Melanie's Wedding

My cousin Melanie was getting married, and I was so excited for her! Melanie has always been such a sweetheart and I love seeing her. May happens to be one of the busiest months ever so it was just Emmy and I that were able to go. Robb stayed home to take Abby to volleyball and take care of the dogs and the boys were leaving for Florida in a couple days and needed to get things ready. Her wedding was in Sioux Falls, SD. Emmy, and I drove up and checked into our hotel and got dressed up. We were supposed to share our room with Grandma Cindy but she had just gotten her port put in the day before and wasn't feeling up to coming to a wedding so soon after surgery. 

The wedding venue was beautiful! It was at an out-of-town orchard and the reception was in a huge, beautiful barn that was designed for weddings. We did about melt at the outdoor wedding part, but they kept it short and sweet. We had gotten to the hotel at the same time as Steph and her family, so we were able to follow them to the venue. 

The food was amazing! It was all very different with the favorite thing being a huge table that was the biggest charcuterie board you have ever seen. Emmy thought this was the entire meal and went up to refill her plate multiple times. It was so fun to hang out with Steph, Lester and Draven for the night. Plus, I got to see family that I don't see very often. 

When Emmy and I got back to the hotel that night she thought it was pretty cool that she got a big bed all to herself. Oh Emmy! You have the same size bed that you get to sleep in literally every night, and not only do you not think it's cool, you want me to sleep with you. Overnight that night Sioux Falls got a terrible thunderstorm and we got woke up in the middle of the night to huge hail and wind that sounded like it was going to take the roof off. You couldn't even see across the street the rain was so bad. I started to wonder if the hotel would let us know if there was a tornado warning or not. When we left the next morning, multiple cars in the parking lot had a lot of hail damage. Steph's car had a baseball size dent in the roof. The good ole van didn't look any worse for the wear, I guess we were lucky.