more wedding fun

After the reception, when my brother and his new bride left, bubbles were blown @ them. This is what happens when bubbles get outta hand... :)
Just 2 of our sweet Wardlings...
Penny saw that no one was guarding the bubble basket and was freely helping herself. She had 10 or more in her lap @ one point. silly girl!
Here are the Wardlings, minus one, with my Grandma. Note Josh's face. He was so goofy by the end of the day, I'm surprised that he cooperated @ all.
Again, our great DJ Clyde and his baby brother Ricky.

walking down the aisle...


@ the party, the big girls danced with a few of their baby cousins.

ringberry

A few months ago, we were asked if Jacob would be the ring bearer for Kellen's wedding. Jacob has been so excited this week. He said to me 2 nights ago, when we were trying to get the Wardlings to bed, that he would "get to be a ringberry!" He was so cute! Look @ our ringberry!
Here are 2 of my brothers, our ringberry, and my Dad.
Jacob did a great job walking down the aisle. He held the pillow like a football. He walked down trying to hold back a smile. How adorable!!

This was taken outside of the bride's catholic church, right after the ceremony and the gazillion photographs that were taken.
(We got multiple comments on the Wardlings clothes during the reception. One of our family friends Jared asked about them, and I told him that it just made it easier to spot them in a big crowd. I like that they looked like siblings, since they were dressed the same, but it was a safety precaution as well. I used it a ton today! ) How sharp does my Clyde look?!!
During the reception, we were all a bit goofy. Since there wasn't alcohol served, there wasn't a ton of dancing. A bunch of the fellas got up to do several line dances and our ringberry was out there with them, jumping, stomping and sliding with the crew. This is my sister, my Dad, and me...

Raegen, Mom and me
just Raegen & me...
Penny is people watching...
This is the best DJ ever! Clyde had such a rockin' set up of music. I am always amazed @ my Clyde. He is so fashionable to boot. He is my hero!
(Jacob fell and bumped his nose...)

a day @ duke

Yesterday Erin had an eye appointment @ Duke Hospital. We thought that we'd make a field trip out of it and tour Duke Campus. Wow is it beautiful! The architecture of all the buildings is just amazing. Clyde went to Duke last fall for a football game and he said that the buildings reminded him of Hogwarts. As we walked around yesterday it felt as if we were in Hogwarts. His description was dead on!


Clyde loves Duke. Maryland is #1, but Duke is a close almost neck-n-neck love. He really likes Krzyzewski. I think because it is a Polish name. He also said that there are names in Polish way longer then Krzyzewski. I think that Clyde was hoping to see Coach K, but later felt silly when he remembered that he was in Bejing for the Olympics.
Can you see Jacob??
This is the Catherdal on campus. When we arrived the organ was blasting as we walked by the church.

This is the inside. It is huge. The doors however were very tiny...narrow I should clarify.
There were dozens of stain-glass windows. Josh really liked them. There were knights and swords on a few of them.
After Duke tour, we were off to the hospital. I wasn't the only one unimpressed with the long wait.
When her dr. walked in I think she could tell that I wasn't too thrilled that we waited for nearly 2 hours to see her. She wanted another test to be done, but since we had a wedding rehearsal to go to, and the drive back, we didn't have time. I had said that we could've done this while we were waiting. I also told her that I wasn't going to drive back to Duke for the one appointment. We would have to arrange several to make the trip back. She said that the NF team was meeting soon, so they would then coordinate a few more dr.'s appointments in one trip.

rehearsal dinner

The Duke appointment made s way too late for the rehearsal @ the church. We arrived when everyone was leaving.

We were in time though for the rehearsal dinner! I was too late to help my Mom set up, which I felt horrible about. This is what she did. She hand painted all of these mason jars and decorated them with daisies, wheat, and baby's breath. These photos don't really do them justice.


