Ryan's first day of 2nd grade

Today was Ryan's first day of 2nd grade.  His teacher is Mr. Yocum this year, and the classroom is all decked out in Peanuts characters.  Too cool!





Eric, in his new angry birds shirt



"mom - can we do a silly picture?"

Buster's Puppy Class Graduation

Buster graduated from puppy class today with a gold star.  We did six weeks of classes at petSmart and Ryan went with us to all the classes except one.  Buster did a great job on his "test"!  He did great at his loose leash walking with leave it, sit, stay, shake, greeting, come when called and lay down.

woohoo!!!

Jenny's Wedding - Day 2: THE WEDDING!

What a beautiful ceremony!  We had such a nice time and are thankful we were able to be there.

Here is Evan and his mom (see how windy it is!!!)



Sean walking Grandma Jean down the aisle





I got distracted by my boys and totally missed Grandpa Leroy walking Jenny down the aisle. argh.



Jenny and Evan's friend, Brent, performed the ceremony - he did a fabulous job.



I love the look on Evan's face here.



My boys sitting quietly. Miracles do happen





Jenny and Evan built into the ceremony a description of all the states that are significant to their lives.  The kids each got to wave a state flag when called upon.  Ryan thought he was pretty special as he had TWO flags.

Here he is waving the Kansas flag



Eric had the Missouri flag







Jenny and Evan's rings were passed around the guests for each of us to hold and to bless them.  Eric of course wanted to keep them, so here he is wearing my ring :)



The vows





The kiss...



and our favorite picture :)  MARRIED!



and Eric fell asleep right after the flags

Jenny's Wedding - Day 2: waiting for the ceremony and taking pictures...

Getting ready for the wedding!  Here are my handsome boys :)
we took a family shot after this, but it was with my cell phone. oops.  I have no good family shot of us, sure hope someone took one!



Waiting for the wedding pictures to be taken



Grandma Jean and Grandpa Leroy looking fabulous!



sitting in the sun to stay warm - and waiting patiently



This sums up Eric, all in one picture.  I love it.





The arbor, all dressed up in flowers







picture time!









The bride and groom with all the kiddos.  Eric was quite stoic in all the pictures



Jessica and Tom - a little blurry, but still a good picture!

Jenny's Wedding - Day 2: Pirate Mini-Golf

what's better than mini-golf?  PIRATE mini-golf! ARGH!

This little golf course is pretty cool for the little ones, not much of a challenge so no meltdowns.  That's a win for me. :)  Grandma Jean, Sean, Ryan, Eric and I all took the plunge on this one.



Ryan of course chose a purple golf ball. (and just like in baseball, he has his hands backwards)



Eric's golf form is hilarious - he just holds the putter (wrong) and pushes the ball along, in essence driving it, until it falls in the hole









Look at that winning form.....







See this guy?  he moves... and talks... and waves the pistol.  Eric was deathly afraid of him



Grandpa Leroy went for a bike ride and met us at the course.
I love both of these pictures, so I am putting both in here - can't decide which I like better