Pool Party

Finally! The rest of the pictures from last Sunday. In addition to eating lunch at my aunt's, we also had a pool party/cook-out with our Sunday School class, and an open house at Brady's dance school. We were really busy!

Here are the pictures from the pool party.
Braden and Carter riding the waves.

Javen, Josh, and Braden. Josh was getting yelled at by either Javen's mom, Krista, who you will see with me later, or his wife, Nikki. (They're sisters)


Not to be deterred, Josh continued to wrestle with the boys.


It took a little effort, but he managed to throw Brady over his head and onto the raft.

Why is he stretched out and looking a bit full?

Because I needed him to try the dessert we brought. I'd never made it before and wanted him to test it before everyone else. It was a peanut butter cookie with icing, M&Ms, and marshmallows.


Can you see the waves the grown boys are making in the water?
(BTW, Thad and Laura had a little mishap when trying to fix their pool the day before. Instead of buying plain baking soda and pouring that in the pool. They accidentally bought baking soda laundry detergent! Thus the foamy appearance of the waves. But everyone was squeaky clean after they finished swimming!)

Corn Hole/Bag-o

While the kids were swimming, the adults played corn hole/bag-o. (Jon says it's corn hole, but Thad said he found the game online by searching "bag-o")
This was my first time to play, and while I did sink two in a row, Laura and I were slaughtered by Krista and Aubri. Mostly because AFTER we started Krista mentioned that she pitched in high school. She followed my 2 in a row with 3 in a row. Effectively stealing my joy! (That's her behind me in the picture)

Jon perfecting his technique before he and Thad were also beaten by Krista.


You know you're in trouble when the shirt comes off.


The kids took a pool break and played a game as well. Here are Braden (and his belly) and Lauren.

Lunch

The day after the wedding, we gathered for lunch at my Aunt Elsa's house. Many of the family members that came in for the wedding were leaving later that afternoon. We went out for about an hour before leaving for the 2nd of 3 functions we had that afternoon.
(You can never say no to good Mexican food!)

Here I am putting salsa over Jon's food for him. Now he can never say I never got him anything at a family event.

Don't these look disgusting! Bacon wrapped peppers on the grill!


Braden sitting in a row of family enjoying their lunch outside.


And the rest of the family, sitting at one end of the food table.

Mr. and Mrs. Jared Owens

Finally! Wedding pictures from Saturday!

Poor Tyler! Once the wedding party was seated, they quickly discovered that Tyler's glass was filled with Mountain Dew and not beer. That's what happens when you're underage! Sara and Uncle Bill dancing.
Obviously, the bride looked beautiful. But did you notice that Uncle Bill and Aunt Mary looked stunning as well. (They really should dress up more often!)
You know, Dear, sitting there at the edge of the dance floor like that.....
You're just asking for Rachel to come along and make you go dance with her! Chicken dance, that is!

Ryan, Issa, and Mariana flew back from the Texas-Mexico border for the wedding. Mariana had the honor of being the too cute flower girl. After the wedding, pictures, and dinner, it was time for cake!

I love this face Mariana made as she scooped up icing with her finger.

Looks liked it tasted good too!


Later: the poor flower girl had no one to dance with.


Luckily, she has a great older cousin who agreed to dance with her. Danced = spinning around in circles on the dance floor. And it only cost me $1, which he then gave to Sara during the hat race (below).


And later, Silly danced solo.

Hat Race

Instead of having a dollar dance, (where people pay $$ to dance with the bride or groom for part of a song, thus providing the newlyweds with spending money for their honeymoon) Sara and Jared opted to have a hat race. As you can see, they each wore a stylish hat and raced around the hall collecting money from people. They placed a small bet before they began.

The winner: Sara
Her prize: back rubs for a week


As you can see, Sara grabbed and stuffed money anywhere she could.