The Soper Wedding

We enjoyed another fun wedding last weekend. Evie was invited so I was looking forward to some good father daughter dancing. Evie had other ideas.

The wedding was at a beautiful golf course so we snagged some family pictures.

Evie was itching to dance. After patiently waiting with Sam through the bride and groom dances she burst out onto the floor and was a crazy girl.
She danced nicely with Max, Lydia, Sam, Elizabeth, and Grandma. Finally it was my time so I went out there and tried to dance with her. She ran away from me twice but I thought that was just part of her dancing. Finally when I tried to dance with her a third time she walked me over to a chair on the side of the dance floor, pointed, and said "daddy sit." Wow, that was some cruel rejection. Barely 2 and she's already turning me down :(

Tulip Time

Last month we visited Holland during world famous Tulip Time. We attempted to take some Evie pictures with the tulips and followed her around through the park.

Then the Dutch dancing started. After about 2 klompen minutes Evie was bored and wanted to run out into the street with dancers. We fought her initially but she wouldn't change her mind. So for the next 10 minutes I would pick her up, walk 100 feet away from the street, and then watch her run full speed back towards the street. We did this continually until the dancing finished. Finally, I let her run into the street as I was curious as to what she was so intent on doing. She marched to the center of the street, and promptly laid on her back right in the middle of the double yellow line.

Wedding Season

Three weddings in the last month...and it is early March?! It has been an abnormal wedding spree lately, but still very fun. This weekend our friends Nate and Sarah got married. Our whole Kelloggsville group was invited and we had a great time hanging out. The dancing was good, the food was good, and we met a few crazy relatives.

A nightcap at Applebees topped off the evening.

Broken Family

Erin's college friend Josh bought a house on the north side of GR after graduating. Erin lived with other friends for a year and then she and Jenny moved into Josh's house in 2003. Almost immediately the family roles developed. Somehow, Erin convinced Josh that she needed the big bedroom and forced him into the small bedroom. Jenny was pushed into a make-shift room in the semi-finished basement. Josh and Erin were the unhappy parents, living in separate rooms. Jenny was the step-daughter, forced to live in the cold basement. And I was the home wrecker, taking "mom" away from "dad."

To this day, Jenny regularly calls Josh 'grandma,' but I'm not sure how that started. After about a year together, the family separated for good.

This weekend our broken family added a new member. Josh married Audrey, so now there is a step mom...and another home wrecker. Sorry step-daughter Jenny, the hits just keep coming.

The reception brought our family back together again. It was an excellent time with dancing, Wii and Karaoke.