Our Trip to NC, Part 2

As I shared in my last post, we made the trip up to North Carolina to see two friends get married. The wedding was so beautiful and we were so happy we made the trip to be there to celebrate with them.

The country side was breath taking and made the perfect background! We couldn't help but take advantage of it and snap some family photos.

And J was adorable as always! I am so in love with this picture Shane took of her. It just takes my breath away every time I see it!

And here are some more of her being her silly self.

After the wedding we were able to go out with the bride and groom for a drink. We actually left J with Mimi and went out! It was a blast for us. It is amazing how something as minor as that can be noteworthy these days. But I wouldn't have it any other way.

We made it back in one piece after a drive home that seemed much longer than the drive up. J was very cranky (and now that she has had a runny nose and fever all day I can conclude that she was getting sick). But we survived and had such a great time we are planning on going back next year!

Our Trip to NC, Part 1

This past weekend we made the trip to Statesville, North Carolina for the wedding of two of our very dear friends. The wedding was beautiful, but I will share more of that in the the next post. We took so many great pictures that I want to share with you that we really need to do this in two posts.

We headed up on Thursday. It was an interesting 9 hour drive. The GPS was set to shortest path rather than shortest time. So it took us at a diagonal through Georgia which made for an very interesting route. But we made it with only a little whining from the little one.

We went a day early so Shane could work in a business meeting, so we had plenty of time to enjoy ourselves. And with the weather as beautiful as it was, we wanted to spend some time outdoors. So we found a very nice park complete with a pond full of ducks! J loved them. In fact as I was sitting here making the collage bellow, J is pointing at the screen yelling, "Ducks... Ducks!"

We also did some swing and sliding which are a must at any park for J. I love the picture on the bottom right. She had slid forward in the swing and her face was priceless!

We did try to get some family shots, but the temptation of the surrounds were just to much for J. Here are a few we were able to capture by asking her to look for the moon (a new obsession for her).

And I am in love with this picture of J and I being silly together!

And Mimi went with us on this trip. It was so wonderful to have her help and be able to spend time with her. J really loves her Mimi and they were two peas in a pod this trip.

So I will be back in the morning with pictures from the wedding!