Whirlwind Wedding Weekend

The wedding was amazing!

The kids had a wonderful time staying at the hotel. We all slept GREAT both nights. I was nervous about how the kids would do staying in a new place but ya'll were right. They were so tired they just crashed!

There was primping. 10 girls had their hair done in the bride's suite...including Little Miss.

The kids walked SO well down the aisle. Cole was in the middle in his tux with tails with a beautiful flower girl on each arm...Little Miss and the good doctor's niece. (No pics of Cole yet. Will post more soon.) Here are the girls with their new, matching American Girl dolls. How cute are they?!

The hall looked like something out of a fairy tale. It was so gorgeous and perfect down to the last detail. The head table had 48 vases of roses down the center. So beautiful!

There was a LOT of dancing...the band was AMAZING!!

There was plenty of twirling.

There was even more drinking. Well, this was just water...but believe me. With 7 hours of open bar. Oh yeah, there was drinking.

I even met some blog stalkers. Holla!

We are still recuperating from the weekend. I swear we packed SO much stuff. I am still putting things away and trying to get laundry caught up!

I will post more pictures when I get them.

By the way, can you say 9 DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT?! WA-HOO!

Busy

My sister's super big wedding is this weekend!!! The kids, husband, and I will be traveling an hour and a half tomorrow to stay in a hotel for 2 nights. This will be the first time we have EVER slept anywhere other than home with the kids. Like seriously since Cole was born (more than 5 years ago!) we have all slept only at home...only in our own beds. I have no idea how the kids are going to handle staying in a hotel for 2 nights. Nor do I know how I am going to handle trying to sleep in the same room as the kids. As anxious as I am about that...I am totally excited about the wedding.

The church and hall are so beautiful just as they are. I can't wait to see how amazing everything will look decorated in black, white, reds, and pinks. And it's supposed to snow Saturday...making this a perfect winter wedding.

I took a personal day today to finish some shopping and prepare for our weekend. The kids were at daycare making it all the more productive around here. They will go to daycare and preschool again in the morning while I finish packing and getting the car loaded. Then we're off!

Wish us luck! I will post pictures ASAP!

Disappointed

I have been looking for shoes for my sister's wedding for some time now. I want closed toe (the wedding's in December) simple, and black to go with the dress. This is the dress, only without the big silver bow/sash.

I hate the round toe shoes that are so popular these days. I just don't think they are very attractive, especially for a fancy dress. They look so little girl and clunky. I wanted something patent and sexy. I was so excited when I found these shoes at Target for only $19.99! I couldn't order them fast enough. They were black patent, sexy, not too high, and the toe was not too pointy, not too round. Agree?Imagine my disappointment when I opened the box that my friendly UPS delivery man brought to me this morning to find these.That is so NOT what I had in mind. Look how round and short the toe is! It doesn't look anything like the shoe in the picture. At least not to me. And they look even worse on.

This looks like a picture of Claire's foot in little girl's shoes. Yuck. These are going back to Target tomorrow and the search for the perfect shoe continues...