November highlights {California wedding, Cece is 8, music & sports, Greta is 11}
still playing catch up from the craziness of the fall! 1) California wedding. my cousin and her now husband married in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in the mountains of California on November 1. it was so much fun to celebrate with them, and to visit with my extended family ... sans kids! from the time the save-the-dates arrived, we knew that Nick wouldn't be able to come to the wedding as it's written into his job contract to plan and direct the music for holy days such as All Saints and All Souls Day. we debated for a while about the older girls coming with me, but with just an extended weekend trip across the country and back, we ultimately decided it would be best for me to go solo and it was so good to spend uninterrupted adult time with my parents, siblings, and extended family! making a grand entrance into the reception my Auntie Kris generously booked a huge AirBnb for all of us to stay together just a few minutes away from the resort where all the wedding festivities w...