This past weekend we loaded up the car and headed towards Madisonville, Texas (a suburb of Houston), for the wedding of our good friends Jake and Courtney. I met both Jake and Courtney at the District Attorney's Office, as they are both Assistant D.A.s. Since that time, Jake, Courtney, Heather and I have become dear friends, and have had many fun times together. It has been especially exciting to have both the wedding and Baby Ellison to celebrate these past few weeks.
Since both Heather and I were in the wedding, we recruited the presence of "KK" (Heather's mom, Karen) to come along with us; as well as enlisted the assistance of Brad, Ashley and Hank to house sit and take care of Petie. We rented out a bed and breakfast, "Bunkhouse and Biscuits," and participated in the southern hospitality and festivities.
Our weekend was packed, with the cocktail hours, the rehearsal dinner (which Ellison and KK joined us at), the bridal luncheon, groomsmen skeet shoot, photos, wedding, reception, and Sunday morning brunch (which Ellison and KK joined again), it was a hectic weekend. The reception took place back at Courtney's parent's ranch. It began with a cocktail hour outside served with sweet potato fries and fried okra, and then moved to inside the banquet hall (or satin draped barn). Following the wedding, we rode back to the hotel with Jake and Courtney. It was 1:30 am, and the bride and groom were starving; being that Madisonville practically shuts down at 9:00 pm, the only place open was the new grocery store, Buc-ees (even Taco Bell was closed.) It was quite a sight to see the four of us make our grand entrance into this small town supermarket.
The weekend was fun and full of good company! On the way down we stayed with Heather's Aunt Sharon and Uncle Mike right outside of Dallas. And then on our return, we were able to make a stop and visit cousin Patrick and Gretchen, with their little one, Preston Ryan. Preston is exactly six weeks older than Ellison. The introduction of the two cousins was a sight to see.
We are so blessed to have friends and family to share, celebrate and enjoy our lives with.
2 comments:
Oh My seeing you two with your own precious babies makes me feel really old! Looks like you all had a great 'first' vacation-congrats!
Heather you look amazing.....as always!
Groomsman skeet shoot? You didn't mention that one last night. That sounds like a good time. I'm guessing you were shooting 100%. My wife shot skeet with me one time, she went 1 for 1 and won't pick up another gun now.
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