At the end of June we were able to take part in beautiful beach wedding for Courtney and Greg. Drew married the two and Makenna was the flower girl. The wedding was so pretty. The beach was in Carmel at Monastery beach aka Mortuary beach. Many people have died at this beach because of its incredibly strong undercurrents. We kind of laughed about the name but sure enough the day of the dress rehearsal the ambulances and fire trucks rolled in and we watched in disbelief as they pulled out two people from the water. They DID NOT DIE thank goodness! They were divers who fought the current coming back to shore and got so tired they could no longer swim anymore. Needless to say the rehearsal was slightly delayed.
The wedding was so fun. We were a little nervous about Makenna getting down the isle because she was so exhausted from all our late nights and sharing a hotel room, but she did it. It took her about 10 minutes (well it felt like that any way) to make it all the way down the isle. She took her sweet time and I think she made eye contact with everyone as she walked and dropped her petals. She was smiling and looking as cute as ever as she went down the isle. None of us really new what to do with her slow as molasses pace. But people took loads of pics and just smiled back. Drew did a beautiful job with the ceremony. It all came together so beautifully! Before the wedding we had some time to kill in Monterey so we all played at Dennis the Mennis Park. That park is SUPER fun and we all agreed to go back for the day another time.
Drew left for the Dominican Republic for 13 days and 12 nights. He took a group of 12 students to serve the people there. He was VERY exhausted we he came home. We had some fun family time before he left and again when he came home. While he was gone I schedule a lot of fun things, playdates, we went to Tyler’s 3rd and his brother Dylan’s 1st birthday party. During this trip Drew’s compound had internet access, so we were able to Skype with him nearly every day. This helped Makenna get through her time without her Daddy. It was really hard for her in the beginning but it got easier as time went on.
Makenna was SO excited to see her Daddy. She new we were going to the church to pick him up so she put her shoes on and was “ready” a whole hour early! I told her that Daddy would call us when he was 20 minutes from church, so every time my phone rang she would yell with excitement and run me the phone. I thought for sure she was going to give him the snub and silent treatment, but it was quite the opposite. Daddy, help me with this, daddy play with me, daddy read to me…Drew loved every second of it and was glad to be home. We ALL missed him…well, Bailey probably didn’t know any different. (The pic below is of Makenna and Bailey waiting for Drew’s bus.) I had suggested to her that we make a sign for Daddy. She decided herself what to write on the sign. In case you can’t see it, it says “Come get kisses Daddy, I love my Daddy”. It was adorable!!!! She was so proud of her sign.
One of the activities we did when Drew got home was that we took Makenna to her first movie theater movie, Winnie the Pooh. She was so tired from waiting up for Drew the night before that she just snuggled during the movie. Enjoyed every minute of it, but snuggled. It was a super cute movie.
The next day she wanted to go to Daddy’s park, which is the park that Drew grew up playing at. Janae and Mom-mom met us there for a little visit. We are glad to have Daddy home! Stay tuned for part 2…
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