1. The kids enjoyed watching Grandma and Grandpa's movies. Here Elisabeth is sitting on the couch with the big exercise ball watching a movie.
2. Annabelle enjoyed spending time with the baby she brought, and Grandma and Grandpa's cats. All the kids loved playing with their cats, Bianca and Little Foot. Little Foot would let the kids pet him and would follow them around, but Bianca on the other hand, ran away whenever they tried to get close. Annabelle was funny to watch with the cats because she would grab their tails, poke their eyes, or just walk up to a cat with both hands out and give it a firm push while screeching with delight. Little Foot didn't seem to mind too much, but I wouldn't allow her to do it much either, before I intervened and made her pet him softly. One time Annabelle fell over on the concrete and began to cry and Little Foot quickly went over and stood by her side. I thought that was very sweet. I'm not a cat lover by any means, but being around Little Foot made me like cats a little more.
Little Foot and Charlie
3.Thursday night we went to a minor league baseball game. I don't remember the name of the team but I believe the mascot was a catfish? Don't quote me on that. We had fun sitting on the bleachers and walking around. The kids saw this pirate(not sure if he was some sort of mascot either) and wanted to meet him. 
I'm not really a fan of watching sports, so I don't really remember what happened or who won, but I do remember some of the players theme songs that came on when they were up to bat. One of the players had a cute country song that played each time and some of the others had some fun dance tunes. I think I enjoyed the music the most. In fact, while we were walking back to our car to leave, I asked Scott, "Would you still enjoy watching sports games if they didn't play music?" He said, yes, and that many times there isn't music playing. I thought that was interesting. We had a fun time together with the family.
4. Friday, the day before Kelley's wedding, all the girls got pedicures at a nail salon, even Elisabeth. They painted flowers on Elisabeth's big toes and her thumbs(they painted her fingernails, too), which she thought was very cool. It was so relaxing sitting in a massage chair while someone rubbed my feet!
5. Saturday was the wedding and reception. Kelley was beautiful, Jericho was handsome, the music was good, the cake was great and the food was delicious! There was a big swimming pool at the reception, which kept us busy. We kept Annabelle close because if she wasn't trying to walk in the pool, she was trying to eat dirt(she LOVES dirt and will eat A LOT of it, if left to her own will and pleasure). And we tried to keep Charlie close too, but there were a lot of people there and he's so fast and sneaky! When he'd get away from us, he would run to the pool and put his hand inside, reaching for a rubber duck that was in there. I'm glad he didn't fall in! The reception house had a large playground area that the kids found after awhile and loved!
Take note of the pretty pink corsage on my shirt
Here Annabelle is playing with and eating some of the pretty pink flower she recently tore apart
Each of the cakes was a different flavor which was a big hit.
6. Krissy and I went running every day(minus Saturday and Sunday), around the neighborhood. It was beautiful. All the greenery made me miss my old home in Washington. Just gorgeous.
My favorite thing about the trip was being able to stay the night with family because once the kids went to sleep, we were able to visit and play games. We're so grateful we were able to go out for the wedding and spend time with our family.
Oh, and on the flight home we had a layover in Chicago, and once we got on our next plane to Utah, we realized we left our case of 12 dvd's on the last plane! We filed a lost and found report once we got to SLC and they said they'd call if they found it. They didn't call that night, so I called Chicago in the morning. A very kind woman told me the next three destinations the plane took before coming back to Chicago. She also sent each of those airports a notice with my phone number. An hour later I got a call from the airport in VA saying they found our dvd's and that I needed to send them my fed ex account number and they'd ship it to me. Well it turns out they overnighted it which ended up costing us over $40...but hey, it was less than replacing all 12 dvd's...that would have cost over $100. So anyways, we've learned our lesson: always check all seat back pockets before you leave the plane, and if you do leave something, make sure they don't overnight it. :)
