Alexi's Wedding

A week ago today I flew to Austin and then drove to Belton, TX, for Alexi's wedding on Sunday night. I have known Alexi since before she was born, and spent a lot of time in Albuquerque with the Millsaps, and even took some family vacations with them. When Alexi was younger I would have her  over to spend the night with me in the summer when she was in AZ to visit. I was so happy I could make the trip to see her get married.

Alexi had her hair done at a salon and someone came to do her makeup at the Airbnb.

Diahann and Keelan's mom helping her get her dress on.

All the girls praying over Alexi before leaving to go to the park.

I got to be the driver of the bride...going to the chapel :)

Let's get this girl married!

Getting out of the car for the first look. I rented a Jetta but if I would have known I was going to drive Alexi I would have rented a better car (and Alexi would have appreciated it since she is a car person).

Getting ready for the first look.

Alexi and Keelan praying together after the first look.

The parents of the bride.

Alexi & Keelan - 7/28/2019

Mikalie, Alexi and Mack - I love all 3 of these "kids" - they are all in their 20s now so that's why kids is in quotes.

Such a beautiful bride!

Mack escorting his mom.

The best man, maid of honor and dog of honor

Alexi and Charles

The giving away of the couple.

With this ring I thee wed.

All of the wedding guests.

Alexi said balloons make her happy so we did a balloon release after the wedding.

Cutting the cake.

First dance.

Father/daughter dance - Alexi chose the same song that I chose for my father/daughter dance - I Loved Her First.

Ended the night with a sparkler exit.

Congrats Keelan and Alexi!!!

Millsaps' Kids - July 25 - 27

The Millsaps' kids (Alexi, Mack and Mikalie) usually come to Phoenix every summer to spend some time with each set of grandparents. This year, I promised Alexi we would hang out at the condo and that she could spend a weekend with me. I didn't want to leave Mack and Mikalie out so I invited them over for a night too.

I picked up Alexi on Friday after work. Diahann actually ended up being in town that weekend too for work so we hung out at the condo for a while before going to Stax with Diahann.

Playing Rockband

Alexi is almost as tall as me!

Stax - Alexi has sweet potato fries in her mouth - those are yummy

Alexi spent the night on Friday night, and then on Saturday we went and picked up the other two for a day at Sunsplash. There are no water parks in Albuquerque so they all had a blast. Sunsplash has definitely become more ghetto since I was there as a kid. The Master Blaster was a fan favorite, as was The Cauldron. Mack and Mikalie really liked the Bonzai.

We were at Sunsplash by about 10:30am (it opened at 10) and the kids were still going at close (8pm). At 7:45, Alexi said "If we hurry, we can ride 3 more rides in 15 minutes!" The kids had Taco Bell for dinner and then we came back to the condo for showers.

Mikalie after her shower

I had promised them gelato earlier in the day, so we headed to The Gelato Spot in Old Town in pajamas (not me, just the kids :)

Gelato!

Mack and Alexi

Mikalie and I

Hanging out in their pajamas

After gelato, the movie of choice was Elf. It took me about 5 minutes to get the movie going, and I looked back to the couches and everyone was sleeping - I guess 10 hours in the sun wore them out.