Wedding Bells are Ringing!

Yesterday was such a fun day. Dennis's best friend, and lead singer of their band, got married to his partner Danielle. It was also their son Blake's first birthday (which I knit Blake's Birthday Bloomers for). It was a laid-back affair, but it was nice. Dennis started cooking at noon on Friday, and didn't stop until about 2pm yesterday afternoon (with a little break for sleep on Fri night). He and the groom, Jeremiah, did pretty much all of the cooking - and was very pleased to hear that many people (including a country club owner) asked them where they had the food catered!



Since I can't cook, I baked 4 batches of the vegan cupcakes (when I got a turn at the oven!) - they came out pretty cute, if I do say so myself!



The ceremony was done by a celtic minister - and it was a "Handfasting" ceremony. It was beautiful, spiritual and non-denominational. And they included the whole family. They had a cake for Blake's birthday, and Alexa ( Danielle's 4 yr old daughter) wore a beautiful crown of roses.


Afterwards, there was a show. Several punk bands (including Dennis's) played. It was a long day - but a fun one that went off with a hitch!

Congrats Jeremiah and Danielle - we love you both!

Weekend Getaway II

This weekend was another one away from home. A last hurrah for summer. It started out with the Woodstock Fair with friends. We ate fair food (fried dough, pretzels, gyros, sausages, and cookies as big as our face), we saw all of the livestock and barely restrained ourselves from taking baby cows and a sheep or two home with us!



And we (well, our husbands did) posed by the BIGGEST PUMPKIN!

We even rode the Ferris Wheel!



After all that fun, we headed up to the South Shore area to spend the long weekend with Dennis's parents. The second night I couldn't sleep because Dennis's cousin told me the house is haunted. The house was built in 1800, so a few ghosts here and there are likely. But the whole family has seen him, and I was terrified I would too. Sunday night, I was way too tired to care!

We had a fun weekend of IKEA, BBQing, horseshoes, new kittens, and of course knitting!