Yes, it's been almost a month since the last post -- but yes, we're STILL on the East Coast. In fact, I've been putting off this post because it's one of the most important -- the whole reason we visited the East Coast when we did: my cousin Kate's wedding to Zane Brown.
It was a truly beautiful wedding, outdoors on Meaders Point, right on the lake. It was Labor Day weekend, and it felt like the start of Fall. The whole thing was genuine to who Kate and Zane are, and their love for each other was clear in every detail. And you'll have to take my word for it, because somehow we've become such self-obsessed people (which is what happens when you start a blog, I guess) that we have NO pictures of Kate, Zane, or the actual wedding. How this happened, I'm not entirely sure, other than that they were busy getting married and we were busy ensuring that our kids didn't disrupt anything!
Anyway, enough prologue. We all were dressed in our wedding finery.
The girls behaved beautifully throughout the day, although Campbell refused to abandon technology even for the sake of a formal occasion. ("What's the big deal? Dad's cell phone matches my outfit!")
Here's a post-wedding photo of Nana and Campbell in which you can see the lovely family house on Meaders Point.
Fiona enjoyed sprinkling the cups of birdseed that were on hand to toss at the bride & groom (the scene on the lawn the next day must have been Hitchcockian).
At the reception, Kate and Zane had anticipated the onslaught of little girls by providing magic wands as favors. Fiona and her cousin Fallon engaged in some friendly spell casting.
All the cousins (technically, 2nd cousins -- with one 1st cousin wrangler) together (and really, they WERE having fun!):
Then the dancing started, and we danced the night away! Or, as much of the night as a 1-year-old and a 2.5-year-old can handle.
It was a magical day, and we've never had a faster bedtime!
