Photo 44: Hello Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer!

Today was a special day.

Alex got a new Aunt! 

We were so happy to celebrate Don and Rachel's wedding day!

Donnie had grown into an amazing guy 

(I think the Lord knew we had put up with enough when he was little! haha!)

and Rachel is a wonderful girl

(she has to be to love donnie... just kidding!)

Alex loves them both so much! This was their group fist bump. 

Alex was their ring bearer.

He had to ride the wagon down the isle 

and was willing to oblige thanks to the huge amount of snacks we placed in there!

Next month they will head to Japan for two years. 

We will miss them very much but we are thankful to have been able to celebrate this special day! 

Photo 43: Kiddie Photo take 2

the dads were going to hold them until the minute we took the picture...yeah. that didn't work so well!
hopefully tomorrow at the wedding we will get some good ones!

Photo 42: Popsicles in the Pool

question: how do you keep 3 toddlers happy?

answer: pool time and popsicles

we are thankful they have smart dads who know how to keep them busy while the moms get ready for the rehearsal dinner tomorrow! :) of course dads would not worry about swim suits, but what baby needs one when there are swim diapers around!

Photo 41: Kiddie Picture

We were attempting a cute picture of the 3 kids sitting together...

yeah.  that didn't really happen.

(we are still having fun though!)

Photo 40: road trip

How to survive a 10 hour car trip with a toddler:

eat grapes and apples out of a coffee cup.
read books (this especially made my day--how much he enjoyed reading this trip! :) )
play with other toys: magnets, cars, little people.
stop for lunch, run around... ALOT (on several occasions!)
turn on kids music and laugh at your mom who is trying to entertain you...

once again Alex amazes me with doing so well in the car! which restores my faith in the fact that we have the trip home and another trip to ohio still planned!

Photo 39: A boy's best friend...

right now we get to enjoy OTHER people's dogs and cats (which is the way I prefer it!)

but why do I have this feeling that in the not too distant future the boys in my life are going to
start ganging up on me 

asking for a dog?

Photo 38: Good Morning

he finally realized that he was strong enough to knock this down.
he really thinks the world is his playground.
we had a good lesson in cleaning up! :)