Fort Wayne, Indiana

Hey everyone, sorry about the long delay in posts.  Over the weekend I was in DC for my cousin's weeding and Dave was in Indianapolis with the kids at the Indy 500.  He is going to write a blog on his weekend and post it sometime today.  I'm going to fill you in on my weekend and the last few days as well.   First, I have to tell you that if you have been trying to reach me on my cell I'm not trying to ignore you.  My cell is still in DC...long story!  I will have it back in about a week.  

Last Friday morning. I got in to Washington National Airport at 7:40 am and caught a shuttle to the hotel.  I stayed at the Marriott Residence Inn in Virginia.  It was a really nice hotel.  The free breakfast was the best free breakfast I have had.  I hung out with my Aunt Annette, Uncle Steve, cousin Dina , her husband Daniel and their adorable son Brandon for a while before heading over to see the groom (my cousin Alan).  It was so great seeing everyone!  I absolutely adore the whole Springer Family and am so blessed to be so close with them all.  I was also so excited to hang with Brandon. I hadn't seen him since his 1st birthday (he is 2 and a half now) and I so enjoyed getting to see him and his so sweet personality.  He is soooo cute....I would post a picture but the only pictures I have are stuck in my phone which is with my aunt in DC.  Well after breakfast I got to go visit with my cousin Alan as he was working on a video for the rehearsal dinner.  Alan and I have very similar personalities and we have always been really close.  We are both very sarcastic so we constantly give each other a hard time.  I really enjoyed visiting with him and hanging out with him and his friends over the weekend.  

Well, to make a long weekend short...The rehearsal dinner was fabulous!  The video my cousin made was outstanding...the best pre wedding video I have ever watched.  He is a 2 time Emmy nominated producer for a sports show so I guess I knew it would be awesome.  The wedding was absolutely beautiful.  Lauren (the bride) looked amazing and Alan made quite the groom.  The wedding was in the Ritz Carlton so you can imagine how nice it was.  I would tell you about the reception, but I had to leave after the ceremony and catch a plane to Indianapolis so I missed it.  My flight was at 9:10 and I really didn't want to leave the wedding so I didn't get into a cab till 8:30!  That's when I lost my phone...I was in such a hurry getting out of the cab and into the terminal that I dropped my phone in the cab.  Surprisingly, I made my flight and after a lot of phone calls to cab company my phone was located.  I had the cab driver bring it to my Aunt at the Ritz and she is going to ship it to me...Yeah!  

The reason I had to rush away from the wedding was I had to work in Fort Wayne, Indiana at 7 am Monday and the only flight that would get me there before that time was the 9:10 pm flight which was right at the start of the reception!  Dave and the boys and the RV picked me up at the airport and we all drove to Fort Wayne.  We have spent the last 2 days at the Hyatt Place.  I have worked and they have had a chance to catch up on home school, and relax and swim.  I forgot to mention, Dave and I also were blessed with a golf game while in Fort Wayne.  It was really nice to hang with my friends and have a break from the kids.