In which...

...we find ourselves in Wisconsin again. You see this is how it works. When one has very good friends (even though those friends are 10 1/2 hours from your current place of residence) then you -or at least I do- get quite excited every time you get a chance to go see them which in some cases it happens oftener then others. Such has been the case this past year.  With 2 of our friends getting married we found that we really couldn't not go because this is like a once in a lifetime event and how terrible to miss it!! I am fully aware that we were just up there in august & that to some it might seem like we are addicted to traveling but such is not the case. However, my siblings & I think it would be quite excellent if  we could keep up this 'seeing each other every 2 months' like we have in the very recent past..... I feel that by now some of you are starting to drop your heads in wonderment if I will ever stop writing in such boring detail about the things you really didn't come to read about..... 

 So Micah, Rhoda & I left around 1 or 1:30 and after 10 or 15 or 20 minutes decided we were still close enough to home that it was worth turning around for some important things we had forgotten.... 

we stopped along the way and picked up our sister and continued our travel the next day.  We stayed at our friends place and were at rehearsal and all which made it seem kinda like a family wedding... I don't know why. It just did.  

 

They decide where to stand....

...and practice the grand entering of the bride...

...and the giving away of the bride.... 

And afterwards we went bowling and after bowling we went to Perkins because some people were hungry and Perkins has amazing French Silk pie & a bottomless pot of coffee which sounded like a good idea...

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And then there was the wedding day. We got up and ate breakfast & drank coffee & then there was hair and fun things like that to get ready for the wedding...

         

 And than there are a few pictures of the dress for those of you who are interested....

Mary with her mom and sisters... all ready for the wedding.

and a few random pictures from the morning...

Us kids thought we should take a picture since we were all dressed up anyway and John & Lydia decided to be in the picture as well.... love them! :)

 

 I didn't have any pictures of just Chris & Mary so I 'borrowed' a couple from the photographers facebook page. I hope they don't mind - I don't think they will 'cause it's just a little free advertisement. :)

Godly friends are one of the best things ever I am quite certain. Don't underestimate them & the impact they have on your lives. That's all.

And then we played volley ball till midnight. That turned out to be fun and entertaining. :)

 After volley ball we went home to eat whatever we could find which turned out to be leftover chili for some and nearly a half bag of celery with ranch for another -healthy I tell you...and then we decided to have a little contest. There was a jar of quarters and whoever got the closest guess on the amount of money in the jar would be rewarded with $5... thus we proceed to count the quarters & I began to feel a little mentally declined due to the short hours of sleep on which I was living....

 

Sunday we went on a short walk during the time when it stopped raining and we took pictures ;)

Then it was Monday morning and Kathryn, Dorcas, Rhoda & I got up and made breakfast for everybody. It was fun even though all I did was wash dishes...  :) 

Later in the day we went on a walk.... 

I am in love with the fall colors up there! I know they weren't at their peak but they were nice and bright in contrast to the brown-ish colors we have down here.... I'm not complaining though. We do have an occasional bright colored maple tree stuck in among the oaks every now and then & that makes me happy! :)

 There's also things that I don't have pictures of .... the coffee pot consumed an entire large can of coffee grounds over the weekend and we even fed one of the dear brothers a cup of hot water to stretch our limited resources!  here's how you do it: Take a mug that is black on the inside and pour coffee in it so it has the smell you would expect. Next, pour the coffee out and insert hot water and serve it to the person of choice. In my situation the person to which I served the hot water was intently watching Andy Griffith and drank the ENTIRE cup without noticing! YAY!!!!  I guess that's what happens when you don't pay attention to what your doing. :)

The end.