Scott & Sherry's Wedding

So, I just realized I forgot to post pictures of Scott and Sherry's wedding in Cancun.  There are a million and it was hard for me to narrow it down just to these 30 even - so sorry!  No surprise from me - right??

Ella helping Sherry get ready.

Collin did such a good job being the ring bearer.  My mom had tied the rings onto the starfish with ribbon.  Part way through the ceremony Cyndy noticed that the ribbon had come untied and the ring was laying on the ground.  We were afraid they would panic when it was time to exchange rings so we were trying to get Matt's attention to show him where it was - he was oblivious.  Suddenly Collin looked down and noticed it was gone, saw it on the floor and bent down to pick it up - he takes his responsibilities very serious!!  Ella also did a great job.  I had kind of forgot to have her practice throwing the flowers, so right before we were going to walk down we were trying to explain what she was suppose to do.  I had no idea what to expect.  She threw down one flower at a time and waited and watched as it blew in the wind - then carefully picked the next flower threw that one - waited and watched, it was pretty cute.

Ella's hair was so easy to do - it was super curly while we were in Mexico.

Madelyn was sick and kind of a basket case - we were lucky to get her dressed, much less do anything with her hair.  Oh well, she was super cute anyway.

Ella couldn't help but twirl!

We couldn't figure out who should walk mom down the aisle - why not Madelyn!

Always a lady!

After the ceremony, the kids had so much fun running and playing freeze tag.  Of course it took them all of 10 minutes to wreck their super cute outfits - oh well right!

Sherry and Scott had every detail planned out perfectly.  The kids table was set up with notebooks, crayons, disposable cameras and topped off with kiddie cocktails.  It was so cute.  And a huge hit!

The kids spent so much time taking pictures of each other taking pictures!!   Can't wait to get those ones developed - should be interesting!

We couldn't keep Madelyn off the dance floor - even after we put jammies on her, she wouldn't give up.

Ella on the other hand literally "danced until she dropped"!!

It was a perfect day from start to finish for all of us!  Thanks Scott and Sherry for all the planning - we had SO much fun!!

Camping with Gandy's & Larson's

We officially started the 2009 camping season.  It started out cold, rainy and windy - really windy, and REALLY cold.  One of the coldest mornings we have ever had camping.  We were told it got below 40 degress.  We had a couple of crabby hours Saturday morning, but the kids hung in their awesome.  By late morning we were out hiking and things were turning around.  It turned out to be one of the best camping weekends ever - although that may have been thanks to the box of wine the Gandy's brought :) !!  We had an awesome site and a great time.

We spent a lot of time just hanging out....playing golf, baseball, frisbee, throwing rings up in trees, and riding bikes.

We tried geocaching - for those of you who are not as technically savvy as me :) - that is like a high tech treasure hunt for kids with a GPS unit.  We got the first coordinates and we were off.  Each of the kids took a turn holding the GPS and being the line leader.  We were led to 2 places before finding the end "treasure" - which is actually a metal box with laminated animal cards in it - the kids thought it was the best ever.  It really was pretty fun!  Right up Collin's alley for sure.

The GPS would lead us within a 15-20 foot radius, and then you were on your own to find the treasure.  This is what that looked like.....

We found the "treasure" inside a hollowed out stump.

Lunch Time.

Collin and his maps!!

Madelyn's favorite camping past-time was filling the cup with rocks, dumping it out and then filling it again.  Whatever makes ya happy right??