Busy Times

Another delayed posting due to photography.

Between buying a new mountain bike Wednesday, a rehearsal dinner on Thursday, having Becky in town Friday, the brunch-ecue on Saturday, and Alec and Michelle's wedding...we had a busy week. 

Ben's sweet new ride

Thursday we were invited to the rehearsal dinner at Michelle's house.  It was a lot of fun and we got to visit with Sue, Joe, Dustin, Alec, and Michelle which was nice since we knew all of them would be busy on Saturday.  Plus Michelle's family is very lively which is always fun.

Friday evening we drove up to Peabody (Pee-b-dee) to pick up Becky and have dinner with Dave, Laura, Keri, and Jason at the Seawitch.  For those of you who don't know, the Seawitch is a famous landmark; it has been used for navigation by travelers for centuries (or at least since they put the crazy jug handle in).

On Saturday Liisa, Paul, Izzy, Donna, Mike, Connie, Scott and the rest of the crew from Friday came over for a brunch-ecue.  (There was some confusion as to whether this was a barbecue or brunch so it was deemed a brunch-ecue.)  After some visiting and a quick tour of the house Ben fired up the grill while Pepper (our neighbor's dog) impressed everyone with her fetching abilities.

Ben holding Izzy

We missed the terrified look on his face when she ended up in his arms, not that I blame him (babies are scary).  By mid-afternoon everyone headed back to the hotel to get ready for the wedding.

The happy couple

The ceremony was really nice (no surprise) and the church was very impressive.  After things wrapped up at the church we headed to the reception which as about 30 minutes away and spent the rest of the night having a good time.  There was Portuguese music mixed in throughout the evening which was a lot of fun for those of us brave enough to give it a try.  As you can see below, Jason and Ben were not brave.

We have no idea what we're supposed to be doing

Later that night, Jason and I accidentally made Becky the center of attention for the bouquet toss.  The DJ learned her name while chasing her around our table trying to drag her to the dance floor.   He ended up coaxing her by name in front of the whole reception.  (Sorry Beck!)  Mike and Sue got everyone to join them for "Shout" and Ben even ventured on the dance floor for a few non-slow songs.   By the time we got home we were beat, and we still had to get up before 6am to have Becky back at the hotel to catch her ride home.

Now that the weekend is over I need a nap.