Travel and the Wedding!

 After having a bit of a hard time staying within my points last week. I thought about the best way to jump start my journey again. I decided that since this will be a stressful couple of weeks, I would switch back to simply filling. This plan to switch back to simply filling also made travel easier, because I know I wouldn't be tracking points as closely. My aim was to choose food wisely during the trip and to not let stress get the better of me.

Andy and I had an enjoyable road trip to Chicago. We stopped overnight on Friday in Chattanooga on the way there. We found this awesome restaurant called Urban Stack for dinner. I got a Jive Turkey Burger lettuce wrap: U.S. jive spiced ground turkey, tomato-pepper relish, smoked gouda cheese, lettuce and black-raspberry mayo with a side of cucumber and black eyed peas. Andy got a burger with a side of gouda creamed corn. It was delicious! We finished our drive on Saturday and headed straight to my cousin Jim's house.

The rest of the week was enjoying my niece and nephews and preparing for the big day. Unfortunately I got sick the week before the wedding, which is always a bummer :(

On Thursday all the excitement began. Everyone started to arrive on Thursday. That afternoon, my birdesmaids, sisters, Adelaide and mom went to get manicures and pedicures. I wasn't feeling great so I left after an hour. Thursday night we had the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner. We had a great dinner at an Irish Pub called Ballydoyle. Again, since I wasn't feeling great, I left around 8:30 to make sure I rested up for the big day.

The wedding day was amazing. The girls and I had our hair done at the house, which was great because I could rest up when I needed to. It was great getting ready with my best friends and my sisters. The ceremony was beautiful, with beautiful music and words from our Priest. We then took some pictures at the church and then everyone piled into the school bus and went to the reception. The entire reception was an amazing party. Everyone was dancing, drinking and enjoying the night!
 Starting Sunday, I will be back to regular blog posts!
Below are some various photos from the day!

Me and my work Bestie!!

Bride and Groom

The Shorts!

Medfield Group

The best wedding party ever!!

Below are some photos from the day. Photo Cred: Caley Conney

Getting our marriage license!

Practicing the Father-Daughter Dance

Bridesmaid Bouquets

Bridal Bouquet

Getting ready

Carisa and Theodore

Quiet moment with my Mom

Mr. & Mrs. Short!!

A girl and her LaCroix

Head Table

Salad

Lemon Sorbet

Stuffed Chicken, Filet, whipped potatoes and broccoli

White cake with lemon and raspberry