Weekend in florida

Jess and I spent the weekend away from Austin in Florida, seeing family and doing little odds and ends to plan for the wedding. We arrived in Florida Thursday evening and pretty much just had some dinner and then fell asleep. But the nephews were, as always, totally adorable and obsessed with the DS. They're cute when they play, Jess says they remind her of me. :)

Friday we did a bunch of stuff, went by the location again to change some little details and meet the new person in charge (Her name is Sherry, and she's pretty nice) as well as getting our florists (the Mom and Sister) a chance to check the place out and plan their floral extravaganza. We also went by the local supermarket, Publix, to order our wedding cake. There was a very nice lady there who, evidently, is in charge of cakes, and she explained the whole process and took our order and was, all in all, quite nice. So that's one more thing down. Anything else I'm missing?

Friday was also BBQ and fireworks day. In the great traditions of families everywhere, we all got together and ate way too much food and set off fireworks. Good times were had by all. Also, it was nice to be able to sleep in the same bed as Jess for an entire night, the organizational requirements of our new Kitties mean that I don't get to cuddle her as much as I'd like.

Oh, and I got to meet Jessie's mom's new dog, Tea. He's a sweetie, and a definite lap dog. He fell asleep on my lap a couple of times while I petted him.

Saturday I mostly just hung out with the boys and played video games. Jess had a much, much, MUCH busier day. First she went out and got her hair done in preparation for the wedding. They did it up all pretty, and it looked real nice, even if there were about 50 bobby pins involved. After that, she went off for 'girl-time' lunch and then met up with some friends for a BACHELORETTE PARTY! They went off and had alcohol and rode a mechanical bull. I, for my bachelor party, merely played in the pool, did a few levels of Lego Indiana Jones (when the boys weren't trying to 'show me something' they could do) and then watched TV until the girls got home. Jess's sister got her belly button pierced and Jess that that was *so crazy*. Then sleep.

I woke up and hung out with the family some more, Jess, on the other hand, spent most of the morning curled up in bed with post-alcohol-consumption disorder. Quoth Jessie: "well, I'm getting married, so thank goodness I won't have to do this ever again.' I also got to be, and I'm quoting here, 'the Best Fiance Ever' by taking care of my girl while she convalesced and got up enough energy to get to the airport and fly home.

How was your weekend?

-N