The After Party

After the weekend of wedding festivities, we hung around E-town to spend some quality time with my family. We enjoyed hanging out and having fun with Grandma Crystal and Grandpa Joel. Gavin became quite the grandpa's boy. He loved jumping off the ottoman into grandpa's arms and sitting on his lap.

Gavin also enjoyed playing with Macey, but at times he was a little "pushy", literally and his hugs were too much for her too. Good thing he has a little brother to hug as well! We tried to take pictures of all the grandkids together for mom, but well, this is a good as it got. Oh well...

After five days of fun, it was time to get back in the van for the long haul home. Thanks to Sarah earlier in the week, we discovered that Xander already knows how to work the camera. Sarah got her camera out in the van to take a picture of Xander's big pouty face and crocodile tears, but as soon as he saw the camera he started smiling and laughing. So on the way home, I tested this again. Several times when Xander would get upset I would pull out the camera and never fail he would start to smile, laugh, and be distracted from being upset for at least a few minutes. Here's one of those pictures... if you look close you can tell he's been crying. I also took a few of Gavin and I. I spent most of the ride home in the backseat of the van with Gavin trying to keep the two boys entertained. It went pretty well, but boy were we all glad to make it home safe again!