There have been so many weddings lately, and this weekend we were off to Texas for Micah's cousin's wedding. Much to my dismay the battery in my camera was DEAD as soon as i turned it on at the wedding, sooo no pics for me, But i stole a few from facebook.
We drove to Texas, trying to save money...16 hours there and 16 hours back. Drove through IL, MO, OK, and TX. I loved every minute of it because i was not the one behind the wheel. We left Tuesday evening at 4:30, stopped over night in OK, and then arrived at our hotel in San Antonio around 3:30 on Wednesday. We had a wonderful dinner with some of Micah's cousins. Never a dull moment with 3 of the 4 brothers :o) Thanks for the entertainment Eric, Michael and Jon.
Thursday we entertained ourselves after visiting the cousins again. We helped uncle dave deliver stuff to the wedding house and got ourselves a little tour. Basically it is a couple's house that we would consider a mansion. They are friends of the family and let people get married there all the time. Lets just say, yikes. They have a beautiful stream running through the back yard, 12000 sq ft of pure beauty in their house of 7 bedrooms, A pool to die for, and a work out house (literally bigger than a 'normal' house). They are wonderful hosts. They left for the weekend and stayed in another house of theirs so that the wedding party from out of town could live in their house until the wedding. They are Christians and just love helping others out they say. When it was pouring 2 days before the wedding (luckily it stopped) they actually considered moving all of their furniture out of the house so Kelly could get married inside rather than out in the horrible weather. After seeing all their furniture, if it had been me, the thought would never have crossed my mind. So thank you Wedding House owners for placing others needs/wants before your own we could all take lessons. We are so glad the weather was beautiful the whole weekend so everything could go as planned.
From the pool looking onto the back corner of the house. (stolen from facebook)
No, not the front of the house, this is the workout house :o) Haha yes i would be willing to live in this.
That afternoon we went went to the Riverwalk. For those of you who have not been there...it is basically a man made river running through the city with sidewalks. It is pretty but something i would only do once. There are restaurants along the river so that was kinda nice because you could sit and have a nice dinner in a pretty place....but if they want me to recommend it i would say put shops along the whole thing instead of food and i would be there every day :o). You can get into the mall from the riverwalk but that's not the same as walking from store to store along the river. But we did it and it was enjoyable. You can also take a little boat cruise (with or without dinner) which is kinda neat. I didn't take pics, so i stole them from the website so you have an idea of what it is.
Restaurant along river.
Pretty waterfall they built along the river.
The little boats you can ride around...I think dinner on one would be fun but a plain 'ole ride would be quite boring!!
Friday we ran some errands for the family (wedding stuff!!) and then had lunch with the rest of the cousins that were arriving by plane. I think there were 13 of us at lunch...yummy mexican. Then that evening we were off to the rehearsal dinner. Where it was more fun time visiting with cousins. And we got to see sonograms of the newest little cousin to be arriving in February....Congrats Michael and Amy!!!
Saturday the boys went golfing and i snuck away to some outlets :o) I stuck to my budget and was very proud of my 'winnings.' Lets just say I got lots and lots of winter clothes for about 1/3 of the actual price, the only way i shop. When Micah saw it all on the bed his face kinda dropped as he asked how much i spent. And when i told him the total price should have been $350 but I only spent was $100 he was like...WOW, and he got 2 dress shirts out of the deal so it was an easy sell. And everything bought is actually needed seeing as neither of us have bought clothing since be have been married, and living in CA didn't allow for the need of winter clothes. but we should be set for winter now.
In the afternoon we were off to the wedding. BEAUTIFUL. That's really the only way to describe it. Congrats Michael and Kelly Gundersen.
Stating their personal vows...(stolen from facebook)
Sunday was spent celebrating Grandpa's birthday (early) while having lunch at the Hermann's (cousins). We then snuck off to the Alamo before driving back to IL.
(photos coming soon)
It was 85 degrees and sunny when we headed off on our 16 hour drive home. We slept at the border of OK and MO and finished the drive monday. And when I awoke from my slumber in the car it was a horrific sight....Rain, clouds, and 40 degree weather. I believe that is when i began to cry :o)
Haha, welcome home to Midwest fall/winter.
But it was a wonderful trip! Thanks to the Hermann's for entertaining us the whole time we were in town :o) And CONGRATS to a beautiful new couple.
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