asked Michael to be a ring bearer, Emma a flower girl, and Ron a groomsman. We had been collecting all the various clothing and it's been fun helping to "plan" in our own little way! We decided to just go ahead and leave Sunday night when Ron got home from work (around 11:30pm) and drove through the night. We usually like driving at night because the kids sleep and we can get a lot of ground covered before they wake up. The bad part is I'm usually the one who drives. We got the van all loaded up and headed out. The kids slept until we got to Oregon. I set up the DVD player when they got up, but it only worked for 1 movie! So, we stopped at the closest Costco and bought a blu ray/dvd player and hooked up one of the screens. However, Brock couldn't see the TV very well, so he wasn't very happy!
By the time we hit Seattle he had had it! We were able to calm him down at various moments, but we knew he wanted to get out of that car! We got in to Bellingham at dinner time and headed to the lake for a much needed break from the van!
Most of the time we spent up there was helping to get ready for the wedding. Lots of shopping and running errands. The boys did sneak away to play golf a couple of times. Michael even got to go play one of those days! He was stoked!
Brock found grandmas Build a Bear that has mini golf clubs. He loved playing with those!
We got to hang out with cousin Brody who moved away to Montana almost 2 years ago!
The day of the wedding, the wedding party girls got to go get their hair/make-up done. Alyssa gave her flower girls a cute little gift of Toms pink sparkly shoes to go with their dress, some cookies and candy, and some bracelets as their gifts. The girls were in heaven!
Even though Emma doesn't have much hair, I wanted her to be able to experience the whole "wedding party" celebrations so she got an appointment for her hair, too. I was pretty suprised at what the lady accomplished for not much to work with!
The finished product! She bobby pinned her hair off to the side and found some cute crystal flowers that she put in her hair to cover up the bobby pins!
Waiting for pictures.
Right before walking down the aisle. I stayed back with the kids and helped them go out when it was time. Michael, at the last minute, tried to back out, but I gave him a little shove and he was down the aisle! The girls had so much fun throwing petals!
The beautiful bride and groom! Ron's grandpa officiated. It was really sweet. The ceremony was beautiful!
The kids stayed up in the front the whole time and did great! The girls, toward the end, did start hitting each others baskets, but it wasn't too distracting!
We are so happy for Chris & Alyssa and are grateful to have her as part of our family!
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