Greg and Megan's Wedding

We just returned from New Jersey where we celebrated with Seth's family as his oldest brother, Greg, married our new sister-in-law Megan. Congratulations you two!! It was a beautiful wedding, and Myles loved that it was outdoors.

We left on Wednesday afternoon and spent the night in Roanoake with our friends Ryan and Debra Fedak. Ryan's an old ASP friend, and we went out to eat with Helen and Craig (Craig was the construction consultant my very first summer on staff in 1996). Both Debra and Helen are pregnant for the first time!!

On Thursday we continued our trek up through DC, Baltimore, and beside Philly onto the NJ Turnpike. Myles was not pleased. We experienced some crying and screaming that made our heads ache. Myles has this interesting way of crying and screaming into a tongue roll...we tried to stop and take breaks as much as we could but at some point he was acting how we all felt: "I'm so sick of being in the car!!"

We arrived at Seth's parents' house in East Brunswick around 4:30pm and took a walk with David and Zoe (the dog). Later we put Myles down for the night and had dinner with Susan and David. On Friday we headed over to the hotel and settled in. The rehearsal dinner was in the Ironbound section of Newark, and Myles literally lasted about a half hour. I think he was overstimulated, with lots of people and music and activity. I took him back to the hotel and Seth stayed to be with friends and family. David offered a wonderful toast with a speech about 26.2...the magic number for Greg and Megan who will run yet another marathon in Scotland during their honeymoon.

On Saturday we went out for breakfast at the Golden Touch diner, and it was excellent! One thing we love about NJ is the pleathora of sweet diners! It was my birthday and Megan remembered and gave me a beautiful gift from Cameroon. We went to the wedding location at 3:00pm for photos. It was an outdoor wedding, which worked really well for Myles, who seemed to have a great time during the photo time, and even managed to remain quiet throughout the wedding (he also took a large poop during the ceremony, as he hung onto his stroller for dear life and got red in the face...). We enjoyed the cocktail hour, which had so much incredible food that we filled up completely. We went upstairs after that for the reception, and Myles made it through the announcement of the wedding party and the first dance. It was lots of fun. Megan looked gorgeous, Greg was happy as a clam, and it was so good to see old friends like Beth and Celia.

We left on Sunday after lunch. The rain was horrible and so was the traffic. We definitely took the wrong route, which had seemed so easy on the way up but was stop and go traffic for hours on the way back. We stayed over in Fort Royal and then drove the rest of the way back today. What a trip! Wanted to share these photos with you...