Wedding Weekend

Like I mentioned in my last post, two weekends ago we were a part of a beautiful wedding. I grew up with the bride and the groom is a family friend and the brother/brother-in-law to one of our best  couple friends. I "directed" (haha, I like to call is more of being bossy). We got to see lots of family and friends over the weekend, and it was a great time. Even though the couple is from Central Arkansas, they decided on Whitney Mountain Lodge in Garfield, Arkansas for the wedding and reception. I was pretty ecstatic when I heard the news because not only is it a pretty place but it is only about 30 minutes from our house. Little man was a trooper. We had some pretty rough times with him napping in a strange place, but for the most part he was a great baby. He was not put to bed until 10:30 at the earliest for three nights in a row (7:30 is his normal bed time) and he still woke up with a smile on his face. You can't beat that! It also didn't hurt that he had all the attention he wanted and was spoiled rotten with extra kisses and love all weekend long.

Since the wedding was out of town, a lot of the family came up on Thursday night so we were able to go eat dinner that night with some friends and catch up!

Playing while waiting for everyone else gets ready to leave for dinner Thursday night.

 First time to ride in his big boy car seat.

Alisha and I. It was so nice to get to catch up with her. Even though we text, call, and see each other's stuff on Facebook it was so nice to see and talk to her in person! We decided to sit on the patio at dinner and it was HOT (can you tell?!).

Josh Curtis trying to coax Shaw into coming to him with his wallet. 

He did NOT want any of JD's lovin'! Ha!

My sweet family at the rehearsal dinner.

Model baby.

Love this girl!

My best friend and sister

The only picture I got with my camera of the bride and groom. Even though John David's eyes are closed I had to share!

Isn't this view breathtaking? They got married in this exact spot.

Playing in Ganna and Pops' room at the lodge.

Nap time with Pops

Woops, I woke him up with the flash. My dad has the bluest eyes I have ever seen. My brother got this trait as well, along with my nephew and Shaw's are starting to look a lot like this, too. So, now we use the expression "Pops' eyes" to describe them. I hope all my kids get pops' eyes!

What a great, busy, fun filled weekend with family and friends! So glad we got to see everyone for a few days!