Wonderful wedding weekend!

This weekend we were up in the twin cities for Chris's cousin Gretchen's wedding! Max was the ring bearer so that made it extra special for us. It was one of the busiest weekends ever and we are pretty exhausted tonight, but it was worth it!

Friday we left home around 12:00 in hopes of getting to the rehearsal by 4:30 in Shakopee, but that wasn't meant to be. We had to drop Chloe off in Decorah and then we totally forgot about Minneapolis traffic and summer road construction, so we ended up just meeting the wedding party and the rest of Chris's family at Buca di beppo for dinner! We had a wonderful 6 course meal and I don't think I have ever been that full! Max and Mya were great and Ivy only required one drive around the parking lot to get her to take a cat nap:) It was a late night, so the kids were really easy to get to sleep!

Saturday morning Chris and I got up to go for a run to burn off some of the 6 courses we ate the night before, but before we were even 2 minutes from home, we saw a turtle crossing the road so we had to go back and get Max and Mya to come and take a look! They loved it. I didn't love the run, but it felt good to get it out of the way.



The wedding was so nice. Grandpa Bill was able to walk Gretchen down the aisle and I know Bev was looking down from heaven on all of us the whole day. She would have been really proud. Max walked in with Savannah and she basically just told Max exactly what to do the whole time and it went great. There was one moment where he was peeking around the bride and groom trying to see the priest, but even that was pretty cute:) I had tears in my eyes when he was walking down the aisle...such a grown up little boy.







The whole "being in a wedding" thing was right up Max's alley. He was loving every second of it. Afterwards he got to ride in the "limbo" without a carseat (gasp) which was pretty much the best thing he has ever done in his life! He got to drink Sprite too! All of the wedding party took Max under their wing and were so nice to him. He was supposed to do a "Tebow" when he was introduced by the DJ, but he got scared at the last second and just walked in.


(notice Max in the back of the fraternity picture on the best man's shoulders:)



The dance brought out a side to Max and Mya that we have never seen before. Pure, utter craziness! Those two danced the entire time....wouldn't even take a break during the dollar dance! (Max has blisters to prove it:) It was so much fun to see them out there having a great time and dancing with anyone and everyone! We were especially proud of Mya because dancing with a stranger is not something you'd typically see her doing. She's usually a little more cautious than that, so it was great to see her let loose!



Below are some other favorites from before the wedding and at the reception.



















I made sure to pack pajamas for the way home because I had a feeling this would happen! What a fun weekend had by all! Thanks to Gretchen and Scott for letting us be a part of their day!