Life With the Vanderwalls: Wedding in Cleveland!

Zach's brother Kris was married to Krissy Mansell on December 6!!! So we have a new sister in law!

We flew out of Spokane early Thursday (Dec.4) morning. Things started out very well, even with traveling with 3 boys!!! When we got to Salt Lake, we were to re-board the same plane after a short layover. Well, apparently they found something wrong somewhere and had to replace a part, so the flight was delayed...and delayed...and delayed again. They kept delaying it by 15 minutes for 3 hours!!! At noon, they canceled the flight and told us to scan our boarding pass to print out our new flights. Not only were our new flights 12 hours later, but they also put the kids on a completely different flight! So after talking on the customer service phones and standing in line forever and changing plans over and over, the kids were tired, cranky, bored, and hungry. So were we. The 3 boys and I left Zach to deal with the details and we went to get burgers. We almost had a meltdown at Burger King, but made it through and then Zach met us with a plan! We caught a flight to Cincinnati and the airline put us in a hotel for the night there. It was nice, until we got a call saying our luggage had made it to Cleveland that night on a flight they had told us wasn't available! The next morning we took a quick flight to Cleveland and had plenty of time before the rehearsal! Whew!

Tom and Marcia and Kris and Krissy:

The wedding on Saturday was beautiful. Josiah was the ring bearer, he took his job very seriously! A friend, Bethany Hines, came up to help me with the boys. It was so great to see her and to have her help! Brenden was done being calm by the wedding day, he'd been told to sit still and hadn't had enough sleep for several days already and was out of sorts by Saturday. Without Bethany, I would have been a pretty stressed Mama! It was truly a blessing that she was able to be there!

Marcia and Kris:

This picture is blurry, but I still like it!

The reception was a lot of fun and very nice. The boys were with babysitters back at Krissy's parents' house, so they were able to have kid fun and not have to sit still during dinner! And we were able to have fun without the kids for the evening. Good for everyone!

Sunday traveling went well. Brenden slept a lot on the planes. We were all very tired and a bit grumpy on that trip, but the boys had their Leapsters and dvd players, so it wasn't that bad. And other people's kids were crying a lot, so it made our kids look really good! That's bad, I know, but so true!!!