Tummies all full of Thanksgiving dinner we headed off to Harrisburg, PA for Devin & Kate's wedding on Saturday. Our thought was that Grace would sleep the whole way and we would be able to quickly put her to bed at the hotel and we would all have a nice restful night's sleep. It didn't work out that way. Grace was ready to party at 1am when we reached the hotel. I think we finally all fell asleep around 2:30am.
Needless to say on Friday morning no one was moving too quickly, but we knew we didn't want to hang around the hotel. We went to investigate a museum I had spotted while trying to find some breakfast. The museum was cute. The was a toddler area we played in for a little while, a water table that both Grace and Daddy enjoyed, but it was the trains there that were a hit.
That afternoon we went to Devin & Kate's wedding rehearsal and dinner.
Grace may be cute, but so were the bride and groom.
Saturday was the day of the big wedding, so Grace started the day off with a swim.
After an early nap, Grace got ready for the party.
No time for lunch before we headed off to the capital building, so Grace had lunch there.
Now I wish that I could show you all of the wonderful pictures I took of the ceremony, which was beautiful, but unfortunately I wasn't paying attention and my camera fell on to the floor and broke.
The reception was a blast. Grace met 2 new friends, Aiden and Summer. Grace loved watching them and copiyng them, especially Aiden. Once the dancing started I don't think anyone danced as hard or as long as Aiden, Summer and Grace. It was awesome to watch Grace dance around the floor and try to copy all of Aiden's cool moves. He's quite the dancer. When he spun around on the floor, Grace would lay on the floor. When we was dancing around, Grace would get in front of him and try to dance with him. It was neat to watch. All three rocked it late into the night.
At the reception Grandma Nancy rocked Grace to sleep so Mommy and Daddy could stay until the end.
The next day we had breakfast, said our good-byes, had a nap and headed off to Hershey.
Now here was my big plan. I bought a cute Christmas outfit and my plan was to spend the day taking pictures to get the perfect one for our Christmas card.
The battery died on my camera soon after that picture. Bummer. Hershey Park was lots of fun. They had a large part of it blocked off and mostly just little kid rides open. Grace got to see Santa's reindeer and sit on Santa's lap. She had great fun driving a car and decorating a cookie. After the park we had a fun night hanging out with Devin and Kate.
Monday morning we packed up and headed back to Hershey to go to Chocolate World. We went on a tour around Hershey where I finally saw the Hershey Kiss street lamps. After the tour ended, we rode the "factory tour" ride, had a great lunch and headed home.
It was a long but great weekend.
