The second shout out of the post goes to Allegiant Airlines. While you may be slow, nickle-and-dimey, at times a bit scuzzy, and altogether inefficient, you are cheap and for that we appreciate you. We were able to fly (all 3 of us roundtrip) for a grand total of $132. Ty had decent behavior on the flight up--probably because he was asleep for 1/2 of it--so we let him play on this arcade racing game located in the hallway across from the bathrooms in the Stockton Airport.
He LOVED it. Maybe we should consider getting him one for Christmas. (Yeah, right.)
My mom and Ty walking back to the car from the airport. It sure is different having a "walker," wobbly though he is, at the airport. Not so much as easy to just sit and wait for our flight.
Saying "hi" to Far-far! He really was excited, but he must have been concentrating on his shadow at the moment.
After we dropped our stuff off, we ate at Texas Roadhouse. This was my 2nd experience and Russell's 1st and it's pretty dang good. Ty (who looks way too old here) rode in to lunch on his saddle. It's really fun to watch him get excited about, well, just about anything!
We hung out at Curt and Lel's house for a while before going to get a wedding gift and such. I thought this was a pretty funny picture. Carl had just come home from school with a fundraising packet (you know the typical elementary school ones: wrapping paper, expensive treats, junk...) so Julia was perusing out the magazine subscriptions, my mom was looking at the order form, Carl was checking out what prizes he could win, and Leslie was looking at the main item magazine. Almost Christmastime!
Meanwhile on the other couch, Russell was instructing Carl how to play a game on his phone. Good Uncle. Oh wait--this couldn't have been "meanwhile" because Carl's in both. Whoops! I mean: "A bit later on the other couch..."
On the short drive back to my parents house, we let the boys check out the DVD player in the vehicle. In case you can't tell by the totally-sucked-in-to-the-movie faces, Ty and Sawyer were very much into watching "Cars."
At the main event! I did a bad job of taking pictures the day of, but I'm sure someone did a good job, so we should be fine. Ty did a lot of leading people around the Temple grounds for a few hours. He holds on to hands to walk sometimes, but we're definitely not holding on to direct him! This kid has his own agenda.
Gorgeous day in Oakland which is lucky for the bride and groom, but I was planning on cooler weather, so I was a bit warm but it could have been much worse. I like this group here of the Grimmer siblings (most of them, the groom was taking pictures still). I wish we lived closer to them--any of them--so we could hang out more! I'm know Russell and Ty-ty concur.
The little fam in front of the fountain at the temple. Very similar-looking to another picture we have from a wedding ~10 months ago in the same spot. Maybe this should be a tradition...
Of course, we did have to do a little baby wrastlin' to get there...
After the ceremony we went to the Macaroni Grill (or "we're having macaroni with the girl" as little Ashlyn Grimmer put it). The food was good, the behavior of the children? Not so much. Ty wanted to get down and play (I really can't blame him) and with a group our size, it took a bit longer to get the meal going and finished. Ty likes to feed himself and his "kids meal" (seriously--is that not a huge amount of food?!) came with pasta, which we found out was spaghetti, so he tried his best to make it in his face...
...But we had a lot of noodle casualties. I feel bad for whoever has to clean up the table, floor, all over the high chair, etc. We took care of cleaning up the kid, which was bad enough! We plucked noodles off of his shoes, pants, shirt, and covered up the white/spaghetti tie-dyed shirt with his vest. I don't know why I didn't take off his shirt in the first place and let him wear his onesie. And now I know; lesson learned.
The reception was decorated beautifully. (Funny story about that: I was about to take pictures of the whole set up and decor to bring to my mom/her friend who does this kind of wedding decoration until I found out that her sister was the one behind it and my mom's friend also came to help! I guess she doesn't need pictures, huh?) Ty had a fun time with all of the people who gave him attention and lovin' like "Auntie" Linne Heywood.
The only decent picture I took of the bride and groom (silly me). We were lucky enough to sneak in there with them, too and look forward to their visits to Vegas!
At the airport: last-minute picture of the cousins. They were all a bit squirrelly...
There were a few open seats on the plane, so the flight attendant suggested we take a 3-seat row (instead of sit in the 2-seat rows like we usually do). Boy, were we glad we did! The flight ran into Ty's bedtime, so he had room to sprawl out and lay down even if it was for 5 seconds at a time. Let me tell you, it is WAY more comfortable to have him climb on the seat than all over my lap! After the mini meltdown at the very beginning, he did a good job on the plane.
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