{two down, four to go}

this weekend was packed full of wedding-related activities,

just as many other weekends this summer will be.
(not that i'm complaining - i love weddings!)

 {via weheartit}

friday night, joel and i went to a couples shower for our friends lyndee and cam,

where we had a fantastic time catching up with friends & eating delicious mexican food.

we played a game for which we each had to write down a word of advice

to the engaged couple on a note card.

joel's card read : "always laugh at your husband's jokes."

he decided on this bit of wisdom after he had told me a joke 

to which my response was "huh"?

saturday morning, i woke up bright and early and drove to indiana 

with my mom, dad & brother

for a cousin's wedding.

though the drive was much longer than anticipated, 

it was full of laughs,

particularly when we discovered that we had the wrong toll road card. 

the card indicated that it would cost us a whopping $54 to get to middle-of-nowhere indiana.

we were completely flabbergasted.

my dad decided to get off at the nearest exit to find an alternate route,

and when he went to pay the toll with his debit card (he thought it was over $15),

he asked the worker when the tolls had gone up, to which she replied,

"you got the wrong card - this one's for semis."

and then she handed him his credit card receipt for $1. hah!

we cracked up so hard after that.

out trips are certainly never uneventful!

here are a few shots from the wedding :

the beautiful bride (now my cousin-in-law :) wore her mother's wedding dress & veil. 

it was so lovely on her.

isn't my brother a cutie? and he's newly single, ladies.. ;)

my dad with my newest cousin, anna grace! she is a sweetie.

we hit the road at the crack of dawn the following morning

so that we could catch my hubby playing in our church's noon service.

we literally arrived a minute after he started playing, whew!

after church, we celebrated my dad. we played some bocce ball & ate a homemade dinner

(delmonico steak with balsamic bbq sauce + homemade steak fries 

+ corn on the cob with thyme & garlic butter... helloooo.)

all in all, it was a fantastic, memory-filled weekend.

it always is when it's spent with my fam!