Weddings, reunions and Legos!

My dad got remarried about three weeks ago and Hannah was the flower girl! So Thursday we started our long drive down to FL, just the kids and I, to enjoy the festivities!!

On the way down, we spent the night at my sister Jennifer's house. Her husband, Brad is in the military and a Lego fanatic/collector; he has massive amounts of Lego's. While there, the kids were introduced to real Lego planes, tanks, helicopters, and castles. For Noah it was love at first sight! He loved everything he saw and wanted to play, play, play (not to mention taking everything apart!).

Friday morning we left (very) early to attend rehearsal dinner, which was a must for Hannah to know how to be a "flower girl". At first, I was a little apprehensive about Hannah having such duties, flowers are very pretty for the bride! Would she be too shy or scared to even make it down the aisle; would she stop at the door, see everyone and freeze; could she do it? So weeks and months before I told her she was asked to help Joshua, her 3 year old cousin, the ring bearer. He would need her and would she mind helping him while tossing out flowers. It worked, she was very focused on helping her cousin and even smiled for the cameras!! And she was enthralled of course with the whole wedding; I think she thought, "this is how Cinderella must have looked!". Of course, since Hannah had a job, Noah needed one too. So he was told he needed to help watch Jeremiah (2) and Lillie (9 months). He ended up sitting by his "uncle-Lego-man" Brad the whole time, very quietly! (I must add that Joshua did such a great job standing on stage, although there was a time Sarah and I thought he might have to go potty!! He made so many faces and danced around a bit, but lasted and hung on!)

Then for church on Sunday we stopped by Dade City and enjoyed seeing old friends / church family. It was a nice time to let them know we were well in TN and good to see how things have continued and that the church family is growing! We miss our friends greatly but know we have been called to new things here.

The next day we headed halfway to Georgia (my sister's house) and stopped in Jacksonville to see our friends the Halleck's. Keri and I got to catch up on some of the changes in our lives and the kids play time with Hannah and Emma dressing up while the boys played with planes, cars and more! We then went to watch Emma have cheer practice, another love at first sight for Hannah!

Then we finished the rest of the way to GA to spend a few days with Jen and Brad. It turned out to be a longer visit because I got sick; seems there must have been some kind of virus going around! Not that the kids minded, Noah played Lego's with Uncle Brad and Hannah enjoyed getting prettied up by Aunt Jenni. Also, it got chilly so we found some big socks that became leg warmers!! And while we were there, we went to see some real tanks parked around the army base. Noah was so excited to see these huge tanks and wants to grow up someday so he can drive one!!