Ben & Sarah's Wedding Weekend

This weekend (other than some painting done on Friday night) was completely basement free. We headed to Carrollton, IL to attend Tim's cousin's wedding on Saturday. Below is a photo of the happy couple after the wedding ceremony.

Ben and Sarah (Pinkston) Schmidt

Abby had no intention of sitting through a wedding after spending 3 hours in a car seat in the truck so we spent our time going up and down the stairs during the wedding at Fr. Henry's house. Fr. Henry is the priest for St. Johns and the rectory is right next door to the church. Se we enjoyed his wind chimes and porch swing. Abby needed to be on the move, and her voice echoed quite nicely in the church so we made a quick exit.
Another point of entertainment for Abby was watching the ushers put together the wedding party's transportation. The sign was a challenge with all the wind and the barrel didn't quite work out as planned as Ben had to work with it after moving about 10 yards.


On to the wedding reception.......

Ben and Sarah had some fun toys for the kids during the reception. They had these bands that glowed and you could make necklaces or whatever you wanted to out of them. You can't tell, but this is Abby glowing and dancing.

More photos of her dancing, there was no stopping this party animal, not even for cake!
She's still working the dance floor and anywhere else she can get to. We had wanted to get a nice family picture but that would not happen. If you tried to pick her up off the dance floor there was a small temper tantrum. So we just let her go. Abby and I lasted until about 9:30-ish and then headed back to the hotel. Considering she didn't really have a nap it was a long day for her, and made for a longer day on Sunday. She slept the whole way home which doesn't often happen.

Congratulations to Ben & Sarah who are by now hopefully enjoying some sandy beaches in Mexico.