trevor and ashton's wedding

last wednesday we set out on a long road trip across the eastern half of the country to wilmington, NC, to celebrate trevor and ashton's wedding. it was a pretty long road trip with two kiddos in tow, but we survived. thank god for portable DVD players!!! we stopped in WV on wed. night...i think the name of the town was scareyville : ) we stayed in the no tell motel, well actually it was a days inn. we got the last room in this hotel, after trying to get rooms in 3 or 4 others. i guess west virginians like to stay in motels : ) the room was a suite too. had a jacuzzi and all, we liked to refer to it as the west virginian honeymoon suite, lol anyways, it was a dump, pretty dirty, and just gave me the heebie jeebies. i must admit though, ever since i saw that movie wrong turn, i have had a very bad perception of the state of WV, lol but we survived, and left early the next morning to continue on our voyage to NC. we arrived in wilmington around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. we stayed at an awesome beach house with much better accommodations than the no tell motel :) let me tell you, there is nothing like waking up to the smell of the salt water air, i just love it!

here is a picture of nic sitting on our awesome jacuzzi in the WV honeymoon suite, a pic of our beach house in NC, and nic and his DVD player.

on friday, we had the rehearsal in the morning, and the rehearsal dinner that night at our beach house. it was a little bit of a rainy day, but it all went pretty good. here are some pics of the wedding rehearsal:

the rain held off for the rehearsal, but unfortunately it did not hold off for the wedding. the wedding was supposed to be held out doors on the steps to the mansion, but it poured the day of the wedding. on friday night we had the rehearsal dinner. it was alot of fun, just ask my mom. she probably had the most fun of all, but she probably doesn't remember much of it, hahaha never in my 28 years have i ever seen my momma so intoxicated, and let me tell you it was quite humorous! lets just put it this way, she took a dip fully clothed, and i have the pictures to prove it:

yep, she had a great time, and provided great entertainment! the rest of us had a great time as well:

the happy couple

the first one is of the andrews clan, second one is my aunt (got a lil captain in ya?), and the third is joe and jami

first one is joe and ryan, second one is of some cool pirate carved pumpkins, and the last is of me, my momma, and my pops

saturday was the day of the wedding. it was a rainy day, so the wedding was on the porch of the mansion instead of on the steps. it was a little unorganized, and i was sure that nic would not fulfill his obligations as the ring bearer. i was actually convinced of this before we even left for NC, since nic has been such a stubborn little terd latley : ) well i was totally wrong, he did great. he took that ring box right to brett (the best man) just like we told him to. i was so proud of him!

here is nic running the ring box down the aisle, you can see faith the flower girl in the back. she didn't quite make it : )

he was looking so darn cute in his little tux and faux hawk!

here is nic and faith together...they looked so cute. as you can see faith has a bit of a sassy attitude : ) apparently she didn't want her picture taken!

like i said the wedding was a little bit unorganized due to the rain, but in the end it turned out just fine. oh yeah someone passed out at the reception and was taken away by an ambulance, so that was kind of crazy. we left not too long after that, because the boys were getting cranky. it was actually pretty exhausting chasing after nic and trying to keep linc happy too. i wish we could have stayed a little longer and enjoyed ourselves a little more, but thats part of being a mommy and daddy : )

here is a pic of the bride and groom...i wish them nothing but the best!

the wedding party

the groom and groomsmen and nic

on sunday morning we were back on the road again. we had intentions of driving straight through, but wisely changed our minds : ) we stopped in lexington, KY for the night. and it was much nicer than our stay in WV! i did get nailed with a speeding ticket on the way home though, so that really sucked! if anyone would like to contribute to my "betsy got caught speeding in KY and now has to pay $175 fund" just let me know : ) and oh yeah, to the state trooper who pulled me over and ruined my trip to NC, you can suck it buddy!!!