A Minnesota Wedding Weekend!

This weekend, Jon and I drove to Minnesota for a wedding of a friend, Jessica, from college band. I was in the wedding as a bridesmaid and was very excited about being able to support her and Chris. Friday night, we made it to Rochester, then Saturday morning, I drove up to Stillwater to stay with my friend Betsy from Korea! We haven't seen each other since we left Korea and it was wonderful to finally see each other in the U.S. Betsy and I have kept up by talking on the phone every other week or so. It was nice to visit her and her family even though it was a quick visit with me running to the cities for wedding reasons. Jon then came up on Sunday for the wedding and we again had to say good-bye as he was going to stay in Rochester until Thursday. Good-byes are always so tough! He also kept Molly Pocket in Rochester from Friday night til' this Thursday, so I am missing her as well. On Sunday night, I drove to Eau Claire to get a start on my long drive and stayed with Anders and Emily at their new house. Even though it was a fast trip, it was nice to see them and see what they've done with their new home! Monday, I drove the rest of the way to Chicago and made good time with no problems! I am really looking forward to seeing Jon on Thursday and our home being more normal. I am really not used to the quiet, but at least I have the pigs to talk to! Last night, I also realized I have no one to cook for, which is sad to me, so I've begun to plan my next week's meals to get ahead. I have also been investigating more about making homemade pasta and might try my hand at that sometime soon since I have Nona's original Italian pasta dough roller. Look for an update on that later!

Below, I wanted to share some pictures from the wedding, unfortunately, we just had my point and shoot camera, but it gives you an idea at least.

The beautiful Jessica and her dad!


After they lit the unity candle, they had the wedding
part pray over them, I really loved that idea!