Jack and Ashley's Wedding

My little brother Jack got married this past weekend. It was a nice wedding, and a relaxing weekend. Ollie and I headed up Friday morning. I dropped him off with my MIL and I headed to Cheesecake Factory where my aunt and cousins planned a little bridal shower for Ashley. It was fun to get together with everyone. Letty and I did a little shopping afterwards, which is always enjoyable. Jason came in on the train that evening. Saturday morning Jason went on a long run (16 miles of hills), while Jan, Ollie and I did a little shopping. That afternoon we went to Ollie's friend Simon's 2nd birthday party and then headed to the wedding. Sunday we went to church, and then had dinner with both of our families. We headed back home Monday morning so we could get together with some friends for a hike and a BBQ. Basically I love 3-day weekends, Jason should have been a dentist.

We got a DVD player in the car for Ollie to watch (during long car rides only). Here he is about 30 mins into our drive, watching "The Incredibles" and clutching tightly to his blanky and stuffed moose. I told him he could relax, but I guess he was relaxed.

My cute aunts at Cheesecake Factory.

My cousin Alicia and sister Letty.

Half of the group.

The other half of the group.

Maggie, Carter, and Kimmy.

The bride, her grandma, and my aunt Teresa.

Ollie was having fun wearing grandma's glasses during breakfast.

Just missing Chrissy at my bro's wedding :(

Most of the family.

The bride and groom, parents and grandparents.

Extended family.

Ollie looking dapper, and holding a rock of course.

Jack and his friend Ricky (who performed the ceremony).

Cutting the cake.

My parents.

Sunday evening we went on a walk. Ollie and Jan were ahead of the rest of us and Ollie kept sticking his little head out to check on our progress.

A little out of order, Ollie asleep clutching to his handout from nursery. It was so cute, we checked on him during nursery and they were having a lesson and he was sitting so reverently on the floor with his little legs crossed and his hands folded in his lap, listening very intently to what was being said. It was the sweetest thing EVER!!

On our walk Ollie enjoyed throwing rocks into the creek. Luckily he had both grandmas there holding him tight so he didn't fall in and get swept away.

Letty and I, pushing the stroller was a joint effort :)

Ollie loves his Papa...so sweet.

We're Old

Before I bore everyone with our weekend details, be sure to check out the video at the end of the post, it is of Ollie counting and we think it is pretty cute.

I think Jason and I must be getting old considering our weekend consisted of scrabble, an RV show, and gardening. Friday evening my friend Stacie came down from San Ramon and we played Scrabble and watched "The September Issue" an interesting documentary about the fashion world (totally "Devil Wears Prada"). Saturday morning we headed to Pleasanton with Andy and Marissa for an RV show. We went last year and enjoyed it, since we are looking into buying a camping trailer we thought we would check it out again. It was a lot of fun. We finished the day off with mowing the lawn, pruning the bushes and weeding the garden...exciting I know. The most exciting part of our weekend was Jason's sister Michelle and her husband Eric visiting us. I don't have any pics, but we loved having them here and can't wait for October when they move here!!!

Ollie and I went to Old Navy and he decided to hide from me. Isn't his haircut cute?

He kept trying to ride this plastic dog.

I just think he is cute.

Me and Marissa relaxing while the boys check out a trailer.

Ollie had tons of fun exploring all the "tra-wers".

Hanging out with dad in one of the sweet RV's.

This one had bunk beds, each with their own DVD player.

Ollie helped with the leaf blowing.

I found Ollie on our bed today, he had completely unraveled a roll of floss. That is what I get for leaving it on my nightstand.

Ok, so here is the progress of our garden. This is very exciting to me. I can't believe things are actually growing.

One of our tomato plants (this one we did not grow from seed).

Look at that little tomato!!!

Our potatoes.

Remember this....

Now it looks like this. And these are all from seeds. It is so exciting I can hardly stand it :)

Now I know every parent thinks their kid is the cutest, smartest, best at everything, and we are no exception. Here is our smart little guy counting. He can do 1-10, but he always skips 7 and sometimes he needs help getting started. We just love hearing his little voice.

Tour de Lincoln

Last weekend we headed home so Jason could ride in the Tour de Lincoln (a bike ride held in my hometown). He did the 100km distance. Ollie and I left Friday morning, and Ollie spent the afternoon at my aunt's house with some of my cousins while I went to the temple with my mom and mother in law. It was a nice afternoon. I picked Jason up from the train station in Sacramento that evening and we stopped and picked up one of his craigslist finds (stationary bike trainer). I'll let the pictures explain the rest of the weekend.

Ok this isn't from the weekend, but it was cute. Ollie loves walking around in our shoes, here he is in Jason's slippers.

This isn't from the weekend either, but the other day Ollie's friend Loden came over. Ollie didn't want to wear his sandals but Loden did, and then a few minutes later Ollie came out in Loden's pink crocks. They are pretty cute those two.

Jason and our friend Austin. Their first rest stop was about a mile from Jason's parents house so Jan, Ollie and I walked down to meet them.

Ollie pretty much just associates Jason with a bike. If you ever ask Ollie where daddy is he says "bike".

Ollie and I also stopped by another rest stop where my parents were volunteering with the Lions Club. Jason had already passed by the time we got there.

While Jason was riding we went and walked a little with my mom for her "Relay for Life" team.

Later in the afternoon we attended a Lincoln Ward Reunion. It was a bunch of people we have gone to church with over the years. It was fun to catch up with friends. The people who hosted the reunion had chickens, Ollie was in heaven!

Ollie picked up my mom's phone and had to walk away to take the call, I guess it was private.

The following two pics are courtesy of Ollie. Not too bad.

Me and Ollie.

Sunday after church we went and watched the Amgen Tour de California pass through Oldtown Auburn. We were representing Honey Stinger, a company Jason's dad started, just last week Lance Armstrong became the majority owner of the company and company sponsor.

Jason and his dad.

Jan and I, our shirts were on backwards and were about 5x too big.

Family pic.

Another family pic.

Lance is one of the blurs in red and gray, in the middle of the pack.

It was a fun weekend. We love being so close to family!