Back from the Wedding

We got back from Pennsylvania today. It was a whirlwind trip with an 8 1/2 hour ride going there on Friday (thanks to D.C. and Baltimore traffic) and a 6 1/2 hour ride home today. Amanda took over just south of D.C. and kind of got into a zone. We didn't change until we stopped for gas in Raleigh. My fuel calculations worked almost perfectly as we had only a little more than a gallon of gas left when we stopped. No wasted time with us!

It was great for Amanda to see a lot of family and for a lot of family to see Lily and Noah. Seriously, Amanda and I both enjoyed hanging out with her family. I almost have all of her first cousins straight now. Amanda and I discussed it and we can't imagine how the wedding could have been any better. The wedding party all looked great, particularly the bride. She is very pretty, but has the good sense to realize that just because one can wear a dress doesn't mean one should wear a certain dress. In other words, she looked tastefully beautiful. The food was excellent. The music for dancing was good too. The wedding was outside and the weather brought us back to our wedding a little bit, though it wasn't quite as buggy or hot. It was equally muggy.

Lily was an outstanding flower girl. She had a basket of petals to spread and took the job very seriously. She was a bit conservative with them for the ceremony, but she made up for it later by giving everyone she saw a petal. I didn't see much of the ceremony because I was out with Noah as he crawled around. Lily did a good job of standing through the ceremony, though Amanda did notice Lily do some nose picking at one poin. It was a little scary for her before the wedding because I had to leave her and go back for Amanada and Noah. The Maid of Honor befriended Lily and they had a good time. The bride said that Lily helped to break the tension just before the ceremony because she kept asking how much longer they had to wait. She was good comic relief.

Noah was a little rough for some of the ride home. He wouldn't eat much lunch, but he did have a good dinner to make up for it. Lily actually did eat well and was very well-behaved. She started watching videos and wouldn't stop. We love the portable DVD player!

Overall, it was a good trip, but it is always nice to be home too. As expected, this weekend's B&B getaway wasn't quite as relaxing as last week's. It's nice to be back at a place where we don't have to worry about where Noah is going. There was a lot of room for mischief at the B&B.