Date Night

At the start of 2015, we knew it was going to be an extremely eventful year!  Three of Brian's cousin's are all getting married this year.  We are having another baby.  My brother and his wife are having a baby.  My sister is graduating from her cardiac sonography program, and my youngest brother is becoming an Eagle Scout, just to name a few of those big things.  (Trust me when I say these are just a few of those things going on this year.  There are many, many other things too!)

Last night, we had the first of the three weddings.  Emma (Brian's cousin) and Bryce tied the knot!  They did not invite kiddos to their wedding so we had Miss Heidi, one of Kate's teachers, come and babysit while we had a little date night.  Brian and I don't get out much.  The main reason for this, for me, is because my time is very limited with Kate while I'm working and the free time that I do have I want to be spending it with her.  SO, it's been a while since we got all snazzy and headed out sans child in tow.  (Though, in reality, we actually did have Little Sis in tow so I guess we weren't really sans child!)

Emma and her Dad, Joe.

We clean up nicely!

Brian and his Mom, Mary.

I thought the flowers on the cake were gorg!

Jill, Tom, and me.

The girls - Mary, Aunt Judy, Jill, and me.

We had a great time dancing, chatting, and enjoying the beautiful setting.  Brian and Tom have been working diligently on getting the ceiling light/fan installed in Sister Bear's room and they have just recently got it working.  I joked with them that after all of their time and effort we would take it down and replace it with one of the gorgeous crystal chandeliers that hung in the ballroom we were in.  #iwasjoking  #butiwasnt

The chandelier would've been a tad too big, but it would have been stunning!  Maybe next time, right?!

Emma and Bryce had a beautiful wedding and are headed to St. Lucia.  Going to weddings brings back a flood of emotions and memories of my own and everything that went on around that time in my life.  It was fun to relive those memories for a bit and share in these new ones with Emma, Bryce and Brian's family.

Meanwhile, back at the ole homestead, Kate and Miss Heidi held the fort down.  Apparently they played with nearly every toy we have and then painted each other's nails.  Yes, Miss Heidi let Kate paint her nails.  While I have painted Kate's nails, I hadn't opened that can of worms yet.  Miss Heidi, you win!  I imagine this will be a favorite thing to do from here on out...

Congrats, Emma and Bryce, and thanks for an awesome date night!