Happy Wedding Jeff and Emily by John Lee

So this wedding thing is kind of over-rated. I love Jeff and I am very excited Emily is my new Aunt, but a wedding moves a little too slow for me! I was a ring bearer with Denny, but I wasn't much for practicing. 

I was all for the rehearsal dinner though! I drew pictures with Papa and then had pizza and spaghetti! Who could ask for more!

Getting all dressed up was kind of a chore, but I would do anything for Uncle Jeff. Well, except smile in the pictures - Mama had to promise ice cream to get me to do that!

Daddy took good care of us between his Best Man duties!

Picture time with the photographer.

I did learn a thing or two at the wedding...move too slow...

...and your brother snakes your girl!

I walked down the aisle with Mama as part of the family group, but then I sat quietly and was great during the ceremony. After, I was much more interested in my books than in taking more pictures.

Jeff and Emily looked very happy - I am so glad they had fun!

Even the promise of ice cream could not lure me into another round of pictures!

I liked the kids table - mostly I liked moving things from cup to cup or into the bucket.

I put myself in time out for a little while just to rest.

What I really wanted was cake! Finally it was time. Now it was a party!

I also learned that the dancer gets the girl! When Denny wouldn't dance, I told Kayla I would dance with her..we had lots of fun dancing, but in the end I decided it would be more fun for her to chase me.

It was a fun day and I am so happy for Jeff and Emily!

Happy Wedding Jeff and Emily by Denny Lynn

Uncle Jeff got married and now I have an autn Emily! I was very excited to go to Oklahoma and be in the wedding!

I was a ring bearer and got to carry a pretty pillow with purple rose petals in it!

We had to practice to know where to go and what to do! Kayla and I took it very serious, but John just wanted to be silly!

After practice we went to the rehearsal dinner. Uncle Jeff and I played tic-tac-toe while we waited for our food.

Finally it was wedding day! We got to wear our fancy wedding clothes, complete with new boots!

We had lots of picture time while we waited for the girls to get ready. We are a handsome bunch!

Here I am with my friend Kayla waiting our turn - all ready to walk down the aisle!

I followed the instructions and walked right down to sit by Nana and Mama. It was fun and I did just perfect!

We made quite a group.

Then it was off for more pictures.

Finally it was reception time. There was a special place just for us to play and color.

Uncle Jeff threw the garter - no one wanted to catch it, so I did!!

Of course, then I gave it back to Uncle Jeff and wanted him to trow it again.

We had so much fun hanging out and being part of all the festivities. We can't wait to go back and play again soon.

Congratulations, Jeff & Emily!

Oklahoma Fun by John Lee

We made our summer trip to Oklahoma this June to celebrate Uncle Jeff's wedding and see our family. It was a great trip - the wedding is its own story, so we will do a post just for it, but we had lots of other fun, too. We started off getting our snacks ready!

Mama got us each a plastic craft box with compartments and we got to pick our own snacks for the road.

We had Cheetos, raisins, granola bars, crackers, fruit snacks, Froot Loops, nuts and other stuff. It was fun to pick our own!

We try to break up the trip and do fun stuff on the way. We played hide and seek at one of our favorite rest stops, just over the Oklahoma border.

I would always give Daddy away!

Denny tried to hide in some strange places - that tree is way too little!

I even went up a tree (with Daddy's help), but I was laughing so hard, I gave myself away!

We make some stops at the fun western wear stores on the way. Denny found these cool boots - Daddy liked the boots, but not the price!

Our new Aunt Emily gave Denny some piano lessons and let us play her keyboard while we were there.

We had a really fun afternoon at the part with Cousin Jasper! We were so excited to see him and to play on the great playground stuff.

I liked sitting on the yellow for the Merry Go Round.

And we climbed to the top of the rock wall - it was really high!

Then we fed the ducks! The three amigos on the go!

We also stopped to play awhile with Granny Sharon....

...and wish Granny Rose a Happy Birthday.

Then we made a special stop to pay our respects to family that are gone.

We took flowers for Granny Nellie, who we miss very much. She died when I was a baby.

A cemetary is a very special place to visit and I am glad we had the opportunity to learn about our family.

We spent some time with Nana and Papa and showed them pictures of all the stuff we have been doing.

It was a busy few days - you will see in more posts. The drive home was long, but we found some fun along the way...

...and rested up.

And we made our final Braums stop before leaving Oklahoma. Braum's (or pink ice cream, as I call it) is one of our favorite things and a special treat we only get when we go to Oklahoma. We ate there five times in four days.

But, I love it - just look at that face!

It is so wonderful to get to spend time with our family in Oklahoma. I hope we can go back soon!