We headed to Austin early Friday morning. We arrived at the hotel at 4pm and hustled to get ready for the 5pm rehearsal. The rehearsal was quick and fun. We then headed to a local hotel for the rehearsal dinner. The dinner went pretty well. During the toasts, I took the kids out to ride the glass elevator. The kids really enjoyed riding up and down the 17 floor elevator. After returning back to our hotel, the kids and Tim went for a quick swim. They enjoyed the pool but really liked the hot tub (I know, my germ-o-phobe self let my kids get into a public hot tub).
Saturday morning we headed to Pflugerville to watch my nephew and then niece play soccer. We got to see Aaron score the game winning goal! It was really cold and windy but we had fun.
After the games, we grabbed a quick lunch with the Whitmire gang and headed back to the hotel. I have to add a special thanks to my brother's mother-in-law for watching Abby during Ashley's game. The cold was just a little too much for Abby (which you will notice becomes a recurring theme).
The kids all fell asleep in the car, so I sat with them and let them nap. After everyone woke-up, we got ready and headed to the wedding. The twins posed for pictures before the ceremony.
Zach and Calyn did a great job during the ceremony. They walked in and stood on the stage throughout the ceremony. Zach refused to walk back down the aisle at the end but that was okay. Abby created a little bit of a scene so she had to be taken out of the ceremony. The wedding was absolutely beautiful. Tim and Janelle exchanged the most amazing vows and presented the Gospel. It is always exciting to me to see young people who are so bold for Jesus.
The reception was at a local country club. The kids (even Abby) loved dancing and actually cried when we had to leave at 11pm!
Sunday we ate breakfast at Kerbey Lane. At least Tim and the twins ate at Kerbey Lane, I ate in the car with a screaming Abby. Fortunately, she fell asleep as soon as we got on the road for home. We stopped in Abilene to visit my friend from college. Heather and her two boys met us at the zoo. Please pray for Heather as she is five weeks away from having her third child. Her husband, Will, works out of town. Heather works full time as a nurse and is pretty tired. It was great to see her and her boys.
Overall our weekend was fantastic! We loved being apart of Janelle's wedding. She is an amazing young woman, and we were honored to be apart of her special day. It seems like yesterday she was passing out programs at mine and Tim's wedding! Thanks also to Janis for all of her love and support.