The Reception

Ian and Lyndi had their reception at a very cool stable with the biggest horses I've ever seen. There was a beast of a horse named Wilhelm that was Beau's favorite, and he wanted to just hang out and pet him all night.

Let's Take a Trip

Ian and Lyndi's wedding has come very fast. We had planned to fly down to Newport Beach, CA, but after looking at the enormous pile of junk we'd have to take for the kids we realized there was no way we could get it all into a plane. Let the drive begin! The kids did so much better than I was expecting and we broke the drive up into two days so that we could actually enjoy ourselves a bit on the journey.

The view could not have been better from the condo where we stayed - check out that view. We hit up Disneyland last Friday, and besides the heat, it was great. I even convinced Beau to go on Space Mountain with me. You have to be 40 inches to go and the big guy comes in at a whopping 40 1/2 inches. The Nemo submarine turned out to be Beau's favorite ride, but all that and I think his fondest memory of the whole trip was the big hole he dug in the sand at the beach.

More Backyard Work

Our backyard plan keeps on changing, although it keeps on getting better. We rented a tamper again, this time to try to get our patio as flat as we could. Of course as soon as we got it home it started to rain, but that didn't slow Marta down at all. Beau would not let me drive the Bobcat unless he was sitting with me. Ever since this day he has talked about how much fun it was to dig and dump the dirt.