Visitors & Jake Ties the Knot

It's been a busy, fun-filled couple days in CB. Unfortunately, I was slack on the pics, so I'm missing proof of some happenings and I had to borrow some shots from Jake's sister to fill in the rest of the holes. First things first, we had Jimmy's friend Chris and Chris' wife, Jackie, over for drinks on Thursday night. They're in town from MD staying with Jackie's parents in Wrightsville. Jackie gladly accepted a bottle of water because she's pregnant! Woo hoo! So excited for them both and their little baby-to-be.

(Enter the four of us at dinner at Freddies in Kure Beach)

Friday it was a half day at work and then running around trying to get ready for Jake and Martine's rehearsal and rehearsal dinner that afternoon and evening. Funny story - Jake regretted to tell ol' Jimmy and I that we were readers in his wedding until Friday morning, the day before the wedding. The rehearsal dinner was great fun - at a cool courtyard called the Atrium in downtown - and the food was really good - island themed because they got engaged in the Dominican Republic.

Perhaps most exciting about the whole weekend is all the friends we got to see - starting with Ben, Amie and Lucy in from Venice Beach, CA. They flew in at 9:30pm, so we left the rehearsal dinner to meet them at our house. Lucy was on PT, so she was a firecracker until about 11 or so. Such fun!

Saturday we got a few hours in at the beach and then it was time for the wedding. The ceremony setting was the courtyard outside the Brooklyn Arts Center. The reading we did was "I Love You" by Roy Croft. Another funny story - we only learned this was what we were reading a few minutes before we were called before friends and family on Saturday because Martine, the absolutely dashing bride, told us we were reading something else at the rehearsal on Friday. Good stuff.  Not surprisingly, everything turned out beautifully...

The reception setting was the old St. Andrews Church, also part of the Brooklyn Arts Center, and the decor and "old world, spanish" theme was just awesome.

Come on, Amie, I really hope you have some better pics of our weekend together. The only one of you is your torso - with baby boy in the womb - and none of Ben!

Ben and Amie took Lucy home while us crazy kids went out for a night on the town. They left a little before noon on Sunday to visit with friends in Wrightsville. Jimmy and I ended up hosting some friends at the beach later in the day and then had dinner with my mom, Mike Booth and Mike's fiance, Carly.  Seriously so happy we got to see so many friends we hadn't seen in years. Nothing like a fun wedding to bring people together.

In other news, we finally got our refrigerator  - just in time for summer visitors! We've finally entered the 21st century with our first stainless steel appliance.