This says it all about our Friday. What a trooper!

morkie mall

A few days ago we had the elders from our ward over for dinner. We love having the missionaries in our home for meals. Our Wardlings admire them so much. As I mentioned in a previous post, Jacob loved our tall elder so much that he gave him his red light saber. Wow! Then this week, when the elders came over, Jacob gave the other elder his purple Mace Windu light saber. I must say that this is so special to Jacob. The elders must've made such a rockin impression on our young Wardling. The tall elder asked if I would help him alter a few shirts. I am sure that having a good seamstress is way important to someone of his height. His shirts fit him length wise, but not in width. I took them in by several inches on each side. Tuesday night he called and said that he was being transferred and obviously needed his shirts. The elders stopped by last night to get shirts, but to also spend a few more minutes with Jacob and Josh. (I was out with the gals watching "Sisterhood of the Travelling pants" so I missed their visit.)


Last night, several of the Wardlings asked Clyde if we would take them to the mall today. We used to go simply to walk around. I guess they missed it. After speech today, we took the Wardlings to the mall & walked around. We were so surprised to see the changes. We haven't been to the mall in months upon months. Lots of the stores have either closed or have ghetto replacement shops in them. It was fun to spend time with everyone, but I am thinking that was the last time that we'd visit the mall.

While in the mall, we stopped in the pet store. The rabbits were so cute, but I was too cautious to pick them up...allergies. We did ask to hold a Morkie...a mix of a Yorkie and a Maltese. Penny loved this puppy!

We brought the stroller with us today. Penny hadn't taken a nap yet and there was a part of me that was hoping that she'd fall asleep. No such luck. She did however do really well without her diaper. We are potty training and I am scared to type this in fear that she will start peeing everywhere...exorcist style. No accidents @ the mall!!! Anyway, she was tired of riding in the stroller and so we let her walk. Every time we'd pass the escalator, she'd point to herself and then to it. Clyde wanted to go into a shop and so the big girls and I took Penny up the escalator. We rode it 6 times going up and then down. She loved it!! She cried for a few minutes when I told her we were all done.
What a fun day!

le tournament

Originally team Cal was ranked 7 outta 8. When we got to the game, a team said that they had to forfeit last weeks' game due to lack of players, and so it bumped us up to 6th place instead. So, instead of playing the #2 team, we played the #3 team, the orange team. The game started out pretty well. We were evenly matched I felt. A few of team l'orange members were a bit jerky. One of them even got a yellow card for ramming the brother in the brother/ sister duo on our team. The brother flipped over and spiraled in the air. He did hit the ground but bounced up so quickly, with cat reflexes. I was amazed that he went back into the game. Clyde had some amazing saves tonight. I have really enjoyed watching my Clyde play soccer this soccer season.

Below is my Clyde throwing the ball back into play after one of his many saves.
One ball came @ him and he tipped it outta the net. That ball was headed in too.
A friend of ours little girl and Penny were sharing some crackers and I tried to get them to look @ me. I said to the girls, "hey- say cheese!" And Penny signed cheese instead of saying it. I got a good giggle from it.
Team Cal lost something like 5-2, but it was a very well played game. My camera battery died so I wasn't able to get as many shots as I'd hoped to get for the finale.

a night @ the ball park

Yesterday, our good friend Shena called and offered Clyde and the boys 4 Grasshopper tickets. I wouldn't be able to go because the girls had their own plans. Clyde thought it would be nice to invite his friend Ben to go with them. Ben is from Africa and had never been to a baseball game before. He was amazed at the park and the energy of the crowd. There were several members of the church there, including the Malcolms, and several members from the Guilford Ward. The boys ate ice cream, popcorn, peanuts, and shared their cotton candy with Ben, who had never eaten it. He asked them what it was when they offered a piece to him, and they responded as they stuffed their mouths, "It melts in your mouth!" Clyde told Ben it was spun sugar. It was neat for Clyde to share the evening of firsts with Ben. Although it was warm, the game was pretty good, and went into extra innings. Clyde said the Grasshoppers tied the game in the 9th inning with a 3 run home run. Exciting! All in all, the boys had a fun evening, thanks to our pals, the Arellano's. Thanks guys!!