We spent a long weekend in Hastings, MN for Eric and Hope's wedding. Overall, I *think* we had a good time, but Adam's blog may tell a different story.
Things I learned while on vacation:
*When traveling with a toddler, do NOT pack ANY white shirts (I packed 2, and both came home poop stained ~ and my top for the wedding also has a nice, pink, watermelon dumdum stain on it)
*Alyssa is MOST DEFINITELY not ready for her own big girl bed. She slept with me for part of both nights that we were in the hotel. Let's just say, it was an adventure in and of itself. There's nothing like being woken up by a toe in your eye or mouth or nose.
*Iowa and Minnesota's exit sign numbers correspond to the mile marker that the exit is located on. How convenient! According to Adam not all states do that. Dumb asses.
I absolutely love how everyone in the Olsen/Chipman family is totally head over heels in love with Alyssa. Its such a heartwarming feeling to see her being wrapped up in so much family love since she doesn't have a whole lot of "blood" family. Unfortunately, her debut of the chicken dance had to be postponed due to "the runs" (hence the poop stained shirts), but hopefully we'll be able to break it out come the 4th of July.
The wedding was held at a Pioneer Village near Hastings, which was really neat. The church was this small old-fashioned building and the reception hall was a really beautiful log cabin-type building. They had hired a horse and buggy/carriage to give Eric and Hope a ride after the ceremony, then it stuck around for a couple hours so that the guests could go for rides around the property (lots of cute pioneer village buildings), too. Besides the wedding for the most part we just hung out at the hotel and hot tub/pool. We did make our way down to the Mississippi river for some photo ops (needed SOMETHING to scrapbook) and we hit a creamery in town that had AMAZING ice cream a couple times. The best was the birthday cake ice cream ~ it had chunks of angelfood cake in it and sprinkles! We were told that the drive would only take 4 1/2 hours, but not so with a toddler and her grandpa. The drive up took 6 hours (with two stops) and the drive back took about 7 hours (but we did stop and have a "real" lunch). It was a looonnngggg weekend and I'm glad to be home, but it was really nice to get away.
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