Weekend Wrap-Up: The Memorial Day Weekend Wedding Edition

Happy Memorial Day everyone!  We were fortunate to spend the entire Memorial Day weekend out east with my mom's side of the family celebrating my cousin Karl's wedding.  Karl also happens to be a veteran, as he served in the Marine Corps.  It was wonderful to spend such special time with family members who we don't get to see very often.

We left on a 7am flight on Friday morning, and everything went fairly smoothly considering the 5am wake-up time.  Callie was a stellar traveler and even helped us pull our suitcases.



She rocked the jammies until we got to Connecticut!

We gathered at my Uncle Joe's house for lunch with him, Aunt Margie, Uncle John and Aunt Jenny.  Then we all headed to Sturbridge, MA where most of the weekend festivities took place.  Friday evening and Saturday morning were spent hanging around with family...mostly indoors because the weather was cold and rainy. 

But we had fun anyway!

Karl and Erica's wedding took place at a very special church in Holden, MA: Immanuel Lutheran.  It just so happened to be the church that my mom's dad (Grampy) was the pastor at for four years (1955-1959 I think), and also the church that my mom was baptized at. 

The ceremony was lovely.  My mom and Laura played a couple duets, and I ended up reading some of the prayers during the ceremony.  Karl and Erica were so happy and excited- it was so much fun to witness.

Their wedding colors?  Red, White and Blue!  What else would you expect from a former marine? :)

After the ceremony we wanted to take some pictures outside of the church, since it is a significant place to my mom and her siblings.  They found the picture of my grandpa on the wall, so the siblings got a picture with it.

Joe, Margie, Polly, John

We also got a family picture in front of the church.

We won't be a family of 3 for long!

We then headed to the reception for the evening of fun times, good food, and even some revolutionary war actors!

On Sunday we headed to the National Basketball Hall of Fame!  It was fun...lots of very large shoes and basketball playing, obviously.

Fun times!



Checking out our wingspans against Kevin Durant's.

The rest of the afternoon was spent hanging out with family: mini-golf, playing with ducks, ice cream, and hanging out and playing in the hotel room.

We headed back this morning and got home in time for nap time.  Traveling with a toddler and being 32 weeks pregnant was exhausting, but we had a great trip.  I'd love to have a weekend to recover from our weekend, but no such luck!

Hamsie update: She is 32 weeks!  That means (hopefully) less than 8 weeks left.  Hamsie now weighs around 3.75 pounds and is about 16.7 inches long.  She will gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next seven weeks...holy moly.  She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair. 

The amount of stuff we will be doing in the next 2 months is insane to think about.  So I try not to look too far ahead, and instead just focus on a week at a time.  There are 2.5 weeks left of the school year, though I will be working throughout June as well to prepare for maternity leave.

Crazy!  Crazy!  Crazy!

Hope you all had a great long weekend.