Weekend wrap up

Whew, it is Sunday evening and I can barely keep my eyes open but that is thanks to a fun wedding and weekend away. Here is a little background on the weekend. Mike's cousin Jenny and her finance were set to get married this weekend in Connecticut. We were so excited to have a weekend away from the kids since we haven't been away just the two of us since the 2 nights we went to Vegas in September. We were set to drive to Atlanta Thursday afternoon, drop the girls off with my parents and then fly out to Connecticut from there. However, things went a little different when my Mom unexpectably flew to Houston to help my uncle and aunt who were both dealing with some health issues. My Uncle has been in the hospital for a couple weeks after major heart issues but last week, things got very scary and my Mom needed to be there to help my aunt and uncle and therefore was unable to watch our girls. We scrambled last minute and we are so lucky to have amazing friends here in Charlotte that stepped up without a moments hesitation and agreed to watch the girls. Not to mention, they already have 3 girls themselves that are ages 7, 4 and 2, they are saints! So, we switched flights at the last minute and flew out Friday morning from Charlotte. I was a little nervous how the girls would do at drop off and us leaving them since they have stayed with family but never friends before. They did awesome at drop off and all weekend! Tracey and Adam kept texting us pictures of the girls having a blast all weekend which made us feel so much better about going away.

Now, onto the wedding weekend (once we finally arrived, after a long delay on the connection flight and tons of traffic.) We went to the rehearsal dinner Friday night and it was so great to see so many of Mike's family and meet new friends from Andrew's side.

Side note: Ella picked out this outfit for me before we left, she really wanted me to wear the sparkly dress and shoes. I think she did a pretty good job!

 Steph (my sis in law from Seattle) and I trying to perfect the selfie at dinner.

 Then Annie (Mike's cousin and sister of the bride) came over and gave us some tips on how to take a proper selfie!

 Wedding day! It was sunny and gorgeous all day long and then we went into the church at 3pm for the ceremony and came out at 4 and the clouds had moved in. It stayed mostly cloudy the rest of the afternoon but didn't hinder any activities. The reception was at Mike's aunt and uncle's country club in Easton, CT and it was so beautiful. 

 The bride and groom on their first dance

 One more of me and my hot date! Weddings always make me sentimental and I just love them. I can't believe that Mike and I will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary in a couple weeks!

 With the happy newlyweds

 The wedding band was absolutely amazing! One of the best wedding bands we have ever seen and they had everyone on the floor dancing all night! We had an absolutely blast at the reception but the 5am wake up call the next morning for our flight home was brutal. But it was worth it!

It was a fun weekend and we had a great time celebrating with everyone but we were happy to get back to Charlotte today to see our girls. They were having so much fun that MG just kind of looked at us and said hi and went back to playing when we came to get them. Ella also had a blast and loved spending the weekend with her best buddy Wesley. We are so incredibly lucky to have made such amazing friends here in Charlotte who would agree to watch our girls all weekend 2 days before we left. Now, we owe them big time! And we are all feeling very relieved that my uncle is doing much better now than last week and they are hopeful for him to continue to improve. Now, off to bed to try and catch up on the sleep we didn't get this weekend.