Moore & Blanchard Wedding

Our "Summer of Weddings" continued this weekend up in Bakersflied with Cory and Bekah's wedding.  Daniel and Cory have been friends since 9th grade. We all went to church together, and I naturally feel like one of the guys when I am around him, Cory, and Sean.  We had a fun time with the guys, and tried our best to stay cool even though the temperature reached 109 yesterday!

Our drive up wasn't too bad, and we are getting used to so much driving with all of our weddings this summer.  Daniel is usually singing along in a crazy voice, and I chime in every now and then.  We rarely listen to the radio with Daniel's amazing singing abilities...oh, if only!  But, we did catch ourselves singing "She'll be coming around the mountain" while going up the grapevine.

While Daniel was fulfilling all of his "groomsmenly" (Yes, I made up the word) duties, I was able to visit some family and friends within the area.  My uncle, aunt, and cousins live in Bakersfield so Daniel and I went over Saturday morning to say hi.  Then, I went over to visit Jimmy & Michelle.  Jimmy was my youth leader growing up, I interned for him in college, and his wife has been an amazing mentor to me.  I absolutely love their family and was sad to see them leave San Diego last year.  It was so nice getting to see them and catch up, and I still can't believe how big their kids are getting!

The wedding was at the church and was great.  The only thing was a was flying solo since Daniel was in the wedding.  It did truly make me appreciate that my husband has a job here, and I always have a date and husband to go to places with.  It was a little uncomfortable sitting alone and not really knowing anyone, but I survived!  I LOVE going to weddings since we have been married.  It always reminds us how beautiful our wedding day was, and the sacredness of marriage.  It doesn't hurt that my husband is amazingly cute in a tux, so when he is in one it is even better!

The only thing is that we could really use a vacation from all our vacations.  I feel so overwhelmed when we come home from a trip and look at all of the cleaning and laundry I have to do before we leave again.  But, remembering how wonderful it is to experience these moments with friends makes it all worthwhile.  We leave again Tuesday night for D.C., so my cleaning has to happen very quickly.  Wish me luck!