Congrats Nick and Meagan!

At the rehearsal dinner with Uncle Nick and (soon to be) Aunt Meagan.

 With Sebastian and Meagan's nephew Zachary, he's 3.

 Getting her hair done at the salon with the bride and bridesmaids!

 All dressed up! Adorable!

 All the feet decked out in Converse.

The boys walking up the aisle. They are carrying items for the time capsule. Will and Xander are holding Sebastian's hand. He's not carrying anything.

Grace throwing her flower petals.

Coming back. They are supposed to go with with my parents in the front row.

Meagan and her mom coming down the aisle.

Will and I at the reception at the Rococo.

Brian and Grace.

The kids went up to the balcony and waved down.

The kids with Nick and Meagan, right before it was time to go home for bed!

Group hug!

Congratulations to Nick and Meagan, who is now Aunt Meagan. They got married on July 9th. Some of you may have heard that they were supposed to get married on the riverboat on the Missouri River in Brownsville, NE. But, the flooding had other plans. About 3 weeks before the wedding, it got canceled and they got all their money back. So, they spent that time scrambling to find another place, in an un-flooded area, to have the wedding. They ended up using Antelope Park for the ceremony and the Rococo theater for the reception. It worked out well, and everything was beautiful. It was hot at the park. My dad helped out by parking his RV in the parking lot and running the generator for some AC. We camped out in there before and after pictures, before the ceremony started. The kids ate snacks and watched movies while the adults also hung out. The kids did a great job doing their jobs as ring bearers and flower girl during the ceremony. As I said earlier, the boys each carried an item for the time capsule (newspaper, printed emails and a watch) and Grace threw dried flower petals from bouquets that Nick had given Meagan over the years. The boys did a great job helping Sebastian up and down the aisle. Grace had a melt-down at the rehearsal and didn't want to walk up the aisle, but Brian used his magical powers of persuasion and talked her into it. She did a great job (She exclaimed to me after the wedding "Mommy, I did it! I was a flower girl!") Thank God for Brian's patience and persuasive arguments!

The reception was fun. The kids got to dance, which they loved. Besides Sebastian and Zachary, there was only one other kid there. So, they got the floor all to themselves for a while! By about 8:00, they were so tired! Brian and the kids goodbye and went home for bed. I stayed a while longer and visited with family I hadn't seen in a while.

That night, Saturday, got a little interesting at home. Brian woke up in the middle of the night and said he didn't feel well. That he had a sharp pain in his stomach and he had really bad chills. We debated going to the emergency room, but decided to wait and see what happened. We got up and went to my mom's for brunch and present opening and all the while, Brian just wasn't feeling well, still with pain in his stomach. We got home, and debated whether or not he should go to the hospital. He decided about 1:45 to go ahead and go. We were babysitting Sebastian and he was sleeping, but the boys had a t-ball game at 2:00. We skipped the ball game and everyone took a nap while Brian drove himself to the emergency room. When everyone woke up, I shipped them off to my mom's house and went to the ER with Brian. After a CT scan, they determined he had appendicitis (which we had suspected all along). They admitted him and after a looooooong wait, he went to surgery at 10:30. The kids spent the night at mom's house. I got home from the hospital around 1 am, then got up early to take clothes, lunches and sunblock to the kids to get them off to their first day of camp at the Y. I went back to the hospital with Brian and ended up taking him home after lunch. Ellen picked the kids up from camp and took them home for a while to give Brian a chance to rest. All in all, he is fine. A little sore and swollen from the surgery, but it was laproscopic, so there were only 3 small incisions. He stayed home from work on Tuesday, but went back Wednesday. It wasn't too bad, as far as appendicitis goes. It was caught early and wasn't close to rupturing. He's on the mend and we appreciate everyone that helped us out as we dealt with this unexpected event!

The kids have been enjoying day camp at the Y everyday this week. They go to parks and fish, do nature hikes, play, do crafts, eat lunch and swim. They did this last year and had fun, so we repeated it again this year. They come home very tired! Xander had a fun development this week, I'll save that story and pictures for another post. Check back soon for that exciting news!