Wedding Day for Aunt Tasha and Uncle Trevor

Aunt Tasha and Uncle Trevor's wedding day started with all the girls getting their hair done.

 

While I was doing that, Scott was in charge of making sure Carter got a morning nap and ready for the wedding with all the boys.

 

Before the wedding, everyone met up to take pictures at a local park.  We did pictures with the kids and then Scott headed back to let Carter lay down again before the actual wedding.  I stayed to do more pictures with the wedding party.  It was a little warm during the pictures and with Carter being a Soltis he was sweating and hot, but we all survived...even if he wasn't the happiest in pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

The wedding went great and Carter walked down the aisle with no issues.  It was great to have all of our family together.

 

 

 

 

After a great ceremony at the church, we headed over to the reception.  Although most people stayed inside for the reception, Carter played outside for a good portion of the night.  There was a torrential downpour before the wedding that left some perfect puddles and gutter water for Carter to play in.  All in all, it was a perfect night.

 

 

 

 

Rehearsal Dinner

Friday night in KC was the rehearsal dinner for Aunt Tasha and Uncle Trevor's wedding.  We headed to the church first to find out what we all had to do.  Carter took his job and the instructions very seriously.  After finding out what he was supposed to do, he got to spend a little time with his cousins (somehow Audrey avoided all pictures).  They all loved being together.

After we rehearsed at the church, we headed to Trevor's mom and step dad's house for the rehearsal dinner.  It was a great relaxing dinner at their farm.  Carter and the other kids were able to play and run around outside.  There was lots of equipment at the farm to play on and bugs to catch.  It was a wonderful evening with family.

Fun with Grandpa Joe

After arrival in to Kansas City, there was no time to waste.  While Grandma Bonnie and I went to help Aunt Tasha prep the reception hall for the wedding...

Scott, Carter and Grandpa Joe were taking care of that badly needed haircut and having fun at the house with constant wagon rides.  Grandpa Joe redid the wagon we had as kids and Carter loves to ride around in it.  It had been upgraded with sides on it this time, after the face plant that happened  on a previous trip.  :)

 

 

What's Your Vector Victor

Aunt Tasha and Uncle Trevor's wedding had us heading to KC mid-June.  We decided to fly.  Since Carter turned two in March, this was his first flight he had to have his own seat for...and we had to pay for it.  Although it is more expensive for us to fly now, it is actually better for him to have his own seat.  He is getting bigger and it would have been hard to convince him to sit on our laps for the entire flight.  His own seat gave him a little more space and taught him that he needed to be wearing his seat belt.  He was very good about keeping it on during the flight. 

Thankfully, KC isn't a long flight and it was taking us to have lots of fun with family.  The DVD player and fruit snacks, of course, also helped. 

Carter looks like such a little boy all the time now.  It is crazy.  However, these pictures show how bad Carter was in need of a haircut.  We were waiting until right before the wedding, so it would look great while performing his duties.  Prior to that though, it was a little rough.

Good Intentions

Scott, Carter and I headed to the cabin with Aunt Sarah to do a little stealth mission.  The intention was to tile the two bathrooms while Grandma Ann and Grandpa Tom made a quick trip to Phoenix.

Saturday morning we got up, watched some cartoons and had a little breakfast before getting started on the project.

After inspecting the bathrooms, we realized the toilets didn't have a normal set up and we would need to turn the water for the house off completely.  We got a little concerned that if everything didn't go as planned, we could leave the house in bad shape when we left on Sunday.  So, we hid all the stuff and decided we would all come back another weekend and just say surprise we are here to tile the bathrooms.  Then, we could get Grandpa Tom to help us out with the potential plumbing problems.

Since we didn't have work to do all weekend as expected, the four of us just relaxed and hung out.  It was actually pretty nice.  Carter had a great time throwing rocks in the stream, going for a walk around the lake and just having a great time being outside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reverend Troy

In preparation for Aunt Tasha's wedding, we took Carter with us to a recent wedding of some friends.  This wedding was special because Carter and I got to witness "Reverend Troy" perform his first ceremony.  Carter did great through the ceremony, only yelling dad once during Scott's duties, and waiting for dinner.  We tried to do a little dancing after eating, but dinner took longer than we expected.  It was past bedtime and Carter was getting tired.  We had a good time though and made us excited for the next wedding on our list.

 

 

Touch-A-Truck

Now that Carter is getting older, we are always looking out for activities and events in the surrounding cities we can try out.  One of those events was his very first Touch-A-Truck.  It is a staple for the Helmicks', so we met them there, although you wouldn't really know it because there is little to no photographic evidence.

We thought he would be all about it and try out everything.  He was kind of having an off day though, and didn't get in to it as much as we though he would.  Carter stuck to the buses, fire truck and some of the construction equipment, and pretty much avoided everything else.  He enjoyed it, but hopefully his next touch a truck event will bring more excitement.

They had a little train ride and Carter got in willingly, but didn't really like it past that.

 

At least the school bus was okay.  That is positive for the future, right?

 

 

Even when you are angry though, make sure to hold on to your balloon (because if it floats away a breakdown may or may not occur).  Lainey is not sure what is going on???

 

 

Moral of the story, stick to what you know and love...construction equipment and a fire truck.  And when they let you paint the construction equipment, it is twice the fun.

 

 

 

 

Touch-A-Truck is exhausting though.