deMelo wedding and Russian Easter weekend

This weekend our friends Nikki and John got married.  We wouldn't miss it for the world so we brought Bennett and my mom came up to watch him while we went to the ceremony and reception.  Bennett did really well in the hotel again.  He stayed on schedule and got cranky only once because he wanted a nap. He still has a hard time napping when there is a lot going on around him because he wants to be involved and be part of the action. Silly man.  The wedding was beautiful and it was nice to dress up and get out on our own.  We really enjoyed ourselves and are thankful for such a helpful grandma.

Since the wedding was on Saturday and it was a long weekend we headed to my parents house.  It was also Russian Easter that weekend so we were happy to be able to make it down.  It's really important to my father to have the family together for such an important religious holiday.  I am of the same opinion.  My mom did a great job making a huge breakfast for everyone and my dad loved having Bennett around.  He didn't want to leave him for a minute, not even when he napped!

The trip home was a lot harder than we thought it would be.  It took us seven hours because we had to stop twice to feed Bennett and once to eat because we wanted to give the little nugget a break from being in the car for so long.  I am glad we left really early so we still had a decent amount of time at home to unpack and settle back in.  Hopefully the future trips are going to be much easier than this time around.