What a Week-end

It all started with McKenzie's party on Friday night. The kids were pretty well behaved, most of them had a softball game in the morning, and we had to drive to St. Cloud for my cousin Ben's wedding the next morning. The party was fun for McKenzie, she got to have 2 friends sleep over. I'm still picking up the mess, but they had a good time.

Ben's wedding was fun. For future reference, just because a vehicle claims to fit eight comfortably, it rarely does. There were seven of us and one is an infant. You might think that an infant is small and therefore takes less room in a vehicle. Any recent parent knows better. In true Olson fashion, we got lost on the way. It turns out almost everyone there got lost at least once during the trip. The wedding was short and sweet, they had a string quartet that played, short sermon, ring and candle ceremony, and they were out the door. No receiving line, no bubbles, rice, or cars honking their horns. I took good notes, because Rachel and I want to cut out most of the stuff they did.

The reception was more than fun. The girls got to play with Denise's daughters, Morgan and Kaitlyn, and with Ben's sister, Emily. They danced like nobody was watching, and they got to sing with the band. They stayed up way too late and woke up too early, and we had to drive back to Rochester. We got home in time to meet up with Rachel and have Father's Day dinner and mow the lawn and get to bed.

Who needs sleep? Angie sure doesn't.