Malcolm Family News: Meinders Wedding

We had a great weekend in Kansas City for Jared and Sandy's wedding. We left on left on Friday around noon, just in time for Ava to nap for a couple of hours. She rides in the car so well! (Better than mommy, that's for sure!) It was us, along with Rachel and my dad in our vehicle. Tyson wasn't able to make it, because he was participating in the Hy-Vee Triathlon in Des Moines on Sunday. And Mom and Josh left a day earlier so Josh could attend the bachelor party on Thursday night.

We arrived early Friday evening, had dinner, and spent the evening sitting on the patio outside visiting with family. Saturday we woke up to a very rainy day. Not exactly the weather you hope for for your wedding day, but what do you do? Luckily, the rain cleared in time for the wedding and we didn't have to go outside in the rain. :o) We were also able to take Ava swimming in the hotel pool before wedding time. Daddy hadn't had the opportunity to swim with her yet. The pool water was a little cold for him though.

Ava had so much fun at the wedding reception. She missed her 5:00 nap and by 6:30 could barely keep her eyes open. She napped in Aunt Mari's arms for a little bit, and then Darren walked her around the hotel for a while until she woke up and was ready to DANCE! I'm telling you, if Ava could walk she would have been a dancing machine all night long! That girl loves music and loves to dance! Her little arms and legs didn't stop moving all night! She started to get pretty tired again around 9:00, so Darren took her back to the hotel to go to bed.

Ava playing on the bed