10/6/12

Today was a BUSY, BUSY day for us, with a TON of driving.

Christian ended up having to work today, basically a full day, so it was just the girls and me for the morning/afternoon. We were up early, showered, dressed and ate some breakfast. I also had to pack up their overnight bag because they’re spending the night at my mom’s. Once we were all ready, I loaded up the truck and we were on our way, after a quick stop at the gas station (thanks, Christian).

First up, we were off to a birthday party. My friend from work, Kelly, invited us to her little girls 5th birthday party. It was WAY out in New Richmond, Wisconsin, about an hour away, so we trekked it over there. The girls had a blast playing the jump houses and running around. Olivia LOVES watching people open presents (it’s so sweet), so she was really anxious for that…kept asking me all morning when Annabelle was going to open her presents.

We left the party around 2:00, and I dropped the girls off at my mom’s house. She’s babysitting while we off at tonight’s event, and we won’t be back until late, so she offered to just keep them. YAY, but man am I going to miss them! My camera died as soon as we got to the party, so I just snapped this one pic of Olivia and I with my phone...

I arrived home a little after 3:00. Christian was home and just getting out of the shower. We got ready and all fancied up, and then were off to a wedding. Tonight, a couple of old friends, John and Michelle, were getting married. It was a little bit of an awkward situation…I used to be SUPER close to Michelle (she was in our wedding and everything), but we just kind of drifted apart, especially after I had the girls. So, we hadn’t seen them, or even really talked to them, in well over a year. I was really nervous to go, but I knew that it was just a really small, intimate wedding, so if we were invited to it, it must have been important to them to have us there. We left the house a little before 5:00, picked up our friend Nate, and made the trek to Stillwater for the wedding. It was at a Bed & Breakfast, and much to our surprise, it was an outdoor wedding (I suppose you don’t really expect it to be FREEZING cold this early in the fall). The ceremony was short and sweet, and we made our way inside. The reception was super informal, no music or standard “reception” stuff. They had food and drinks out, their families pretty much sat in the “living room” chatting and hanging out. We hung out in the foyer with our friends, laughing, catching up and actually had a really great time. I was so anxious and worried about how everything would go…being around everyone again after so long. It was definitely awkward, but it was fun. I haven’t laughed like that in a LONG time, and it definitely felt like old times hanging out again. Hopefully we can all do it more often now…

We left the reception around 11:00 and made our way home. I was beyond exhausted, and climbed into bed. Christian’s friend Lorenzo was just getting off work and stopped over to hang out with him for a little while. Something tells me he is going to be HURTING for our early morning tomorrow!

Here are some pics from the wedding...