Bates Family est. 2008

Monday, February 24, 2014

September NY Wedding

Twas the end of September 2013 and we hopped on a plane...to Albany, New York!

Yes! Mom was SO happy not be flying solo with the boys. 1:1 ratio is so much better.

An incident in the airport left Sawyer's shirt wet...Jack was happy to loan Sawyer his extra jumpsuit. The 'tails' of the jumpsuit tucked in nicely, lol. This is how he posed, he is such a ham!

The reason for heading to upstate New York was for my cousin's wedding! Jason was marrying his high school sweetheart, Jessica. We were lucky enough to attend. My cousin (if you want to get technical it's my cousin's son) got married on the 28th of September. It was a beautiful storybook wedding. They seriously thought and planned out every detail, including an impressive firework display! All that planning paid off and everything went off without a hitch (as far as I could tell!)

Jessica & Jason :)

Congrats to the happy couple!

Love this good-looking family!
(Adam, Jason, Lisa, & John Drake)

Aunt Sue & Uncle Don during the 'Grandparent's Dance'. They're so cute. It was fun to see Don up dancing :) I would love to get my hands on some of the video footage of my cousin John's dance moves at the reception. He was awesome!

We got to ride the party bus (stretch bus limo!) to the church for the wedding. The boys LOVED not having to be in their carseats and enjoyed free reign with the abundant snacks. There were lights on the ceiling and along the floor...dancing ensued of course.

I was worried we'd have to leave during the wedding ceremony, but the boys quieted down once the music started and everyone was walking down the aisle. (Not a very becoming photo of Jack, but I love my sis!)

Unfortunately my cell phone didn't capture very good photos in the church, but it was beautiful.

I was so impressed with all the detail that went into their planning. They were so thoughtful -- even put little boy toys in our goodie bag that was left at our hotel room. I was amazed!

We stayed with Uncle Don and Aunt Sue in Cherry Valley. The weather was amazing. SO perfect. Sunny and clear with temps in the 70's.

The leaves were changing colors...green, yellow, orange, red. We bought fresh maple syrup from just up the road. What beautiful country!

The boys loving on Aunt Sue. It was a gold mine of vintage toys around Sue & Don's house. The boys were in heaven. It's true, they just don't make toys like they used to. No batteries and no noise coming from these toys...it was great.

Jack, our little farmer, 18-months-old in this pic.

So happy Nancy was able to make it to the wedding!

In the evenings everyone would gather in the living room to sing songs before the boys headed upstairs to bed. Thank you Sue and Don for letting us ransack your home!

Dinner spread, great company and delicious food!

Love you dad :)

Remains of Aunt Sue's tomatoes from her garden smeared across Jack's face.

The fantastic weather had us outside running and stretching and leaping and playing. It felt SO nice!

We visited Lakeview Camphouse the morning before we left. Although it was numbing, David, Mom and I took the plunge and jumped in the water. I'm guessing it was about 65F.

John and Lisa fed us a delicious meal before we hopped on the plane back to Florida. And shortly after we got home we received a package of the crab apple jelly that Lisa slaved over. It was delightful! Thank you, thank you for such a wonderful weekend. It was wonderful to be there for the spectacular wedding!