Wedding: part 2

The day is here!  Zach was a ring bearer in Uncle Darrin's wedding.

Gracelyn was all dolled up complete with a matching purse!

Uncle Darrin and his little buddies.

The wedding party: Joe, Kate, and Zach

Our family picture... complete with a crying Jared!

Below on the left is the Sohre girls cousins and on the right is the Sohre boy cousins (minus Jared)

It is amazing how beautiful and handsome we can all look when we clean up.

I don't think we have ever had all of us looking this good all at one time! It was so nice to see.

 

We have the families:  

Cornish's, Daly's, Hodgkins, and Mom and Dad

 

All the grandkids!

Wedding part 1: rehearsal and groom's supper

Thursday, June 13th, we all gather at the church for the walk through for Darrin and Mandy's wedding. 

Then afterwards we all gathered at a park and had a wonderful meal for the groom's supper.

Cousins: Kate, Maddy, and Maesee.

BFF's: Zach and Joe

Gracelyn and Paige.

The man of the family! My Dad.

Shelly and Jesse

Mom with Chris and Ted.

Me and my Momma.

Getting the picnic buffet line ready to serve.

Shelly and Darrin.

Me and my bro.

Momma and her baby boy... he sure grew up fast!

Jason manning the pork chops!

The sisters with the soon-to-be sister-in-law!!

The Sohre 5:  Wendy, Shellly, Darrin, Me, and Christy.

Zach, Gracelyn, Paige, and Kate.

And the happy couple on the eve of their wedding day.

Road Trip to Ohio...

June 12, 2013 - We load the van at 4:30am and start our journey to Cleveland, Ohio for my brother, Darrin and soon to be wife's wedding.  It dark outside yet and the kids think this is great. 

We didn't do to many stops, but around noon we stopped at a way-side rest to have our picnic lunch.

Amazingly the kids did great for the trip so far. 

We have the van supplies with activities and fun things to do - movies included.

And Marty, our fearless driver for part of the drive.

So for the day we made it through Chicago and made our stop for the night outside of Chicago in Indiana.

We stopped at the location above to see the sand dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan.

We were amazed at the amount of sand. It was like the coast of the ocean!

 Gracelyn and I getting our feet in the sand.

Gracelyn at the top of a sand dune.

 Then the hike back on the boardwalk trail.

The first day of our trip is complete with success.