Last Saturday my brother Timmy married the love of his wife Mary and the Alt family gained a wonderful new member. Jeff sort of became the "Master of Ceremony" and he was busy the entire day, starting at 9:30am. Kaitlyn and I met him at the church at noon to get some family pictures taken. Kaitlyn was excellent; we brought along the portable DVD player and a new Diego movie and she was set until we had to leave the church and then be seated by the ushers. 
My friend Caitlin took this cute picture of K & I after the wedding.
The wedding was beautiful; the cathedral is simply breathtaking, as was the bride. Kaitlyn thought she looked like Cinderella! After the wedding Kaitlyn took a shorter than I had hoped nap and then we headed back the reception. Dinner was excellent. Instead of cake, we got brownies - Kaitlyn's favorite. My Dad gave a beautiful speech, as did my older brother Jason. And then the fun began. I brought Kaitlyn to the dance floor to check it out while it was still empty and we noticed that the DJ had a whole box of props including hula hoops. We asked him if we could play with them and he said "Sure!" Before long, the dance floor was full of little girls doing all kinds of tricks with hula hoops. 
Kailtyn's favorite prop to play with was a set of pom poms. The Disco ball above the dance floor made it look like there were spots on the floor and Kaitlyn thought it was a riot to use the pom poms as mops and pretend to sweep the floor clean. She did that until it was time for the First Dance and then the rest of the night, everytime I brought her to the dance floor, she wanted to do the same thing - regardless of how full the dance floor was ... and it was packed. Kaitlyn and I left around 9pm; my poor peanut was pooped. Jeff stayed till the very end and helped clean up - thanks so much honey! And congrats, Tim and Mary. We wish you a lifetime of happiness!
Kailtyn's favorite prop to play with was a set of pom poms. The Disco ball above the dance floor made it look like there were spots on the floor and Kaitlyn thought it was a riot to use the pom poms as mops and pretend to sweep the floor clean. She did that until it was time for the First Dance and then the rest of the night, everytime I brought her to the dance floor, she wanted to do the same thing - regardless of how full the dance floor was ... and it was packed. Kaitlyn and I left around 9pm; my poor peanut was pooped. Jeff stayed till the very end and helped clean up - thanks so much honey! And congrats, Tim and Mary. We wish you a lifetime of happiness!
Rehearsal Dinner . . .
There were at least 10 cars/vans/trucks up on lifts. Her eyes lit up. I waited in line and then asked the worker at the desk if it was okay if we just looked around from a distance and he said sure. So I did my best at describing to Kaitlyn what she was seeing - although I am definitely lacking in the "car mechanic terminology". Right away we saw a mechanic working on a tire. Kaitlyn thought it was neat watching him spinning the tire on a machine. There were many vehicles with their tires off but by looking at the hub cap of the tire the man was working on, Kaitlyn was able to match it to the vehicle. And sure enough, shortly there after, the mechanic wheeled the tire over to the matching vehicle. How is that for paying attention to detail. I didn't even prompt her to do it; she just said, "Mommy .. that tire goes to that van." Kaitlyn had fun mimicking the "bazzzooooooop" sound of the tool that the mechanic used to fasten the tire back on the car. We saw vehicles get lifted up and back down again. We saw men working under cars and under hoods. Surprisingly, it was a super fun 20 minute impulse field trip and I think we might actually try and schedule a more organized tour of the shop this summer as Kaitlyn certainly was entertained and excited during this short trip. Thanks to the Tolman staff for letting us look around and for answering some of our questions! :)
