Vermont in the Fall

The Thursday of our anniversary week, we packed up our suitcases and boarded two planes to Vermont!  We typically fly after work and arrive at midnight, so even though flying took up most of the day, it was a nice change to land in the daylight and be able to enjoy the afternoon a bit!

Our first stop immediately from the airport was to visit baby Peyton!  He is too sweet for words and I enjoyed meeting him and being able to hold him throughout the weekend!

Kevin and I rode with Hannah and Alex to an Italian restaurant down the road to meet the bride and groom-to-be, Daniel and Shelby, for dinner.  The food was AMAZING and it was great to catch up with everyone!  Then Kevin and I took Dan's car and headed for CKs to grab a drink and watch some of the Red Sox game.  Next it was off to Marble Island to crash for the evening!

Friday morning, Kevin was up bright and early to golf with his brother and I went for a 4 mile run over Marble Island.  Here are some shots I got from my run.  Everything was so gorgeous!

I came back to his mom's and showered and packed up all of our stuff and then it was off to run errands for the bride!  We went up to Sand Bar (Grand Isle) to pick up like 15 apple pies!  And we stopped for some maple doughnuts too!  Then we had to deliver the apple pies to the reception hall in Williston.  Next, my mother-in-law dropped me off at the hotel in Burlington to check in and helped me get all of our luggage up to the room.  I waited in the room until Kevin came back with a late pizza lunch for me and we showered and got ready for the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner!

The rehearsal was at St. Francis and thank goodness I asked Father Lavalley about the Prayers of the Faithful because he noticed the Pope listed was incorrect and I would have made a fool of myself!  Whew!

Post rehearsal at St. Francis

The rehearsal dinner was back on Marble Island at my mother-in-law's house and we enjoyed dinner and spending time with the groomsmen and their significants and that sweet, sweet boy, Peyton!  Then it was back to the hotel and we all went up to the Upper Deck Pub for a drink before bed.  (of course Kevin stayed out until the wee hours of the morning because that's what he always does!)

Poor Peyton has a distorted head in the panoramic shot!

Saturday morning was a bit crazy for me!  We went down for breakfast at the hotel and I was just going to go with Kevin to Dan's room and take pictures of the guys as they got ready.  Well, no one had thought about food for the guys, so in my pajamas with no make-up, I was sent on a food run.  In Dan's car again, in a town I don't know!  I picked up Subway sandwiches for everyone and then got a text that they needed more beer and a dozen roses to decorate the room for that night.  By the time I got back, I was so flustered and I had to just drop everything and run back to our room to shower and get ready in time!  I did get a prize for my work in the form of a Labatt Blue hat-from the case of beer!  You'll see more of that guy later!

Wedding Errands

Look at those socks!

I managed to get ready in time and was rushing to get to the church, thinking I was late arriving 25 minutes before the ceremony and there was like NO ONE there.  Whew!  Daniel and Shelby got married and although I made it through the Prayers of the Faithful, I did get choked up!  I think I had the entire church sniffling at one point!

Next was pictures and then it was back to the hotel to drop off some stuff and I ran into Aunt Patti, who needed help decorating Dan and Shelby's wedding suite.  Good thing I went!  The maids hadn't cleaned anything and the room was a total mess!  We spruced it up and got everything looking great and then we rode over to the Catamount County Club for the reception!

The results of our handy-work!

We had a great time eating, catching up with family and friends and just enjoying ourselves!  Kevin made a great toast to his brother that had the entire room laughing!

And we had a bit of fun in the photo booth again!  Labatt Blue hat!

All of the groomsmen with me and the Labatt Blue hat!  Hilarious!

Then it was back to the hotel and we all hung out with the newlyweds for a hot second before I went to bed!  Word to the wise: don't drink Cristal right after you've brushed your teeth!  Gross!

Sunday morning we woke up, packed up our stuff and checked out of the hotel and went over to Kevin's grandparents for breakfast and more time with family!  Then we met the newlyweds and more family and friends at McKee's for brunch.  We went over to Kevin's dad's to say goodbye and rode with the newlyweds to their house so they could open gifts and get ready for their honeymoon.

Pretty tree in my father-in-law's yard!

 Then it was off to the airport for the trip back home.  The trees were just so gorgeous at the airport!  I love Vermont in the Fall!

One more trip down.  One more wedding!  Congrats Daniel and Shelby!  Who's next??