A Wedding

I know that this blog is supposed to be about the kids, but it isn't very often that Dennis and I are in the same picture, let alone a picture when we're all dressed up and looking pretty good! How lucky for us to go to one of Dennis' very good friend's wedding this weekend in Minneapolis/St. Paul without the kids! Yes, for the first time since we've had the kids, Dennis and I got to spend a WHOLE WEEKEND alone while Grandma watched the kids. OK, so we weren't really alone, we were hanging out with all of Dennis' college friends and we had an awesome time. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've had so much fun (or the last time that I stayed up past 2:30 in the morning partying). We ate good food (Nye's polka bar, which is completely still in it's perfectly retro form which was perfect for my current obsession with Mad Men and they had really awesome liver pate which rivals Whitey's, and breakfast at Keys with Dennis' sister and brother-in-law), I did some shopping in Uptown while Dennis watched the Vikings game with the guys, caught up with great friends, and partied like it was 1999!

The bride and the groom went all out. On Saturday night, they rented out the bar at The Turf Club and had 2(!) bands one of which was an ELO cover band, and was such a blast (Dennis even danced, and for those of you who know Dennis know that that rarely happens). The wedding was on Sunday at Nicollet Pavillion and was whimsical (you should of heard the string quartet playing Sweet Child of Mine), the bride was dressed beautifully as a 1940s starlet and, of course, Chuck made everyone laugh. They even had a photo booth for pictures (you can see ours here).

I guess this my really long way of saying that I really love my kids, but it's really great to get away from them every once in awhile. I promise that we won't be doing this every month, but hopefully our next getaway won't be four years away!