Last weekend we went to St. Louis for the wedding of James' brother Teri & his new bride Rachel.

We stayed in The Water Tower Inn (a hotel we do NOT recommend, but I won't go into that). The one nice thing about the hotel (a hospital that closed down about 15 years ago and then was turned into a hotel–yes, parts still had that hospital smell) was where the nurses stations had been were now large open lobbies so we could hang out with the rest of the family very easily.  (It would have been easier if we were on the same floor as everyone else, but as I said, I won't go into that here!). Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I thought I'd just share some.

First, another one of James' brothers (Karl) officially announced his engagement to Cori. (We knew the wedding date, but now there's a ring to make it offical).

First, here are pictures of things that happened during the wedding, from our prespective (which was Row 3, with all our kids…we thought that might be funny…probably wasn't, but they–thankfully–didn't notice all that was happening so I had to document it). There are the silly ones as well as some nice ones from before the wedding.  You'll need to click on the picture to see all the pictures.

What Happened During the Wedding, From Our Prespective

 Here are a few of my favorites from the reception:

 

   

 

That night we hung out, ate pizza, played games and were social. Here are a few more pictures of that:

   

Sunday, everyone left. We had a lunch date with my sister, so to kill some time, we went to the zoo (it's free!). It was really cold out!  But the different buildings were heated. So we warmed up between quick walks.  It was perfect weather for the penguins & bears.  Then we had a nice lunch with Heidi. We went back to her apartment and had Christmas #3!  Then we headed home.