There was one afternoon that wasn't the way it was though. Tonia had gotten all the little kids and Grace to sit in a very cute row. I saw them and I had to take a picture. They decided "mission accomplished" before I got my shot, as you can see. Then Aiden saw my camera and decided to take a bunch of pictures. I weeded through the whole set, and most of the pictures below were his work. Not bad for a six year old.

     

     

     

        

     

I forgot to mention that it was raining like crazy outside.

     

        

I took the camera out again when Grace put on her Brides Maid dress and Katie put on her Flower Girl dress. They looked great!

  

One evening I forgot my TN hat at my brother's unit. The next evening when I got in Liam was kind of scrapped up. Apparently they had agreed to share the job of bringing me back my hat, but Liam had decided to run away with the thing and do the whole job himself. Aiden hadn't let him get away with it. Usually Liam could outrun Aiden, but not this time. Aiden tackled Liam on the sidewalk. I saw the band-aids, but never took a picture of them. I didn't hear the story until later.

Tonia's contribution to the wedding was a soap for every guest and 150 chocolate robed strawberries. I sat and talked to her while she got the strawberries organized. She didn't want much help, it was her spiritual duty to do that project.

  

Friday was bike to work day. Unfortunately, my bike was in California and I couldn't get a rental in time. I walked to the energizer station at James City County Courthouse, just to see how they do it in Virginia. They had me put my name and phone number on a raffle ticket, and then they gave me a bottle of water and a crunchy granola bar. I heard the woman say they'd had seven bikes go by. In Silicon Valley Bike To Work Day is a MUCH bigger event. In my home town I bet there were seven other bicyclists stopped at a light together quite a few times that day.

     

On my way back to the condo I got passed by a couple more bicyclists. When I got back to California I found a message telling me to go back to the courthouse to pick up my raffle prize. Oooops, that's a bit out of the way now. I hope they gave it to someone else.

  

Then it was time to pack and leave building 42. My favorite memory of the time was playing Frisbee with Aiden and Liam before dinner.