Weddings, Jungle Jims, and Saying Goodbye

While Carly was here we wanted to get some of the wedding decisions made, at least the ones that involved us. We had been looking at dresses and went to modest by design to check them out. We are pretty sure this is the dress we will be going with, except it will be red with either white of black embroidery. It is really pretty. And one of the best things is we can order by measurements instead of sizes so the dresses with fit us. How awesome is that! We also spent some time looking at rings, it is so much fun to browse, maybe when I finish med school Adam will surprise me with a new ring, but for now I guess I need to be patient.

Because it is soooooo cold right now we decided to take the kids to jungle jims which has an indoor play area and rides to let the kids play and release some energy. It was fun. This was the first ride they went on. If you notice Jerrod is not on it, He did not have to have anything to do with the first couple of rides.
We finally got him on the jeeps, then he was on board. If they weren't cousins I would say these little boys and girls would get married when they grow up, especially Drew and Bethany. But alas they are so they will just have to best friends.

They were so funny on the swings. Can they just ride it, no way, not our kids. They first started kicking their legs, and then realized if they pulled on the chains they could move their chairs side to side. Soon all of the kids on the ride were following my boys lead. Anything to make it more run right?
Jerrod and Hannah out for a bike ride.
At the end Jerrod decided he wanted to try the little roller coaster. He and Hannah were adamant about being by themselves, crazy kids. He did really well until it went backwards, then it got a little scary.
On Wednesday I took Drew out of school early to go out to lunch and play with the girls one more time before they went home. It was so cute, Hannah was pretty tired and grumpy and the only person she would let help her was Drew. It's fun to see him be so nice and patient.

This is how Gideon enjoyed the meal and togetherness.
Here are Drew and Bethany saying bye. Drew was crying the day before because they were going to go home. He misses them so much! We need to set a time to go down to visit them in New Mexico this spring/summer.
And here's little Rylan exploring our house. It amazes me how different he is each time I see him, but I guess that's not too hard when our visits are so far apart :(
All the cousins on the couch. Man it is hard to get 6 little ones to all look at the camera at the same time, let alone smile!