It's been a while!

Hi!! We're back to the land of home, the wedding complete, vacation memories logged, and just waiting for the dogs to get home from WI with Adam's parents on a rainy 4th of July Saturday morning. There are SOOO many things I want to blog about since my last post, so I'll likely do it in chunks so it's not one massive posting that gets too long to read. I'll start with the wedding and then post later about vacation and such. It's been a really great 2 weeks!

Starting with Steph and Patt's wedding weekend in Green Bay, WI...I packed up the dogs and all the things they would need while we were gone along with wedding and vacation things successfully. We made it home in good time and then relaxed that Wednesday afternoon/evening and relishing the fact that I could see Adam and not send him on a plane the next day or two for work. We had the rehearsal Thursday night which was fun b/c several of the groomsmen had never been in a wedding so us girls/bridesmaids had to show them a thing or two about how to crook their arms, walk the right speed, etc. Adam tried to take Steph out after the rehearsal with a blind spray from the windshield wipers, but all was well. The dinner we had afterwards was very nice and at UWGB, which I never knew held more formal events such as that. We also went to see Patt's dad's (who passed away when Patt was little) theatre that was named after him...which I had actually had a class in when I was younger, cooler, and went to band camp. Yup, I went to band camp in middle school. Ha!

The next day was the wedding and save for some minor bumps in the road (the makeup person decided to go to the bank instead of do the bride's makeup!!....but made it back in time) things went really well and Steph was amazing. I managed to keep the tears from getting out of hand (you can never tell with these hormones what will set me over the edge and have me hysterically sobbing) but did have one minor mishap that set the whole wedding party off b/c I went to the front at the wrong time...oh well. For some reason everyone thought it was the best man who was off so it turned out ok. ;-) Then we went on a trolley ride for pictures and to the reception site, where everything was absolutely beautiful. My speech was well-received (thank God, I was really nervous about it) and as soon as I was done, there was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. :) I'll post pictures of everything later...just haven't quite gotten that far yet. I thankfully fit into my dress that day, but wearing a bridesmaid dress 6-months pregnant is a WHOLE different ball game than not pregnant. Interesting. Like I said...at least it fit. We were getting pretty close.

Saturday brought a morning of relaxing and discussing vacation planning before heading to Steph & Patt's for an open house and then sending them on their honeymoon. We then went to my cousin, Ryan, and his girlfriend Tiffany's housewarming party and wish we could have stayed longer....it was SOOOO good to see that side of the family but we had so many other places to go yet and had not packed for vacation...so unfortunately we were only able to stay a few hours - but hours well spent!!

Ok...time for me to go shower and head to the grocery store. It is rather bare around the Schmidt household since we were gone for just under 2 weeks...I'm sure I'll remember a million things about the wedding that I didn't mention thus far, but this will have to do for now. Happy Fourth of July!!