The Pre-Wedding Day 1

So sometimes when it comes to weddings, the pre-wedding is almost as much fun as the actual event. Brad got married on Saturday, and getting ready for it was quite fun.
Candice, her kids Kaitlynn and Tate and my parents (Adam is working in North Carolina) came down on Wednesday and left today. They got here the same day as Brea's bachelorette party. I got up early (I worked Tues. night) and went shopping at Victoria's Secret and a few other awesome places. I kind of went crazy, but, well, I like her and Brad, and there was so much fun stuff.

I showed up a little late, but still in time to play one game of laser tag. It's funny, Brea is 19, and I felt SO OLD in that group. I definitely had everybody beat by 10 years. And I still totally lost laser tag. Maybe because my heels were super super loud. Whatever- it was a blast. And Brea is so fun. We were supposed to dress all 007-ish, which meant me, Brea, and Brad's friend and new next door neighbor Olivia (who is married to our friend Jeffrey) completely matched. :-)
Afterwards, we went to Olivia's house where we opened presents and ate rice krispie treats and listened to music. Until I remembered my family would be at my house in 30 minutes. And it wasn't cleaned!!
They did show up pretty much exactly when I did. The kids had been asleep and were exhausted, but that didn't stop Tate from walking around my house, going, "Wow! A stool!" "Wow! A sink!" "Wow! A kitchen!!" And then opening the fridge and just saying, "Wooow." It was so so funny.

I fell asleep in bed between Kaitlynn and Tate. It was so idyllic for about 5 minutes with Kaitlynn (who's 6) tucked under one arm and Tate (who's 3) with his little arms wrapped around my neck and our faces touching. And then everyone, especially Tate, started moving around like crazy and I started watching him breathe and hoping he wouldn't fall off the bed and then Kaitlynn woke up at 6:10 saying, "Christin- do you know why I'm up so early? It's because I go to school now and I'm STARVING!" Sweet. So I got out of bed and got her some Honey Nut Cheerios, and laid on the couch. And then Tate got up and hour later. And then Candice got up and watched them while I took a nap. Later, I took them to a water park near my house and to a little park.

They got so wet that Tate's pants were falling down, but it was hilarious.
All I could think was, "Candice is going to kill me," but they loved every minute of it. Afterwards, Candice bathed them and I took them to a museum while she took a nap (she wasn't feeling so awesome). They had so much fun there building a little waterfall and dam out of mud. Brad told me later that I missed the nose that sneezes out foam balls downstairs. Lame! It was a fun day, though, and we had a blast just hangin' out.