Fun at Grandma's House

We took a break from research and humidity to visit Grandma! It's amazing how nice ninety degree weather can feel when it isn't coupled with air so moist that you have to swim from your apartment to your car. Our family had a pair of weddings this week. My younger brother, Nathan, married the lovely Stephanie Handy and my lovely sister, Rebecca, married dashing Jeff Tucker. The weddings were very nice. Pictures and receptions were a little bit hectic, but still nice. Best of all was just being back around family. We've missed these guys.Waiting to take pictures.
Nathan and Stephanie
Rebecca and Jeff -- Rebecca glowed all day. She has a fantastic smile.
Amanda was excited for an excuse to buy more dresses for Emily. Rebecca used navy blue as her main color.
Nathan and Stephanie went with a chocolate brown theme.
Amanda, of course, also looked great.
I was particularly excited for free milk and icecream.
While we were in the neighborhood, we had to take a hike up the canyon. It's beautiful. I miss mountains.
Grandma's house has weekly flood irrigation. Emily thought it was a neat idea, but got tired of it pretty quickly. The water was cold and the grass was slippery.
Grandma has some neat toys. This inflatable "jumpoline" was awesome, but Emily, just recently comfortable on her feet, chose to stay near the edge.
Until daddy started to chase her.
Ah. This water is much better than irrigation water.

We had a great time. We're sad to leave, but it's time to go back to work.