070901 - Perfect ending...

070901 - So we had lunch and headed to the wedding. Jack fell asleep on the way there and woke up on the wrong side of the bread... He didn't want his picture taken so he is not in any of the wedding photos and we were quite nervous he would not walk down the isle. I traded off with Lori and just had fun with Jack, laughing burping and being goofy. Everyone headed down the isle, and I pushed him out, said you follow her... and away he went down the isle with a sweet smile and a wave at the end.
I got to see part of the weeding, they told me it was great. Grant and I waited in the side hall as John & Lauren said their 'I dos', and we got to greet them as they came out of the church together, the first time as Mr & Mrs John Terry.
Shorthly after that splendid event: Grant decided to take several steps!!!
Holy amazing, what a day: Jack did his job, John did his, Grant walks... As if that was not enough...
We headed to the reception where we had splendid conversations with family, old and new, and folks from all over. It truly is a small world. But the amazing event at the reception was that our boys didn't kill each other! We were there for long time, and Grant stayed awake and was mostly plesant being passed around, Dylan ate too much cake but for the most part kept his hands to himself, and Jack did great too. After cake we thanked everyone we could find and headed back to the hotel. Jack sang the entire way back...
At the hotel we did a quick change. L got Grant a bottle and I took the boys to Stone Mountian to see the laser show and fireworks.. Well this is a holiday weekend... I of course didn't think of that and the other 30,000 people that would be there... We parked some 20 miles away and walked through the dark up hill to join the masses. Well it was worth the trip. The boys really liked it and Jack fell asleep a bit, but woke up for the finally. We walked back up hill 30 miles to the car and then back to the room. There we watched the end of 'The Sound of Music' and lori and I sang the boys to sleep as the Van Traps headed over the Alps.
What a wonderful day.
Thanks to John and Lauren for giving me this extra time with my family, and best of luck to you both in your new adventure...