Here's a brief synopsis of the day: car packed, everyone up, dressed, fed and out the door by 8:15. Drive 40 minutes to soccer practice, it is of course the first time in weeks that the practice actually lasts the entire hour. Load everyone into the car and drive for 2+ hours; Reese slept most of the time and Elijah watched movies. Stop for lunch at Steak and Shake, get a waitress who was so completely out of it, takes an hour for lunch. Load everyone back up again and drive another 2 hours. Get to the wedding venue and get everyone changed. In the car. Good times (i'm fairly certain that I gave a gentleman cooking food for the reception in the parking lot QUITE a show... what can you do?). Celebrated the wedding, stayed for some of the reception and packed everyone back up in the car. Thankfully we made it home without stopping (4 hours) and the kids fell asleep pretty soon into the trip; but after 2 hours, both kids took turns waking up so it made the last two hours a bit rough.
Soccer practice was adorable with Aiden completely absorbed with Reese, constaintly coming over to give her hugs and kisses and I got a little bit of a punch in the gut realizing what's coming ahead being a mother of a daughter. The boys got their soccer shirts and oh my, how cute are they??
The wedding was beautiful, held outside at a garden center and the weather was perfect. March in Florida and you're totally risking the weather being either insanely hot or rainy, but it was neither. The bride and groom looked so happy and inlove and it was really nice to see old friends and catch up. And come on... looks at these cuties :)