Family Time

After Rachel and Derrick's Wedding...

It was great to have Jeffrey and Alison join us at the Orlando Temple. Jeffrey attended the wedding and Alison stayed with Megan and Katherine at the Chapel across the street. They joined us after the wedding and we took a Kodak moment in front of the temple.
Jeffrey and Alison were practicing smiling outside the Orlando Temple! We got to see her ring in person (it is gorgeous and perfect for her hand)

In Orlando, only the Temple is more important than a trip to Golden Corral. We enjoyed a Birthday Dinner for my dad at Golden Corral (Heaven, as my girls refer to it) Ron, Cathi, and Joshua Borchardt also joined us. After the Birthday Dinner, Jeffrey headed to Grandpa and Grandma's to mow their lawn and prepare for a heated game of Phase 10. Grandma was the Phase 10 champion of the evening! Alison fits in so well with this Phase 10 crew and totally holds her own. She even tolerates the extremely competitive nature of some family members....No names mentioned here. If Alison will still marry in to our family after several Phase 10 games, it is true love.


Ron, Katherine, Megan, and I headed back to Sea World after Golden Corral. There were no lines and the heat was not bad with the sun gone down. We rode rides. Megan is the daring one when it comes to rides. I headed over to the huge roller coaster, Kraken , with her. She was so excited to ride it and I was just going so she did not have to go alone. I am not sure if I was relieved for me or disappointed for her when she missed the height requirement by 1/8". The way she is growing, she will be tall enough in October to ride Kraken over and over (that means she will need a partner, which, it seems, will be me) I am extremely motion sick, yet the fast roller coasters outside do not seem to affect me like the spinning rides or the motion rides where you stare at a screen. She is already planning to eat extra fruits and veggies to help her grow!