Wedding season finale

Where have I been for the last 3 weeks? It's been crazy. Jack and I took off on adventures to opposite sides of the country on July 29. He flew off to Seattle and I drove to Boston with Evan. Jack was the best man for his life-long friend Tom Garrity. We determined earlier in the summer that while it would be awesome to have a family vacation in Seattle, Evan would not endure the trip. So I went to Maine to be with his family with a night in Boston to visit Dan & Tara Van Horne (& Alex!). We had a blast catching up and even though they're over a year apart, the boys played together so well!




I continued on to Maine the next morning and for the first time ever, I arrived by 10:30am! It's a lot easier when you're heading out from Boston! We said some quick hellos and then sent off Papa Jon, Strom, Catherine and Joseph for an overnight hiking trip. We enjoyed some quiet quality time with Gram and Aunt Regan for the next 2 days. You would never know it was the week before her wedding by looking at Regan. Our days were spend sunbathing, lounging in the pool, shopping, going out to dinner, watching movies, stargazing, campfires.... pretty much the usual! It was suuuch a relaxing week leading up to her wedding.

Jack flew in to Portland on Tuesday (Aug 3) after enjoying a few days with his cousin and exploring Seattle after the wedding. Unfortunately, we both ended up catching some nasty stomach bug that we managed to kick right before the wedding. It left me a few pounds lighter (only 1.5 more to go to the pre-preg weight!) but it also left my dress looser!

The wedding went off without a hitch (other than a song mixup at the reception). The weather was PERFECT... 73, partly cloudy and a light breeze. The setting was gorgeous. It was a grassy amphitheater behind the public library in Camden which is a quaint coastal town in Maine. There was a harbor across the street with a bunch of sailboats and yachts. The cool thing about the location is that when we went to Camden after Jack's graduation, we explored around the town after dinner and came across the amphitheater and Regan said "I'd love to get married here someday"... and she did! Something else that was really sweet about the wedding is that Regan had never seen Strom in his dress blues before, so they both got to have a "see each other for the first time" moment in what they were wearing for the wedding. She came down the aisle to the very fitting theme for Band of Brothers before marrying her military man. After a sweet ceremony and some pictures, we headed to the reception around the corner at the Whitehall Inn, a lovely maintained yet historic B&B. They hired a 4 piece band that played hits from the 40's. Such a classy reception. So much dancing to be done, and somehow I didn't get enough! It was so sweet, none of us wanted it to end. We probably spent over an hour saying goodbye over and over again.


Evan was such a trooper. I had been so nervous about this day because he's pretty set in his nap schedule and can be a huge grump if it's thrown off. But he sucked it up and was a blast at the reception, crawling all around the room and giggling and dancing with us. It was such a sweet way to wrap up our wedding season for the year. We miss you terribly Regan & Strom!! Can't wait to see you on your way through NY!