My mom flew up to Boston to watch the kids for five glorious days so Todd and I (along with most of his family) could fly to Seaside, Florida for our niece Lauren and Craig's wedding!
Well, usually there are a couple of kids in these airplane selfies!
No kids, but we do have an Aunt Betty, a Warren, a KK and somewhere back there is a Carole!
The drive to from Destin-Fort Walton Airport to Seaside seemed super long after a tough day of traveling, but we finally made it, dropped off our stuff and went over to the Fitch house where Helen, Gordie, Anna, GoGo, Lauren, Craig, Warren, Carole, KK and Janelle were staying. There were snacks, pizza and of course, adult beverages!
Well this random long-arm Todd family selfie came out great, didn't it?
We arrived on Saturday but had all day Sunday to play. Todd and I walked to the beach at the end of our street (maybe a 7-8 minute walk or so) and it was gorgeous!
Ahhh to have a quiet beach all to yourself!
I snapped this picture of our house on the way back from the beach. So cute! Most of the homes here are worth at least a million dollars and are all in the sort of old Florida Key West style with the metal roofs.
Because Helen and Co. were staying at Watercolor, we were all able to get some wrist bands and get into the Watercolor Beach Club. Which other than (delicious) $15 drinks and management making GoGo and Gordie remove their cooler of beers, it was lovely! The pool was kind of chilly, but I got in! We hung out with Janelle, Lauren, Craig and Anna for a bit!
And then the wind picked up and we got a bit chilly so we all got out and hung out by the pool. Craig's parents showed up too, and they were awesome.
Lauren and Craig with their mamas, Lori and Helen!
I snapped this cute picture of Paul and Gordie laughing while Todd was making finger hearts on Paul's chest! HA!
Now we have the bride and groom with their dads! Craig, Paul, Gordie and Lauren!
I had to work ALL day Monday but at the end of the day, we headed down to the beach for the rehearsal dinner! There was supposed to be a bonfire (which would have been nice - when the sun went down, it got chilly!) but there was a burn ban, so they started the rehearsal dinner an hour earlier than anticipated to capture the most of the sunlight. I was laughing because I am older than this town! (Also... elevation 29!)
Awww, these koozies were so cute!
The shrimp and barbeque feast has arrived!
We really lucked out with the weather all week - it was gorgeous!
There was cornhole too, and while Todd beat Kathleen in a friendly game, we realized later that the red beanbags that KK was tossing were bigger than the blue ones. Todd should vacate his win, stat!
Lauren and Craig finally arrived at the rehearsal dinner!
Everyone was mingling and hovering over the food table, ready to eat.
Warren and baby boy #1 looking cute!
While we were waiting to fill out plates, we spotted a mama deer and her baby up on the dunes!
Craig and Lauren thanked us all for coming, and Craig's mom gave a speech that made everyone cry!
This sunset was just so gorgeous!
Lauren and Craig's photographer was awesome, and at one point, I heard her say, "Pretend like someone said something funny and now you're all laughing!" So I took some nice sibling photos with the sunset int he background...
And then I said, "Pretend like someone said something funny and now you're all laughing!" And they did, and it actually was super cute and genuine!
Todd declared that this was the "picture of the night" and I had to agree.
I often tell the kids, "Don't forget to look up, there's so much to see!" But that could also extend to, "Don't forget to look back!" This was just the perfect rehearsal dinner evening for our LuLu and Craig!
Up next, the Seaside wedding!
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