Marathon Wedding Weekend

The beginning of August was filled with lots of wonderful times with college friends. First, our friend Dan (nicknamed Pastor Dan by our girls) and his girlfriend, Jen, came from Indiana to visit for three days. We had a great time telling stories, laughing and reminiscing about college. Honestly, it made SU and our years there together feel like yesterday! It made me all weepy and nostalgic, but in a good way, not in a "those were the best years of my life I can never get back" way. Those were seriously some of the best years of our lives, but these are great years too!

The girls loved all of the attention they got from new friends who played with them a lot and we are always grateful for friends who love on our kids. We were definitely blessed by their visit. One night, we enjoyed a fire in the backyard and on Friday we spent the day in Lake George together.

It was a beautiful day in Lake George. We started with a picnic, spent the afternoon at the beach, took a walk along the lake through the village, had a delicious pizza dinner and finished the night with a memorable ice cream stand experience!

my family

No one told him the large would be that big!

Proof of a successfully fun day!

Dan and Jen's visit led right into marathon wedding weekend. In just 24 hours, Joe and I attended two weddings. First was the wedding of our college friend, Kim. We got to spend the day with even more of our favorite people and celebrate with Kim and her new husband, Jonathan. It was such a great day. I know I keep saying it, but we love these guys so much!

our hangout in between the ceremony and reception

loved catching up with Adrienne

SU Cru

While we were at Kim's wedding, our girls spent the day with Ms. Kelly and Mr. Rob. There is something about having a date night out without kids that is a treat. Then, as if date night couldn't get any sweeter, there are those times when you leave your babies with your best friends in the world and know how well they will be taken care of. Our girls had the best time playing with their friends, Asher and Taryn. Abby and Asher watched Frozen together while the smaller kids napped. They had pizza in the park for dinner, walked to the duck pond (the same place Joe proposed to me eight years ago) and got ice cream together.  The girls were fast asleep when we got back from the wedding, so we stayed up way past our bedtime, eating chocolate and spending time with our friends. Then, as always, it got really late and the guys had to pull Kelly and I away from each other because we could talk all night!  Once again, we decided it is necessary for our families to start annually vacationing together ASAP! :)

Joe and I sat in this gazebo and called our families after I said "Yes"!

The next morning, we woke early to get to wedding #2 with the girls by ten. Joe's cousin, Charlotte, was getting married. It was a beautiful morning wedding on the Cornell campus, followed by a brunch reception with lots of dancing. The entire extended Cassel side of the family knows how to light up the dance floor no matter what time of day it is.  We had a lot of fun with everyone!

All she wanted was her OJ in a big girl glass...oh and she wanted to get it all by herself. This is the look of success!

Little kids ripping up the dance floor

Charlotte and Joe

Our sweet girl sitting at the big girl table all by herself. She put her napkin right in her lap and got right to it buttering her bread without any help!

For my observant friends, yes...that was the same outfit worn to both weddings. Two weddings (and two different groups of people) in less than 24 hours...made life so much less complicated!

Mary, Charlotte and Joe

 

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