Melissa & Walt's Wedding

Saturday night was Melissa and Walt's wedding. My baby girl got to be the flower girl in the wedding and she has been super excited about it.

Friday morning she woke up knowing the rehearsal was that night. The first thing she said is "I don't think I can do this wedding stuff anymore". She was all nervous about walking down the aisle. I explained what would happen and that she had to do it. By the time Friday night came around, she was excited again. So we packed up and headed to New Orleans for the rehearsal in City Park. They practiced the wedding a couple times just so everyone got the hang of it. Then we were free to go. Barrett and I decided that since we had to be in New Orleans two nights in a row, we would just get a hotel. So we got a room in the French Quarter and we headed that way to unload our luggage and see about getting dinner. Our room was great. It was on Decateur with a balcony. The kids loved playing out there. And it didn't have any gaps in it so I didn't have to worry about them on it. (of course that didn't mean I wasn't out there the entire time but at least I wasn't pyscho mom about it).

After playing at the hotel for a bit, we took the kids to eat at the Melting Pot. Elena just loved this restaurant. She loved the idea of cooking her own food and dipping her own stuff. She kept asking, "What's coming out next?".

The next morning, we slept in and then headed to Cafe Du Monde for beignets and then we did a little shopping in the quarter before heading back to the room for a nap before the big night.

Elena woke up ready to go. She was sooo excited. We all started getting dressed and then headed for City Park. We got there right at 6 and the wedding was scheduled to start at 6:30. It was such a beautiful location for a wedding; I just wish it would have been a little cooler. We took the extra time to squeeze in taking some family pictures because we were all dressed up and the location was so beautiful.

Once the wedding started though, it was beautiful. Elena did great. Everyone looked gorgeous and Melissa was beautiful. She did a great job planning the wedding. Everything was so nice.

After the wedding was over, everyone headed inside Parkview Terrace in City Park for the reception. This is where, I think, our kids had the most fun. Elena and Hailey didn't get off of the dance floor ALL night long. Ashleigh got out there, but only if someone was holding her. Anthony danced on and off and Landon danced all night. He would scootch out onto the dance floor and shuffle around for a bit. I don't know what he thought he was doing but it was really cute.

When the night was over, we loaded up in the van. Landon was out before we left city park. Elena was so wired, she didn't fall asleep for probably like an hour after we got back to the hotel. Needless to say we all slept like babies this night.

The next morning, we woke up, checked out and headed home. This was a really fun weekend. We had such a great time together and it's nice to just get away from home every once in a while, even if it is just to go an hour away.