Wedding Weekend

We left early Saturday morning – drove the 3 1/2 hours to Great Grandma Joan’s house and stayed there for the afternoon. We visited, ate lunch and enjoyed the beautiful day together. Mercy and Adria were there too, which made it extra fun with the girls. Grandma got out some bits of yarn and things and the girls ‘sewed’ for awhile. Melissa and Austin and their kids were there and at one point, we were trying to get three kids to nap in the same room. Didn’t work out, but it was cute. I fell asleep on the futon for a few minutes while “helping” Maggie go to sleep. ahhhhh

We were treated to a night at a resort there and got to go swimming in the perfect kiddie pool twice… once that night and once the next morning. I’m amazed that we got the place cleaned up, the kids fed, the cars packed and everybody ready for the wedding in time. The wedding was beautiful, the bride and groom happy and everybody was so friendly. There was also a sweet little boy about Jordan’s size who also has Down Syndrome… oooh, I wanted to steal him! I settled for going over and introducing myself and getting a smile from him. I miss my boy!

After a pizza party at Grandma’s, we headed home that night. zzzzzzzzzzz

Maggie was checking out the cold fountain area when she looked back at us, baby hair blowing in the breeze:

Sometimes Mommy plays… sometimes she sits in a beach chair and takes pictures.

The pool, at 1′ deep was shallow enough even for Maggie! Yay!

But deep enough for Anna to ‘swim’ and love it! Here I just missed a kiss on Papa’s cheek, but you can still see the tender expression on her face:

All spruced up! And lucky to get a seat in partial shade.

Maggie playing with Papa during the sermon:

Anna dancing quietly during the sermon:

Sweet memory – Brian and I danced to “Lead Me” while the kids played… over by our table shortly before the bride and groom left. I admire my man so much!

Not quite as cute as when she dances without an audience, but you can get the idea:

Anna Dancing at the Wedding from Rachel Davis on Vimeo.