Dustin's wedding

Andy's good friend, Dustin, got married this weekend. Andy and Alex were in it! It was a very busy weekend, but Alex did great. The flower girl and Alex got along great and they couldn't have been cuter! When it was wedding time, I stayed in the back with Adam (and in case Alex didnt' go down the isle) and Andy's mom sat toward the front to help coax Alex down the isle. When it was their turn, the flower girl asked if it was time to 'walk, stop, and pose'! I said yes, and Alex went running down the isle, pillow held up above his head. He ran strait to Grandma who pointed to Andy up front. Andy had some candy so Alex went up to get it and then came back to sit with Grandma during the ceramony. When it was done, the flower came over and they both walked back out together----which was NOT done in practice!
Needless to say, we are very proud of Alex! Unfortunetly I dont have many pictures (since I was busy with my boys), but here's a few.

Dad and Phil got out the little electric race car track. After a little sanding and warming up, it was ready to go. Alex thought it was great! We had to tape up the controllers so Alex wouldn't full throttle the cars off the track!

If you go to Dad's blog, you can see a short video of it. :)

Painting at Grandma's

Beginnings of spring

Here's a few shots from the past couple weeks.

Adam sits up well enough to play with Alex in the bath tub. Adam likes to splash and watch Alex play. Sometimes they will both start splashing and before I know it, I'm soaked and all that can be heard is fits of giggles!

If the tractor's out, Alex is quick to "help"!

Another one of Alex favorite things to do is water. We've had a dry spring so far, so I've been having to water my flowers. He does a pretty good job, I just have to watch that he doesn't wash all the dirt away from the roots!

Poor Puddy

We decided to get Puddy groomed this week. And well, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I saw him. I've been having to cut out chunks of matted fur and burrs the last year or so, and so I thought it might be worth a try to get him groomed to see if it would help this summer. Not to mention help with the shedding and keeping him cool this summer.

We weren't quite prepared for the outcome.

This is the BEFORE picture...

These are the AFTER pictures.

His hair is about the length of a boxer's, if that helps.

Like I said.....Laugh or Cry? I've done both.

5 hours, 3 baths (with the groomer in the tub too), 25+ ticks, one broken grooming table later... and this is the dog we brought home. It's certainly taking some getting used to. I was under the impression he was going to be shaven, but have at least an inch or two of hair still. After talking with the groomers, that was the plan, however after they kept finding ticks, they decided to buzz him a little closer. On the bright side, I did decline them doing a "Lion's tail" on him. What's that? You guessed it....shave the tail except leave a tuft of fur at the tip. Hahaha.....I had a hard time keeping a straight face when they told me what it was. Do people really get that done? I surely hope not!

Anyway, I don't think we will be doing this again. At the very most, a TRIM maybe next spring. But I don't think the groomers are in a hurry to see Puddy again any time soon. :)

Easter 2010

Like usual, Easter was across the road at Andy's grandma's house. Alex always loves getting to play with the other little cousins. Adam didnt' mind the extra attention either. :)

These first few photos are around the pond. We had a nice sunny, windy day to go outside and stretch after a good meal. After the egg hunt, the kids hung around the pond to watch the fish.

The 'Kids': Kathleen--Wayne----Elaine--Doris

Grandma in the middle

Our family

Nat--Wayne--Emily-Andy-Alex-Adam--Donna

(yes, Pete and Kelli are missing!)

Grandma with all the great-grandkids

Kelli's shower

For those of you who dont know our family, Andy's brother, Pete, is getting married next month. He and Kelli, his fiance, had a bridal shower this weekend. Here's a few pictures of it----although it's mostly just pictures of a very happy Kelli! :)

Kelli & Pete

Kelli, Valerie, Heather (Pete's cousins)

Kelli & Nat (Pete's sister)

Weekend at Grandma's

We went up to Nappanee this weekend for Easter, but we went a couple days early to just spend time with Andy's family. We had beautiful weather so the boys got to spend a lot of time outside. These are in no particular order (as usual), however my blogging abilities have increased because I figured out how to turn my sideways photos right side up! So no more turning your head to see my pictures! Yea!

Donna has some daffodils that are just beautiful in front of their house.

I plopped Adam down in front of them to get some of these shots (Alex too!).

I kept trying to get Alex to smile for this pictures, so I told him to say "cheese".

Well, everytime he said it, this is what his face looked like!

This is a really cool old pedal tractor that the Rummels have.

Alex hasn't quite figured out the pedals yet, but he loves it when Daddy pushes him!

Across the road at Great Grandma's, Pete is cleaning her pond.

As you will see, Alex is helping.
Althought at times, Pete was getting a little frustrated with him because he was putting more things back into the pond than he was taking out with the net!

Grandma and Adam watching the boys work.

Nat's making sure he doesn't fall in. :)