Mid May we were blessed to go Dallas, Texas for the wedding of a good friend Simon went to college with: Austin Click. Dallas is not a quick trip for us, so a few months ago, when we were planning the whole thing, we decided to make it a vacation of sorts. The weekend fell on the day after out anniversary, plus most of Simon's America-dwelling family resides in Texas, so we decided to combine wedding fun with family time and a celebration trip. :)
Thursday morning, early early, we drove to Atlanta and hopped on a plane to Houston. From there we rented a car , a Chevy Impala of all the rotten luck, and drove to Dallas for the rehearsal dinner since Simon was to be an usher.
We spent a lot of time in the car. I will spare you all of those pictures but I had to include one. :)
The country club, where we all ate dinner after rehearsing at the church, was decorated beautifully and we enjoyed the time we were able to spend with some of the friends Simon never gets to see anymore. We continued the fun out on the town for a couple of hours once the pre-wedding festivities were complete.
Late that night we drove back to Austin and crashed in the living room of Tanya and Wilson, Simon's cousin and her husband. It was kind of a crazy night with the long drive but being able to spend Friday morning and early afternoon with them and their kiddos, Mia, Ally, Emi, and Jonas definitely made it worth it. It was also our only opportunity to say hi to Dan, Sarina, and Hannah, another cousin and his wife and their sweet daughter. Sadly our schedules conflicted all weekend so out time with them was brief. But we at least got to enjoy a lunch together and a little chit chatting.
This is Ally parading around in my heels. It was pretty cute; she wanted to know exactly what I was doing with each step of my getting-ready. She asked me what each makeup piece was and had questions about how I was doing my hair and if I would be wearing a necklace, etc. We don't get to see any of the Texas family, including the girls, nearly as much as we would like, so it was fun having her be so inquisitive and desire to spend time with us.
Friday afternoon it was back to Dallas for the stunning wedding. Chelsea looked beautiful and the ceremony was so sweet. The reception was on the 6th floor of a fancy building in downtown Dallas and was, once again, perfect. We enjoyed some delicious food and lots of socializing while we watched the presenting of the newlyweds, their first dance, and the cake cutting.
Reception
Newlyweds being introduced
Us
...and us again
Back to Austin we went, for another short night followed by a fun day of just relaxing with the Robertsons and Hannah.
Tanya and I were talking the next morning and I look over to find that all of the girls have made their way over to the still-sleepy Simon and are helping him wake up.
That afternoon we packed up or things and drove to Houston to spend some time with Toni, Bill, Julia, Nikolas, Jason and their two new dogs!! Amidst all our chitchat and catching up with the family, we were fortunate enough to go over to the home of some friends we made back when we lived in Houston a year ago: Ben and Maddison Hisey.
I got to hold their precious 2 month old baby boy, Will; it was fantastic! He was conked out in this picture.
We're both so thankful that they took that time for us amidst their newly-hectic lives of parenthood adventures. We shared a delicious meal and caught each other up on the past year. A lot can change in just one year!
Sunday we went to church at First Colony, just like old times, and hung out at the house with everyone until we had to pack up and leave for the airport. We said our less-than-fond farewells to the Impala and then sat in the airport, waiting on our delayed flight to Atlanta.
Once in Atlanta, we shuttled to the hotel where our car was parked, grabbed some dinner at Wendy's, and headed home.
It was a long, action-packed weekend and I contemplated walking to work the following Monday just to avoid getting back onto a car. I decided against it, but after driving 1,100 miles in that rental car, it was a tough decision.
We had so much fun and were so thankful for everyones hospitality and patience with our crazy, sporadic schedule.
We can't help but send out a huge thank you to everyone who housed, fed and just spent time with us that weekend. We love you all and hope to see you again as soon as we can.
We, also, are so happy for Austin and Chelsea Click and wish them many happy years together!
Thank you for letting us be apart of you special weekend!
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