It's been a while, now, but in September we took Ben to Vermont for Sean and Abby's wedding. Sean is Patrick's best friend from growing up, and he got to be the best man in the wedding. What a great honor! (He was ours, too!) The wedding took place at Sterling Ridge, outside of Jeffersonville. It was a beautiful wedding, outside looking over this "pond" (We were pretty sure in Kansas you'd call it a lake...), with the canopy that Sean built for Abby. It turned out to be a pretty blustery day, so we had a quick wedding outside and moved to the main lodge and big tents for the party.
Abby was a beautiful bride. It was very windy, and her hair never moved! Patrick had to hold on to the canopy to keep it from toppling over!
After the rain, there was a beautiful sunset, and a rainbow -- must be a good sign! We were so lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa Thiessen at the wedding, so we could enjoy dinner and dancing with our old friends!!
This picture is from just behind our cabin at Sterling Ridge, on the opposite side of the "pond." (I ran around it, took about 10 minutes per lap...it's a lake, right??)
We had a nice, relaxing time at the cabin -- What a great place for a wedding. Here are Patrick and Ben playing outside.
In the week leading up to the wedding, we stayed in Burlington and played in the area. What a gorgeous place! We visited Shelburne Farms -- with the biggest, most beautiful barn I've ever seen (pictured behind the boys). We had a nice picnic lunch with food from the farm. We were going to let Ben army-crawl around on a blanket, but a hen kept interrupting our lunch. We didn't think we could trust her with Ben (or Ben with her!!)
Ben got to try out Daddy's "dream car" -- this old tractor!
As you can see, Ben thought Shelburne Farms were riveting.
We went for a hike at "Red Rocks" by Burlington...it turned out to be an epic fail. I put sunscreen on Ben's cheeks, which promptly went into his eyes, and we had a very unhappy baby for the entire hike -- so we aborted pretty quickly and headed back to the car!
Right before the sunscreen got REALLY bad!
A trip to Burlington would not be complete without a tour of the Ben & Jerry's factory!!
All of that being said, the BEST part of the trip (besides seeing Grandma and Grandpa) - was seeing all of our old friends. We had a surprise baby shower for Natalie (due any day now!).
And had a wonderful time dancing the night away with all of these fabulous friends. (Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!!) Love these faces!
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