Albert got married! Or, in which we piled in to a 15 passenger van and drove 1200 miles in 4 days.

We did it! We drove to Sacramento in a 15 passenger van and were there for Albert to get married to Wendy! 

It was quite the drive.  We had pretty terrible weather for the drive there, but there were some pretty sights! 

Some of this,

lots of this,

and unfortunately, also some of this:

                                     

We successfully drove through Donner pass in December, and although it was a little bit eerie (and sad),

there were also some really pretty sweeping vistas! 

As for the ride itself, it went about as well as expected! Nikolai was about as good as an almost-one-year-old could be expected to be--not much fussing til the very end, and only one poopy blowout! (We'll never mistakenly feed him Activia yogurt in the car again)

There was a lot of this,

some of this,

  

and this.

And one occurrence of being semi-nude in his carseat after pooping all over his clothes (before we had the chance to grab a change of clothes):

Nikolai was even a trooper and took his naps in the carseat! 

And then there was the wedding itself!  The sealing was nice--just a small ceremony with family--and then we had some downtime hanging out outside the temple while we geared up for pictures. 

We got Nikolai a little fedora just for the occasion....but he didn't like it much ;)

But luckily, everyone loved Nikolai!  

And then there was some levity--my dad laughing at who know what,

and Jesse goofing off while the photographer geared up for another group shot. 

But after all of that, this is what mattered:

Albert and Wendy were married and we were so pleased to be there!