Portland

Our trip to Portland was all about being there for Kevin's sister's wedding. But we managed to squeeze some fun times in for the kids too! Wednesday morning we went to a jump place to let them run around after sitting in the car all day long the day before. They loved it! There were some fun little parts too for Luke to do as well. Although he did spend quite a bit of time playing in one of the Little Tikes cars too. Grandma took some time off from doing wedding prep and came with us!

Wednesday afternoon Kevin and I went to the temple with Keri (and the rest of the family) for her first time. Thursday was set-up for the reception and luncheon, and the kids got to go out to see the horses with Grandpa while picking up the chairs for the reception. Thursday afternoon we did the food preparations and had the bridal shower and the boys went to play laser tag and out to dinner.

Friday Keri and Spencer got married at 11:00, with pictures afterward, the luncheon at 2:00, pictures at 5:45, and reception at 6:30. I was so grateful the kids did so well, we were able to stay for the whole reception and see Keri and Spencer off with sparklers. We took the kids home and put them to bed, and Kevin went back to the church to help clean up and I cleaned up around the house and then more putting stuff away and chatting later that night.
We were so lucky to have family members who were willing to watch our kids while we were at the temple both times. The kids did a great job with all of the busy, busy times, and all the times that they had to sit still and be really good during all the wedding festivities. I have absolutely no pictures from the wedding festivities, because we were wrangling kids, but I hope to acquire some soon! It was all really beautiful, and we're so happy for Keri and Spencer.