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Monday, July 28, 2008

We're Back!

Trying to post while we were gone turned out to be impossible. So here is a brief synopsis of what happened.

7-16
Went to the Spa - had a terrific time
Stayed at Dad's late shooting off fireworks - the neighbors called the cops on us so we had to stop
Had either a deer or dog run into the side of my new van on the way back to Krista's from Dad's - didn't see any damage when I pulled over to check

7-17
Krista couldn't open the van door - didn't realize until then that there was any damage to the van
Krista's dress didn't fit at the last fitting. I truly thought that she was going to punch the girl at the bridal store
Went to the mall while the dress was having one more alteration and got Ariel a pair of shoes for the wedding
Went back and the dress fit great - Praise the Lord - and no one got hit :)
Phil arrived in PA - he was not pleased about the new van having a dent in it :( - not my fault!

7-18
Returned the rental car to Erie airport
Took the kids to beach 1 - Turns out that even though Ariel loves water, that much water scared her. She was fine while we were up on the beach but started shaking when I carried her down to the lake and wouldn't let me put her feet in for anything
Got back in time for the rehearsal - sweated (literally) the whole way through it. Krista and Andy chose a church without air conditioning for their July wedding :)

7-19 - The Wedding Day!
Krista and Andy's wedding was beautiful, and thanks to some well placed fans I was able to keep from sweating too much. Austin and Ariel did great. They both walked down the aisle with no problem. I cried during the toast that I made at the reception. What an emotional time!

7-20 to 7-25
Took the kids to the newly renovated Hasson pool. It was awesome and they had a blast.
Went out to eat with Kelly H, Kelly, Amy and Lacy. Stayed out for 5 hours with them - poor Phil
Went to the park and had lunch with Kelly, Amy, Lacy and all their kids. It was the first time that we were all together with all of our kids. There are 9 of them now!
Hung out with Amy, Jer, Kelly, and Josh at the park in Franklin. Austin and Ariel made several new friends.

7-26
Gateway Clipper with Lacy, Ryan, Kelly H, Jim (her boyfriend), Rich, Matt, Skylar, Travis and his wife, Nate and Liana. We had a great time. It was over so quickly (or so it seemed) that we decided to hang out in Pittsburgh for a while. We went over to Richie's office and then down to the Point. Unfortunately the Point was closed, but I really enjoyed the reason why - FIREWORKS! The echos of the fireworks off of the downtown buildings was so cool.

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