When we got the invitation, I really wanted to figure out a way to make it work so that I could attend this wedding. We talked about an all-night drive fest from Virginia to my parents' in Illinois, and then another 6 hours or so to Minneapolis where the wedding was. Ultimately, Jason figured he probably shouldn't miss the last days of school before break and if we forced Sierra to be in the car for that long multiple days in a row she would likely not be a very pleasent little girl to be around.
So, I found an inexpensive one-way flight to my parents' and my mom agreed to let me borrow her car to drive up to the wedding.
Which is just what we did. Sierra and I planned on driving to the middle of Iowa, then meeting up with another xc teammate, Sarah, and caravan the rest of the way together. Of course, I got a later than hoped for start, so we met Sarah there, but that's okay. We were sharing a room with Sarah, so we got in, chatted a little and got all prettied up for the wedding. Dani and Scott provided a bus from the hotel to the wedding, but ultimately I decided that I wanted my vehicle in case I needed to head back with Sierra for any reason. Plus, I wanted her in a carseat.
Anyway, Dani looked like a goddess, radiant as any bride I've ever seen, but I saw most of the ceremony through the windows from the lobby. Why? I'm sure you can guess but someone (*cough*cough*sierra*cough*) decided she wanted to be all squirrelly. And when I wouldn't let her roam free, she shreiked in protest. Sigh. It's okay, I did see Dani and Scott and I've been to enough Catholic weddings to know what I missed. I did manage to get one photo of the bride and groom. (I'm very, very disappointed in myself with the sad number of picture that I took at the wedding and reception)
The reception was a lot of fun, and Sierra was the dancing queen of the party. I had no less than six people come up to me and tell me how cute she was, doing her little dance. She alternated between her little baby bounce, bending her knees and bobbing up and down and spinning around in circles. Both men and women who she was dancing next to tried to get her to dance with them. One young woman was sooooo insistent that Sierra was the cutest thing she had ever seen. "Your daughter is soooo cute. So cute! She is the cutest baby here by far. By far." "Thanks. She's having a good time." "No, really, she is just so! cute!"
Dancing makes you thirsty!
Here we are with Sarah (on the right) and Abby, another college xc teammate.
The next morning, Dani and Scott's families hosted a breakfast at the hotel which was really, really great because I actually got a chance to talk with Dani and Scott a little bit. Weddings are great, but it's kind of sad that you have all these people you love in one room and you don't really get a chance to spend quality time with any of them. This breakfast was a great way around that. It was informal, over the course of a couple hours, and we could come and go as we wished.
Here I am with the happy couple.
And Sarah and I with the bride.
Big congrats to Dani and Scott!
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