A weddings we will go, a weddings we will go...

August was a busy month for us with weddings and travel for said weddings.  The first August wedding was for Ryan's cousin Sara and her hubby-to-be Ben - it was at a beautiful resort in Eagle River. 

 

 There were special little touches that spoke of the couples style throughout the day.

   

There was a cocktail hour and hors oeuvre's prior to the ceremony, the ceremony itself was down by the water.

The toasts at the dinner were filled with funny stories of the start of a great love story. 

Our little family at the dinner

 The dancing...oh the dancing...girlie got her groove thing going courtesy of her Auntie Jillian.  It was h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s.  Everything that Jillie did, Naomi tried to imitate.  Pictures are below but I don't think that it will do it justice to just how funny it was.  Like bent over, can't breathe laughing.  It was GOOD. 

I mentioned in an earlier post from a different cousin's wedding earlier in the summer that Naomi got Boppa to dance which is no easy feat (or feet if pun intended) and this wedding was the same, she actually removed the drink from his hand and put it on the table so it would not interrupt their dancing...

My favorite memory of the wedding was at the end of our night there (my oh my how your "curfew" changes when you have a toddler in tote).  Ben and Sara got paper lanterns for each family to release - if you haven't seen it in person it is quite a sight, ethereal and beautiful.  Naomi was mystified.  She also hasn't spent too much time star gazing, as it proves to be a challenge when your bedtime is around 8:00 so she was oohing and ahhing over the stars and the moon and when the lanterns were released she got so excited.  Super sweet.

For Sara, if/when you read this, thank you so much for including us in your special day, you were radiant and it was a wonderful night.  Many wishes for a very long and happy marriage.

The second wedding we had in August was for another one of Ryan's cousins...count 'em...that's three cousin weddings in one summer.  This is the most wedding's we've been to in a number of years although the summer before we got married I think we had nine!  Cr-a-zy.  Ok, back to the story....

The second wedding was for Andy and Nicole - Andy was one of Ryan's closest pals growing up from when they were little and both living in Medford to later in life when Ryan would go down to visit Andy in Madison...there are many boy stories I've heard from these events but I am going to leave THOSE out of the blog :) Andy is now an orthopedic surgeon and his now wife is also a doctor and they live in Grand Rapids, MI.  Luckily Andy and Nicole's families were incredibly supportive and helped them plan a wedding from afar.  The wedding was at the Union in Madison on a very balmy day. 

It was elegant and beautiful.  There was a very limited number of guests allowed so there were not any children invited so Ryan and I had a date night!  Don't get me wrong, we adore taking our sweet girl with us when we go places but it was a nice change up to go somewhere as two adults.  I got to eat my food on my plate without having to share it, or cut someone else's up first! Ha. 

The Thomas Family

The highlight of the night was when Bucky Badger showed up with a few of his friends.  It was awesome and Bucky was such a great sport taking pictures with I think literally every guest. 

Our good friends the Bauers were gracious enough to not only host us but also watched Naomi while we were at the wedding...she also had a great time playing with her "boys".  We got to hear ALL about these boys on the way home on Sunday.  Super cute.