Sunday is Funday

Mom (GG) sent a blow up pool thing that hooks up to a hose and sprays water and has fountains and all kinds of stuff. Anyway, we decided to take it out on Sunday since the weather was fantastic and warm. We also filled up the play pool that blows up and see if he would also take a dip.

His other Grandma (and Papu) got him a rocking mini-adorondack chair, so we put that together and he liked to rock in it. Now he has a favorite chair for inside and one for outside.

We dressed him up in his new water-sneakers and swimming trunks, slathered him with SPF 200 and filled up the pool with water. I tried to coax him into the pool but he wasn't having much to do with it, he got in up to his arm, but the water was cold.

We also let him play in the mini water park that GG got him, but he would only get close to it. He likes the idea of water, but somewhere between his elbow and his shoulder the idea becomes a bad idea. I don't get it, but then again, I'm not Jack.

Taitum

Our friend Kate's sister was at the graduation celebration and it was the first time we got to meet her. She has a little girl named Taitum who is adorable. Taitum walked up to us and just started talking like we knew her all her life. She has a tiny little voice and was very entertaining. She asked a lot of questions and liked to play with my camera, so we took a few pictures.

I promised I would post these so Taitum and her Mom could download them.

Grad Party

Last Saturday we were invited to Kate S. and Julie's Graduation celebration. It was really a co-celebration since Kate and Julie went to different schools and got different degrees. Either way, they both deserved to mark the occasion with a soire.

The party was at Kate S's condo (the party room) downstairs by the pool. The pool was closed, but there was the other kind of pool and foosball and five LCD TVs. Niiiice. Any place that has five LCD TVs showing five different shows is OK with me. Needless to say, my Kate may have been the one drinking that night, but I was the one that had a good time. I offered to pay for the next party so we could go back to that wonderous place with five LCD TVs.

The Wedding and Reception

The wedding went great, I didn't lose the rings for the few minutes I was entrusted with them and the ceremony was very nice. It was a Catholic wedding, complete with a mass.

It was a little nerve-wracking waiting for the ceremony to begin, we were kept in the sacresty ( a small room just off of the alter) with just me, Randy and the priest. I think Randy got a little nervous just before we went out, so we got him a drink of water. I have never seen him nervous before, so it was kind of funny.

My toast at the reception was short and sweet, I got a few laughs, too. Katherine made a toast that was much better, she may have made a few people cry.

The food was great and then we danced. Reet and Jim took care of Jack and danced with him while we were cutting a rug and wore him out. The lights were mesmerizing, and he held on for as long as he could, but when he went down, he crashed quick. The music was blaring, but he was out like a light.

We all had a great time.

Rehearsal Dinner

We drove up friday afternoon and went to the rehearsal at the church because it took so long to get to Easton. The traffic was horrible to get out of the DC area, let alone to get across the Bay Bridge.

Anyway, we got settled into our room at the Econo Lodge (wouldn't recommend it if you ever go) and took a quick shower and we were off. Ended up going to wrong way down 50 and corrected course within a few minutes, the whole deal made us 5 minutes late.

It all worked out fine and we made it through the rehearsal fine.

After that it was a short trip to Theresa's Mom and Dads new house for some good eats. BBQ shrimp, lobster quiche, burgers, chicken skewers. Everyone of the Syartos knows how to cook so it was a feast.