Weekending: #wisconsinbound

Hi everyone! Sorry I'm so late getting this out! I have been fighting to catch up on nearly 40 hours of travel and some crazy time changes.

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!  Today I'm linking up with Ashley, Biana, Meg and  Lisa.

This was a huge weekend for us as we traveled to Wisconsin to celebrate the wedding of Jon's cousin, Tom, and his gorgeous bride, Stephanie.  Seriously, the.sweetest.couple.ever.

We got out there Friday morning, and of course as with every trip to the great dairy state, we had to hit up Culver's for some cheese curds.  Cheese curds for breakfast? #surewhynot

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I then proceeded to crash for several hours while Jon got some time with Tom running wedding errands and such.  They are BFF's.

We had the rehearsal Friday night. (Jon was a groomsman.)

Saturday, Jon and I were able to sneak in a cafe date at Berres Brothers Coffee, a place Tom and Stephanie took us when we visited on our move out to Hawaii.

The wedding was absolutely beautiful.  Stephanie chose to use so many colors in the wedding, and it really could not have been more fun.  The night was full of visiting with family flown in from all over, dancing our faces off, and celebrating the marriage of two of the sweetest people I have ever met.

I can't wait to see what the future has in store for them. I would love if our babies could grow up together.

Love you, Tom and Steph! Can't wait to see you at Thanksgiving!

On our way home, we had a 7 hour layover in Seattle that we definitely made the most of. The airport there has this awesome rail that runs smack into the center of the city, so that's where we headed.

As crazy as it sounds, HAWAII HAS NO CHIPOTLE.  Naturally we went straight there and lined up for our burritos.  Man.  I don't know how we live without Chipotle.  Come to Hawaii, please.  We then crossed the street for cappuccinos at the most darling cafe, totally Seattle style.  After cappuccino, we headed over for a stroll at Pike Place Market.  I love the flowers there and have taken approximately 683952127 photos of them.  Before leaving, we swung by Specialty's for the most.amazing.cookies.ever.  My awesome sister-in-law introduced us to these sweet bites when we visited her on our move out.  Our family knows how to eat, y'all.:)

What were you up to this weekend?

Our 2014 Christmas

Happy New  Year, Y'all!  I feel like it has been forever since I've written.  I've never been entirely on top of this blogging in a timely fashion, but maybe 2015 is the year.:) I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas.  Jon and I headed down to visit my family on the farm.  We spent our first week renovating a room for my parents' Christmas gift (more on that later), ate tons of cake, drank gallons of coffee, and loved every minute of spending time with loved ones.  We spent one day with Dad's family and one with Mom's, but could probably change our address to Lowe's as many trips as we made there. :)  Happy Holidays.  Our Christmas in photos...

Thanksgiving 2014

 I guess it's better late than never right, y'all?!  This was actually the first Thanksgiving Jon and I have been physically together.  Two years ago, we had just started dating and last year I flew to Wisconsin  by myself to be with Jon's family because he was in Afghanistan.  So yeah, it was pretty exciting for me because I'm the girl and girls get all excited about first holidays together and stuff.:)  From what we hear, the first years of marriage can be tough when it comes to compromising on whose family to spend which holidays with.  Believe it or not, I think we were ready to seal the deal on spending the rest of our lives together when we discovered we wouldn't really have that issue.  Praise the Lord.  Early in our relationship we discovered that Jon's big family holiday was Thanksgiving, and my big family holiday was Christmas.  Ta-da! Basically, let's get married.  :)  So, the plan is to gather in Wisconsin with Jon's family for Thanksgiving and in Virginia with my family for Christmas.  Obviously, it's never easy to sacrifice any holiday with loved ones, but this seems to be working very well for us.  How about y'all?  Any interesting family holiday arrangements?

We headed out to Wisconsin Wednesday evening to meet one of Jon's brothers, his sister and dad at the airport.  We just had to make a pitstop at the amazing Culver's for cheese curds and custard on the way to Jon's mom's house.  When in Wisconsin...you must stuff your face with as much cheese as possible.  We get to the house, and as tradition goes, we stay up late chatting with loved ones and eating yummy snacks.  Thanksgiving morning, Jon's mom took us out to an amazing big breakfast, we headed over to visit with Jon's dad for a bit, and then over to his grandma's house on the lake to join in on all the fun.  There have to be about 20 people in one room, around one long table.  It is amazing...truly a picturesque Thanksgiving with the sweetest people.  One tradition the guys participate in is a football game...usually in the snow...because Wisconsin is frigid, or at least it is in my Virginia raised mind.  Clearly, I do not enjoy participating in anything that would include a temperature of less than 70 degrees Fahrenheit.  Therefore, my "tradition" is to chat with the ladies inside while eating lots of cookies.:)

 Friday, some of us headed out to Carr Valley Cheese to learn about the art of making cheese and to stock up on tons to share with the family.  Oh my goodness, y'all.  This cheese = amazing.  You can order some.:)  Friday's tradition is to gather at the lake house and enjoy Jon's grandma's incredible homemade pizza.  Sadly, I don't even think I have a picture of it because it's just that good.  I was too busy inhaling it to snap a photo.  Thanks, Grandma!  Saturday, we had lunch with Jon's mom and stepdad at the airport, and headed back home to have a day of rest on Sunday before Jon had to go back to work.  I hope y'all had amazing Thanksgiving celebrations with family, friends and loved ones!