Rochester Zoo

Last weekend we spent the weekend with the Langes.  Tim helped Jeff to shoot a wedding in Buffalo, so Jaime and I and all of the kids spent the day together.  Since it was a sunny day, we decided to go to the zoo.   We brought a picnic lunch and spent a few hours looking at the animals and playing at the zoo.  All of the kids had a great time!

Jaime was very smart and brought the wagon, so three kiddos rode in that - this time it was Bridgette, Abby and Cameron's turn

A lot of the team, Leah got stuck in the stroller.  She didn't mind too much (yea right!)

All four kiddos in the tunnel to the wolf (?) viewing area.  Leah didn't get farther than the entrance to the tunnel, she just wasn't quite brave enough to follow the other kids down to the end yet.

Looking at sea lions!  Cam and Leah both LOVED this, especially when the sea lions swam by

Cameron and Abby peeking for sea lions

 Cam hanging out with a slightly creepy looking stuffed polar bear.  Leah wouldn't get within five feet of these stuffed animals, they scared her too much!

 Cameron, Bridgette and Abby with the polar bears

Cam and Leah, my little penguins

There was a neat playground with animal musical instruments like this one.  Leah liked banging on the alligator xylophone

So did Cam!

Cameron the turtle

 Cam and Abby are a two-headed turtle, and Bridgette is riding the two-headed turtle.  Don't ask... coming up with this story meant they didn't argue about whose turn it was to be in the turtle shell!

 I was trying to get Leah to look out of the hole and be a butterfly.  Instead she came around the side and yelled, "Peek-boo!"

Cameron knew what to do (well, sort of... he still hasn't figured out that you aren't supposed to put your hands through the hole!)

Since we brought a picnic lunch, we let the kids get ice cream.  Leah was VERY happy to go to town on her ice cream bar.

 Cam and Bridgette

 Hello there messy baby

After ice cream, we let them play on the playground.  There is a giant spiderweb the kids can climb on. Leah couldn't really climb, but she sure could shake the rope up and down!

And she could climb!  I showed her one time how to climb up this rock climbing wall and after that she got it every time on her own.  Smart little monkey!

Cam, Leah and Bridgette.  Abby decided to brave the rather chilly weather and play in the water feature.  The other kids chose to keep playing on the playground.

Leah loved running back and forth through this tunnel.

What a cutie pie, I love her smile behind the schnuli

Cam climbing on the spider web

We also saw lots of great animals, but they are not nearly as fun to take pictures of.  The kids had so much fun together, I love to see how well they all get along.  We are looking forward to going to the Oktoberfest with them this coming weekend!

Ginia and Aaron's Wedding

We spent the Sunday of Labor Day weekend in the Adirondacks at Ginia and Aaron's wedding.  The wedding itself was at the Big Moose Chapel, followed by a reception at The Woods Inn.  We also stayed at the Woods Inn and it was very nice.  The ceremony was very nice, and the reception was relaxed and a lot of fun.  The weather report was for rain in the evening, but we were lucky enough to only get a few sprinkles and otherwise perfect weather.  It was a very fun day!

Cameron "reading" the hymnal before the ceremony started

The ceremony starts... Mrs. Nelson being escorted in by two of her son-in-laws, Dallas and Brian

Cam continues to read - at this point he was very quietly repeating the words that they were saying during the ceremony.  It was very cute.  We also thought he looked adorable in his little blazer!

Time for the bridesmaids - here is Meredith (Ginia's younger sister)

And Liz (Ginia's older sister)

And here comes the bride with her dad

Mrs. Nelson did a reading; she had trouble getting through it without crying

Ginia and Aaron saying their vows

The kiss!

After the ceremony - Leah and Poppa being silly together

Cutie pie Leah

Tim was trying to get her to smell the flowers or pose near the flowers or something... all she wanted to do was eat her snacks in her snack cup

Wide angle shot of the church

Mr. Cameron, looking very serious

Miss Leah in her pretty dress.  I love the way her hair curls up in the back!

Hello cutie pie!

Two adorable kiddos.  Incidentally, this is one in a series of about 30 pictures, trying to get both kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time.

Poppa and Cameron checking out Big Moose Lake

He is getting so big!

Aaron, the groom, hand made this entire canoe.  It was amazingly gorgeous

The bride playing badminton

They also had croquet set up, which Cameron LOVED

View of Fourth Lake from the Woods Inn

Cameron, Poppa and Leah playing croquet

 I don't know who thought it was a good idea to give Leah a croquet mallet... she certainly had fun with it though!

 After croquet Cam played some badminton with Nana

Poppa gave him a hand!

Taking a rest after some serious dancing

We also played horseshoes, did some dancing and ate some delicious picnic-style food.  After dinner there was an Adirondack story teller, who was great.  Cameron especially enjoyed that.  Leah, having only taken a quick nap, was not at all interested in sitting still and listening to anything.  Nana and Mama took turns keeping her occupied away from the storyteller so she didn't disturb anyone!  After the storyteller there was a big campfire and we got to make s'mores.  It was a very fun wedding - Congrats to Ginia and Aaron!