We were so close.....

.....to surviving the whole wedding without Jackson putting on a show, but like the saying goes, close only matters when playing horseshoes.

I sat a little tray of goldfish, animal cookies, and popcorn behind one of the speakers on the front of the stage in hopes of keeping Jackson and Parker happy throughout the whole ceremony. Jackson watched me make this tray the day of the wedding and was looking forward to eating it.

He walked down the aisle without a problem. He sat by the snack tray and started eating his snack in silence. Parker went down the aisle without a problem as well......while pushing a little baby stroller down the aisle that she didn't want to leave behind in the church nursery. It was precious and makes a great memory!!

Jackson and Parker sat together quietly and enjoyed their snack. During the wedding, I actually was telling myself how much Marla and I lucked out. The kids were doing great!! HOWEVER....we were so close to the end of the ceremony when Jackson decided it was time to play. Aaron was sitting in the back of the church with Garrett. He had the video camera and taped "Jackson's Performance." The video is shaky due to the fact Aaron is laughing, while I am turning bright red! The hard part was I knew if I grabbed him while he was in the middle of the stage it would only cause a bigger scene. Luckily he agreed, without a fight, to go sit with Aaron when I told him to. So embarrassing.........and Kristin said she didn't even know he did this. I think she is just trying to make me feel better.

To Aaron's Family: Does this remind anyone of Aaron being an airplane in Randy and Dianne's wedding when Aaron was two? Like father, Like Son, so shouldn't he be the one in the front of the church being paid backed and not sitting in the back?! ;)

The church video crew had issues with their camera and grabbed ours from Aaron to tape the end of the wedding. I love the very end when Parker goes back for her baby stroller. Her act seemed so much sweeter than my crazy child's act.

The rest of the videos are the boys dancing at the reception. I only brought my flip video camera, but Marla took some I will share later.

I LOVE this video of the boys dancing together. They are both doing a little neck roll dancing move. It is very short, so you may have to watch it more than once to really see their moves. ;)

If only this were the hard part of being a Ring Bearer....

Jackson is the Ring Bearer in Kristin and Phil's wedding Friday night. Thursday night was the rehearsal and as you can see from the video, he did well..............walking down the aisle........and that's about it. :)

Just to sum things up, Garrett who was sitting with Aaron was crying "Mama! Mama! Mama!" so Aaron got up to take Garrett outside. Jackson then walked right behind Kristin and Phil and yelled and waved at Aaron and Garrett "BYE!!!!!!!!!!!" A few minutes later he told me (and everyone....) "I'm just going to find Daddy and Garrett now," which he did try to do, and I had to run after him. He also enjoyed dancing and spinning behind the Preacher, walking up and down the stairs, etc.

Wish us luck. Lots and lots of luck. We decided to put together a little combo platter of treats by where we stand to hopefully keep Jackson and Parker in one location. Once upon a time we thought it would be easy. Parker would stand by Marla, Jackson would stand by me, Kristin and Phil would get married and live happily ever after. However, tonight Parker was with her Daddy Geoff and Jackson was everywhere.

Brides! (plural)

Today, we went shopping for my sister's wedding. We started by watching her try on a bunch of dresses. Every dress looked great on her. We kept saying, "That's the one!!" but then she would put on another one and we would say "Oh, no that's the one!" Finally she found "the one!" It is perfect!
After lunch we did more wedding shopping and even stopped by Sprinkles to get cupcakes. Those are the best!! I had red velvet. Yummy!!
Mom, we will have to remember to bring a plastic fork for you next time.
Our wedding shopping trip was a success and lots and lots of fun!!! (except for your dog Sis....you need to do something with her - SCARY!)

While out wedding shopping with my sister, Aaron called me to tell me his sister Shelly just got engaged! So, now there are going to be TWO weddings! Both of our sisters are getting married!! CONGRATS SHELLY AND JUSTIN!!

Aaron had the boys today. This morning my mom came to pick me up and we left out the front door. Well, later that afternoon Aaron called me cracking up. He said Jackson went up to the front door (from the inside), knocked on the door, ran over to Aaron, and said "Mom!" I guess he was trying to trick Aaron into thinking I was home or just hoping that would make me really come to the door. Then Jackson decided he would just lay on the entry way floor and try to look underneath the door for me. I think he thought he would be able to see my feet when I walked up.

Happy 4th Anniversary to Us!

Pictures from our wedding...4 years ago!