Riley the Ring Bear

Riley was the ring "bear" in my cousin's wedding this past weekend in Pennsylvania. He was mighty disappointed to discover he was going to have to wear a suit instead of a "bear" costume. He was told that if he did everything that Uncle Jon and Aunt Laura asked of him, he'd be able to get a Geo Trax - which is a remote controlled train that runs on a track. He did a fantastic job so today we're going to head out to Target or Toys R Us after school to get his reward. During the ceremony, he was making the funniest faces - check out the video to watch some of his expressions. He stood fairly still and behaved himself, but loved the attention he got while making people laugh. They had a golf cart there to help get some people as well as supplies from the barn down to the location where they had the ceremony. Riley got to go for rides on with Uncle Jason and then with Daddy. That made wearing a tux more "bearable!" He thought it was especially funny to hit his bowl with his knife and make Jon and Laura kiss during the reception. Of course he wanted to do this non-stop and I did little to stand in his way since Jon did this to me at my wedding! The wedding was beautiful and we had a great time visiting with our family even though it was a crazy and stressful trip. All of us, except Kendall, were fighting colds and struggling from a lack of sleep. I was up for over 24 hours with only a 2 hour snooze at one point. It was rough, but we survived. Kendall was a perfect angel on the flight there and back. Not one peep out of the child. I was anticipating getting dirty looks from the rest of the passengers while she screamed bloody murder, but no such thing. It was much more difficult traveling with two kids verses one...don't know that we'll do it again anytime soon, but we're glad we were able to attend the wedding and see Jon and Laura start their new life together as husband and wife. To see a slide show from the wedding, click on the title Riley The Ring Bear.