A LOT has happened since my last post, so here it goes...
We took a trip back to Missouri in May right around Mother's Day. Normally, our road trips back to MO go a little something like this...leave in the evening right after dinner (I drive first), Nick and the kids sleep while I drive for, on average, the first 8 hours. We stop somewhere for breakfast, switch drivers and I sleep while the kids color, watch movies. etc. We stop for lunch and after Nick continues to drive until he gets too tired and I normally finish out the trip. Depending on where we are going first, it takes anywhere from 15 to 19 hours for this trip. THIS time, we decided we were just going to take our time and stop and see some stuff along the way. We left on Friday, May 6th and drove up to Asheville, NC and spent the night. We woke up the next morning and spent a few hours at the Biltmore Estate. It was sooooo incredibly beautiful there. We did not see everything by any means, and would like to take a weekend trip up there sometime again to experience more of what they have to do and see there. This place is truly amazing, and is also the largest home in America! The kids called it "the castle."
I snapped this pic with my cell phone on the way out...LOVE it! <3
Anyways, after that we took off and headed to Missouri about 1 pm or 2 pm. We drove straight through (alternating drivers of course) and arrived at my Mom's house in Jefferson City late that night/early the next morning about 1 am or so. We unloaded our bags, got our beds ready, and hit the hay...we were TIRED!! The next morning we woke up, May 8th, and this was Mother's Day...I was so happy to be able to spend some time with my Mom on Mother's Day. We ate breakfast at her place and hung out for a little bit and hit the road again. (Ugh, just thinking about all that time we spent in the car makes me tired of driving haha) We left Jefferson City and were St. Joseph bound. It was lunch time when we got there to have a quick lunch with Nick's Mom and Step-Dad. We were so lucky to be able to spend time with both of our Mom's on Mother's Day!! After lunch, we hit the road yet again! We drove into Hastings, NE where Nick's Grandmother lives...it was so great to see her, it had been a little while since we were able to spend time with her. We went to dinner with her, Nick's Aunt Amy and Uncle Dave and their kids to Valentino's. This is Nick's favorite place to eat when we go there...Nick's parents owned one of these very restaurants when he was younger, so it takes him back. :) We spent the night there and went to spend some time with Grandma Sass at her home for a little while the next morning and then we all went to lunch, with Dave and Amy again, and Uncle Craig came with us too.
Now, we drove back to St. Joseph to stay with Nick's best friend Scottie and his fiance' Shay. We stayed with them that whole week and had such a great time hanging out by their pool, staying up late playing the Wii, and just hanging out and catching up. We were also able to spend time with Nick's side of the family that are there in St. Joe. We have a big family, but I love every minute of it!! It was really nice to see everyone and spend some time with them.
Saturday, May 14th, was a BIG day!! Scottie and Shay got married!!!! (which was the whole reason for this trip) Wooo Hooo...Congrats again to them BTW!! The wedding was a beautiful intimate ceremony where guests surrounded the couple as they said their vows to one another. The reception was a BLAST too! Nick's Mom ,Step-Dad, and his sister Emily also attended so we got to have a good time with them as well. There was yummy food, lots of music, and an abundance of dancing!! They also had one of the neatest things I've seen at a wedding...a photo booth! Everyone that went in and took pictures got 3 taken at a time and they all printed out on a strip for you to take home, AND another copy of your pictures printed out that the ladies put into a scrapbook and you could write them a message or whatever you like with your pictures.
As you can see below, Adelynn found the booth first, then Nick, Emily, and me. LOL...it was a ton of fun!
We, also, decided to just make an entire "Howat Family" page in the scrapbook for Scottie and Shay...
So, as you can see we all had a good time celebrating Scottie and Shay's marriage :)
Ok, I am kinda tired of writing right now, so that's all you get for tonight...I'll finish up someday in the near future (probably tomorrow). LOL
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