Adam & Michell's Wedding

We left late Thursday night and drove to Parkersburg to visit with Uncle Jim and Aunt Brenda for a few hours. Darrin crashed in Dirk's room and I slept on the couch. We started our trip very early the next day to be in IN by 5 for the Rehearsal Dinner. Aunt Nancy really made the Rehearsal Dinner nice for Adam and Michell. They had a Hawaiian Luau like we're going to have!! Aunt Nancy gave me and Darrin all the decorations that we wanted!

Because they had an afternoon wedding, we had some time to kill to visit South Bend. We found a brochure for the South Bend Chocolate Company. Mom bought some Cocoa bean mulch once she found it repelled deer.

The funniest thing happened on the way to the wedding! We went to the wrong church as another wedding was getting out! How embarrassing!! Adam and Michell's wedding was beautiful!! Michell's dress had gorgeous silver lace and they were both so obviously happy during the ceremony and the reception afterwards. The reception was at the Elks Club down the street.

Before we got home, we visited with Darrin's Mom and Ken, and part of the rest of the family for breakfast at Bob Evans in Piqua...

My last "family" vacation

To start our Caribbean cruise, we drove from Great Falls to St. Augustine FL. We packed everything in the car and off we went REALLY early on Sunday morning. After an uneventful drive, we stayed in a Holiday Inn Express for the night. The next day, we drove the rest of the way to Port Canaveral... stopping at a Kennedy Space Center Gift Shop on the way. The port had a very smooth entry and we had our bags on the side of the road while Darrin and Dad went to park the car.

After checking in, we had our first munchies on board and went to find some info on excursions. We walked around the decks and checked back for our bags until dinner. The rooms were almost nicer than our RC rooms from two years ago!

The first night's dinner was casual -- and so were our tablemates! The first night's show was a preview of the dancers and a pretty funny comedy show.

Darrin and I took a lesson about the casino games, and during the week, we learned how to make the towel animals!

On Wednesday, I wasn't able to dive -- sinus problems -- so I was feeling rather miserable. Darrin actually said everything absolutely right -- he said that the dive at Grand Turk wasn't anything we hadn't done before... Even if it was a complete lie, it sounded good.

Thursday was Private Island day, and we found a great spot under a tree to put our four chairs and hang out for the day. We even got to do some playing around in the water.

Friday was Nassau Day where we got to take a tour to see Fort Charlotte, Fort Fincastle and the interesting pirates museum. After that, we met Mom and Dad at the Hard Rock Cafe Nassau. That night's entertainment was a musical review and there was a mexican buffet later that night... that Darrin and I actually tried to stay up for!

We waited in the dining room while our deck was waiting to be called. To pass time, we answered more crossword puzzles and had a good time chatting. We started driving home that day, and made it to the Holiday Inn in Fayetteville NC. The phonecall to reservations was SUPPOSED to put us in a hotel CLOSE to the interstate. This one wasn't. Otherwise, the trip home was calm, and we were all happy to be home.