Maggie's first bike ride

We had such a wonderful weekend. Grant made delicious pancakes for breakfast Saturday morning, we played around for a while, and then we went for our first family bicycle ride. We parked at my dad's house and then rode about a mile to a great park/playground, where we had a picnic and played for a bit, and then we rode back. Maggie loved it and Grant and I did, too. We bought this little bike trailer for her this spring and this is the first time we've used it.

We actually had so much fun that tonight (Sunday) we went back over to my dad's house and all of us (including my 10-year-old brother, Spencer) rode bikes about a mile to a restaurant for dinner. The weather was beautiful, traffic was light, and dinner was great. It was especially meaningful to me because I spent many summer nights in my childhood riding bikes with my sisters and parents to dinner and we had so much fun.

Enjoy the pics!

Here she's trying on Spencer's (too big) helmet.


(By the way, we did buy a helmet for Maggie, and don't worry - it's PINK!)

Talent

My dad sent me a link to this little video and if you have a second, you should check it out. It really moved me (I was surprised by how much it moved me!)

It didn't hurt that I love the song he chose...

More Jack

Here are a few more photos for you:
The morning Jack was born Grant went in to get Maggie from her crib when she woke up. He walked in and said, "I have a surprise for you. Do you know what it is?" She thought about it for a few seconds and then excitedly said, "MUFFINS!" However, she was equally excited when she found out the surprise was Jack's birth.

A few days ago we were driving in the car and the sun was shining in Maggie's eyes. She started crying because it was too bright and so Grant held up his arm to block the sun. She kept crying so we said, "Maggie, Daddy fixed it. It's not in your eyes any more." She said, "I know. I just need to cry a little bit more," and then proceeded to sob dramatically for a minute or two.

Does anyone have any good Halloween costume suggestions? I am struggling...

Maggie has a cousin!

Maggie's first cousin is finally here! Jackson (Jack) Douglas Landers was born at 6:08 am, September 20th. Erin's water broke at 8:45 pm on September 19th and she went into labor about an hour later, and she did the whole thing with no drugs! Go Erin! I was lucky enough to be with her throughout her labor and in the delivery room and I even got to cut the cord (Jim didn't want to and I don't blame him - it was kind of weird). He pretty much looks exactly like Jim.

He weighs 7 lbs, 11 oz and was 20" long. Here are a few photos!

My LAST (?) wedding

I don't want to say for sure, but I may have done my last wedding this past weekend. The flowers turned out great but it was one of the most stressful situations I've ever been in. I needed another person helping me (I had only one fantastic assistant, my friend Elise) and the situation was made difficult by the fact that I couldn't get on the property until 3pm the day of the event. The wedding started at 6pm and so this wasn't very much time to get everything done. It was all made better by the fact that Grant scheduled a massage for me the day after the wedding. I have the best husband.

Here are some photos. The first one is of the rose pomanders that marked the beginning of the seating. The next one is a close up.

Sorry that you will have to turn your head to see the next few. I know it's annoying but just know that it couldn't annoy you more than it annoys me! Sorry!
This one is the centerpiece for the tables. We did 25 of these!
This one was behind where the bride and groom stood for their vows. It was massive.

And here is the cake. The green flowers are actually tiny blossoms cut from green hydrangea. It was prettier in person, I think.We went to the Greek Festival yesterday and it was so much fun. There was a petting zoo with lots of animals, a rock climbing wall, great music and food, and interesting people to watch. When we walked up to the petting zoo and pointed it out to Maggie she said, "Animals! Nice!" It was pretty funny. Grant went in with her and she fed a goat, donkey, a really fat sheep, a calf, a llama, and some chickens. There was one goat that got a little aggressive and Grant had to keep pushing him away. He was kind of freaky but Maggie isn't easily frightened.

This is funny, too. When Elise was helping me with the flowers, Maggie was around for part of the time. About every five minutes she would say, "Um, hi, Lelise!" She probably said it 30 times. She also kept asking about where Cole (Elise's son) was. She also told us the flowers were "bootiful" and "perfect!"


The bouquets were gorgeous, but I'll have to wait for the wedding photographer for those. I'll post them when I get them.