With 4 kids, and one more on the way, it isn't exactly easy (or realistic) for the two of us to get away as much as we would like. As our good fortune would have it, Andrew's former colleague and good friend planned his wedding in upstate New York on beautiful Lake Canandaigua. Andrew was asked to be one of the groomsmen, so we had to call in the grandparents and ditch the kids for a weekend. It was tough...
Seriously though, the location for this wedding was incredible and we had the best weekend. The bride was Jewish, so we got to see some really cool Jewish wedding traditions- like the breaking of the glass and the "Hora" (the chair dance). So. Much. Fun. We danced like fools all night long, and at the close of the evening the groom ushered everyone outside to surprise the bride with an amazing fireworks show over the lake. Perfection.
The morning after the wedding Andrew and I woke up and had breakfast along the lake and then took a 10 minute drive to Palmyra where we went to church and toured some of our church historical sites before heading home. Walking through the Sacred Grove with no one else there was incredibly special. So glad we had this weekend to ourselves!
