Wedding weekend

My cousin Christopher recently married a girl named Rebecca in China. He's been working there teaching the past few years. They celebrated back here in the states with a wedding reception and we all got to meet Rebecca in person. The weekend was like a family reunion since all of my relatives were able to make it back to Quincy. The girls got to meet my cousin's girls who are about the same age as them. They were BFF's from the minute they met! :)

We stopped off at my parents house for the first night to break up the trip. We went over to my mom's friends' house to swim in their pool. They have a little slide that the kids loved!

My dad bought a golf cart and the kids loved riding around the backyard on it. Calvin wanted to drive, but we told him he's just a little too young yet! ;)

There's an old tree stump that the kids practice hammering nails in every time we go to my parents house.

We headed to Quincy and stopped off for lunch at one of our favorites.

Morgan's a double steakburger

Pretending to eat her burger

The REAL reason they love this place

We stayed in a hotel in Quincy and the girls got to share a bed. This goes over pretty well for one night. Ha! They both wanted to watch the same show during our "down time", so they hooked up their headphones. Morgan crashed super fast - that girl loves her naps. Avery only naps if forced.

Before the rehearsal dinner, we grabbed a drink at the hotel bar. The girls got Shirley Temples.

Random stop after breakfast the next morning. Avery thought this looked like the perfect stage for her  "show".

My cousin and his family came to the hotel for a swim with the girls. The water in the pool was freezing. Not sure why an indoor heated pool would be so cold, but it was almost too cold.

Afterwards, we grabbed lunch at McDonald's and let the kids play in the play area for a while.

That night was the wedding reception. The venue was an old brewery and was decorated so nicely (thanks to my mom and dad's help!) Obviously, there were a lot of Chinese influences in the decorations.

Lots of dancing and silliness with the kiddos. Here's Madeline giving Avery a piggy back ride.

Here's the happy couple with Morgan.

Grandpa with Morgan, Grayson and Avery.

Family picture... hopefully I can get one of the actual copies, but this was from someone's cell phone.

BFF's - Morgan, Charlie, Madeline and Avery

Morgan, Charlotte and Avery