Colorado--Part 2

James and Jennifer had a great rehearsal dinner for their wedding. The rehearsal was held on the lawn of Mirabelle's, which is an old home turned restaurant in Beaver Creek.  After we rehearsed we enjoyed hors d'oeuvres on the back patio followed by an intimate dinner inside.  

E playing with his cousins and Granny. They have some mad skills at playing patty cake.

Uncle James, Big E, and I:

The ladies!

The bride and I. I got the privilege of being Jen's matron of honor.

The Robertson family:

My bro and I:

E decided to be a bit more formal for dinner:

My dad gave James and Jen Korean wedding ducks! Click here for more info about them.

After dinner we met up with the rest of the wedding guests to roast some s'mores (how cool is that?!).  Here are my dad and I getting in on the action: 

James and I's babysitter from growing up, Bibi, and her husband Randy came to the wedding.  They have been to every major milestone for my brother and I.  Very cool!

This was the view from the hotel: 

My mom and I:

Family!!!

Next up...the wedding day!

Colorado--Part 1

Korea...Hawaii...Missouri...next up on our summer itinerary was Colorado! We decided to drive out there with my parents.  I was dreading a 15 hour road trip with the bubs, but like always he was a traveling champ (and so were Granny and Gramps for letting us tag along).

Our time in Colorado for my brother's wedding was fantastic!  James and Jen (groom and bride) had about 50 people come out for the wedding, so it was a great group of close friends and family.  The wedding was on a Friday and we got out there Tuesday night, so that meant we had a few days to play!   The ladies spent a day going on a Unimog trip.  The pictures explain the glory of the Unimog:

 We also had some great meals and fun at the pool! 

E seemed to like the pool a bit more than the ocean (see previous Hawaii post), so that was a plus!  Not to mention our hotel was nestled in the mountains so we had beautiful scenery for the week.  It was so nice to be able to play outside, which is something we've done little of lately with temps reaching over 100 in Missouri. 

Hawaii

On our way back to Missouri we had a layover in Hawaii.  It was a challenge to get all of our bags packed but we made it happen without any additional charges (thanks to being SkyMiles members on Delta).  

 E did a pretty good job of flying--here was the set up we rigged for him on the plane.  We found out once we got back to Missouri that he had a double ear infection, which is probably why the last few flights we had with him were a bit rougher than normal.

 Made it to Hawaii...nap time!

 We went to Waikiki Beach on the island of Oahu.

 We met up with our GSIS friends--the Stracke family! Emily and E went to daycare together.  It was so great to see them in Hawaii!

 Holding hands....so cute!

 This was when we were saying goodbye; E kept reaching for Emily's hand.  :)

 Our baby is not a beach baby.  He didn't like the sand or the water all that much.  Thus, he stood like a flamingo much of the time. Poor guy...

 Playing with a surfboard!

 We got to visit Pearl Harbor while on the island.

 The Pearl Harbor Memorial resides over the sunken USS Arizona ship.  You have to take a boat out to the memorial and you can see the sunken ship under the memorial. 

 In this pic you can see Battleship Missouri, which also fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

 E and Daddy on the tour:

 E and I while on a walk along the beach.  We did a lot of walking as we worked to get E adjusted to the time change!

Our primary job while there was to rest and fight jet lag as much as possible. Honestly, Hawaii was great but it was a blur (jet lag will do that to you).  

Korea Photo Shoot

Before we left Korea we had some family pics taken.  Here were some of my favorites!

 On the picture below....Check out this drool bomb!!!!!!!