2nd wedding of the year that my kids got to participate in! Amara and her cousins were woodland fairies instead of flower girls. They carried flowers in the shape of a wand and skipped in to the ceremony.
The boys were "laddies" instead of ring bearers. They did carry the rings in, but on a bird's nest situated on the top of some sticks that were in the shape of a torch.
Amara wants me to do her hair like this again someday. Ummm...Grandma? Do you want to do all those braids again?!
Kris traveled to Europe with Michelle and Lisa years ago and that is how Michelle met Wayne. We were glad to all be together again! (We're standing in front of the maps of Australia and the US.)
Some of the Burchill girls ...
Brian was looking for the kids and didn't make it into any of the pictures. That's ok with him....
Watching fireworks the first night!
We stood in line for 3 hours to get on the ships! (I THINK it was worth it.) They especially enjoyed learning about cannons, ropes, and how to sleep in the hammock. I enjoyed thinking about the concept of "knowing the ropes"--that was a much bigger accomplishment than a person would ever stop to think about it. Everywhere you looked there were ropes, for each tiny mechanism of the ship!
Amara enjoyed soccer this summer. (Unlike last year) She knew which way to kick the ball, and even ran after the ball sometimes! She loved it so much, she decided to continue playing in the fall.
The kids always get a list of options before summer starts and they have to limit themselves to one sport and maybe one or two other activities. Emmett chose to take a tennis class--a new activity for him.
