We had a great trip. It was so nice to be with family and celebrate Roy and Christa's wedding. For those that don't know, Roy is George's cousin. He is a couple of years younger than us (graduated high school with Emily). We knew when we found out about our move that we would need to travel back just 6 weeks later for their wedding. It made it easier to say goodbye knowing that we would be home so soon. It actually turns out that I'll be home a couple more times in the next few months due to work trips (the kids will most likely come with me for both trips). Madeline was so excited when we were leaving for the trip. She seemed to completely understand that we were going to Arizona to visit everyone. It was really fun for us to see her get so excited....and it made us pretty excited too. I was worried about how she would be when it was time to go home, but she was totally fine. It's so true when people say that kids are very resilient.
When we left PA it was pretty warm still (about 80-85 degrees). People were saying that it was unseasonably warm. This week it is in the low 70s all week and suddenly feels like fall. One of the things that I'm most excited for here is four seasons, especially the leaves changing in the fall.
More about our upcoming travel plans. We may go to NYC this weekend because George got selected for the SNL lottery. If we go, we will hire a babysitter on Saturday night. Next weekend, Madeline and I are heading to Rochester for Lindsay Armbruster's wedding. Brian, Terrisa, Emily, Stephen (Emily's boyfriend), Hannah, and my parents will be there too. George doesn't have much vacation time in his new position so he won't be able to come. Since I'll be by myself, Luke is going to stay here with George. My parents will drive back down to PA with us and stay for 4 days. Yay for our first visitors!! Then, on October 15 it is back to AZ for the kids and I (one of the work trips). November will be a more quiet travel month for us. We may head up to my Aunt Lesley's for Thanksgiving. In early December, we will all head to Colorado for our annual ski trip. Then, there is another potential work trip back to AZ in mid December (still TBD). We will stay here for Christmas this year because we are traveling so much over the next few months. Plus, we have our good friend Nick's wedding in mid January in AZ. This is the year of weddings for us -- 5 weddings in 10 months!
Biggest cousin, littlest cousin (although I have a feeling that eventually Luke will be the biggest cousin and Paisley will be the littlest cousin)
We had a photo shoot with Granna :)
I didn't get a ton of pictures at the wedding, but here are a few...
My family watched the kids for both the rehearsal dinner and wedding. It was SOOO nice to to have a couple of nights out with George and no kids :) :)
