The wedding was up near Dahlonega, at a ranch/camp in the mountains. It was a morning wedding, so we had to get up really early and get on the road to make it in time. It was an outdoor wedding, which was beautiful there, but by 11/11:30 am, it was getting pretty warm wearing a suit. Regardless, the ceremony was fun and then we moved up into the main building for the brunch buffet as the reception. The food was SO good! They had tons of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, several other things, and then waffles, crispy, warm waffles! For some reason they were what impressed me, I expected them to be soggy from sitting in the warming tray, but it was not the case. Back to the reason we were there though, we hadn't met Will's fiance yet, so it was fun to meet Laura even though we didn't get to talk to her long. We also were able to catch up with some friends who have moved or go to a different church now. I'm glad we were able to be there to celebrate with them.
We found out earlier in the week that Jamie's uncle and aunt from Tennessee were going to be in town for the weekend and wanted to figure out a way to make it to see them since we had evening plans and they were leaving on Sunday. It meant heading out from the wedding and driving to her parents' house in Powder Springs (if you aren't from Atlanta, these are about 2 hours apart). We made it there and got to hang out with them for a few hours, chatting and playing the Wii. I got schooled in bowling even though I started out strong the first game. I did beat Jenn pretty good in tennis though, so that was fun. We had a lot of laughs and were glad to hang out with them as we hadn't seen them since the wedding.
Our evening plans consisted of Lawn Game Day, a fun afternoon/evening a group of us came up with so we could play bocce, badminton, horseshoes and cowboy golf. We ended up only having the first two options, but had a blast. We played with the Monster Badminton set my sister gave us a few years back and it was hilarious. We all jumped in the pool afterwards and cooked out for dinner. It was a really fun time to be outside and hanging out with friends. Our friend Lisa who works for IJM in Cambodia showed up in town and surprised everyone by coming as well, it was great to catch up with her too.
It was a really fun Saturday, though we were exhausted at the end, having been in the car for almost 200 miles and 4.5 hours, but it was so worth it to be able to do so many fun things in one day!
* For some reason the pictures seem a little blurry this time, if you click on them they are better quality.
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