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Finally, I am getting up some wedding pictures. Just in time for Kristen to see them. Hope you two had fun in Disney World. Don’t worry Kristen, there are a TON more. I didn’t realize I took over 900 photos at their wedding! It is just so easy to keep snapping away.

The new Mr. & Mrs.

Right before she walked down the aisle

Their wedding was in Hampton Beach, NH and it was such a gorgeous day.

Seth and Josh have been best buds since the 9th grade. I love this shot! I think they look so adorable!

This was their reaction when best man Seth made a funny in his speech.

We got to sit at the Funarama table…aren’t we special!

This is Elaina, one of Josh’s and Seth’s good friends. She is hilarious! Even after her hard fight of trying to catch the bouquet, the other girl still won. Good try Elaina!

On the dance floor

And Seth and I actually got to dance! I always make such a fool of myself, but I have the BEST TIME! I love Seth’s face in this first photo! He is really into our little dance. I love you, babe!

CONGRATS AGAIN KRISTEN & JOSH!!!

What a trip! It was such a blessing to get away. Being with Seth’s family really helped me during the loss of my Gram.

Let’s just say, from here on out we will only travel during the night. On the way up there we drove through the night and our sweet little angel slept the whole way. But since we went to Fenway on Tuesday night and didn’t get back till late (Word to Boston-get with it on the “T”. DC has got their Metro system running smoothly, why can’t you!) Has anyone ever taken the T? Boston form of metro? I can’t believe how dated their system is. It took us FOREVER to get home.

Back to my traveling story. So, we left yesterday mid-morning and our little boy SCREAMED 90% of the trip. The other 10% he was either eating or taking a VERY short cat nap. Our son hates the car. Hates his car seat. Hates sitting backwards. Hates being strapped down. Hates the hot weather. Hates EVERYTHING about the car. No more day trips!

However, Fenway Park was so much fun. I loved seeing the Red Sox play on their home field. Now I TOTALLY understand why Boston is called Red Sox Nation. Everyone on the T riding in was wearing some form of Red Sox “flare”. Even all the banners on the T where for the Red Sox. Like, do they REALLY need to advertise for the Red Sox? Everyone and their mother (which is so true in this case) is a FAN. We arrived in Boston and the town was screaming RED SOX EVERYWHERE. It was so much fun!!!!

I have a ton of pictures from apple picking to Fenway Park to wedding pics, but you will have to hold your horses. We just got back late last night and we haven’t had the time to download them yet. I promise they are coming soon.

It was great to get away, but so good to be back home. (Even if the house smelled funky due to the fact of us forgetting to take out the trash before we left. Why do we always forget to do that!)

Thanks everyone for your prayers and encouragement regarding my Gram.

I am currently in Boston with Seth and his family. I was very torn between what I should do… go to the funeral or with Seth. It was a hard decision, but after prayer and consideration I realized I needed to be with Seth during this time. Plus, being that I have Abel, I don’t know how much of the funeral I could actually attend. My family said the funeral went great and that my Gram would have loved it. Over a hundred friends and family attended. They made a collage of photos from her life and of course the recent military photos of her made everyone laugh, so that made me feel good. When I start to get sad about her not being with us any longer, I have to refocus my thoughts and remember she is in Heaven living it up. My Gram loved people and food and that is exactly what she is surrounded with up in Heaven…a ton of wonderful people. And I think there is food in Heaven. Right? Doesn’t the Bible mention feast in Heaven?

We arrived in MASS at 4:00am in the morning on Friday and I must say Abel did AMAZING! We only had to stop once and he slept the whole way. When we stopped at a rest stop in NJ at around 12:00am he woke up and we wanted to give him some fresh air. Well, he just thought he was the coolest thing that he was able to be up that late and was in amazement at all the lights at the rest stop. His facial expression was priceless.

Yesterday, was Seth’s best friend’s wedding. Congrats Josh and Kristen! Your wedding was beautiful and have fun at Disney World. I was honor that they trusted me to be their photographer. Usually, I would have had a partner, but Seth was the best man so I flew solo. I promise to post some pics when I get home.

Abel is loving meeting all his new Boston friends. The fresh air and the smiling faces wears him out. I’m being to think I need to take him to a party every day. He NEVER takes 3 hours naps for me, but OF COURSE when we are visiting his family he does. He is making a liar out of me. Thanks Abel.

A BIG HELLO to all my new Boston blog reader friends. I felt much love today when I went to Seth’s family’s church. I got to meet lots of wonderful new people who let me know they read the blog. Wow! I feel honored, but I know it really is the Abel pictures that keep them coming back for more. Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment.

And for all you Boston Red Sox Fans…don’t be jealous, but Seth and I get to attend a game at Fenway Park on Tuesday. I can’t wait! I have never been to Fenway and I am so excited. GO SOX!

We’ll be in Boston for the next few days, so if you don’t hear from me you know why. (I just realized this post was random and full of many different topics.)

Today my precious Gram passed away.

This came as a complete SHOCK! If you knew her, you would know that she was so healthy and could out shop me and my sisters any day.

I’m so upset and in disbelief. Thankfully, we just saw her 3 weeks ago for my nephew’s party and she was living it up (remember the military birthday party pics). We always joked with her that she would be here another 20 years. Today, before we found out, I just was mailing her pictures of her and Abel. I was telling my mom that I’m glad I have photos of the 2 of them so Abel can know his GG (great gram) and then laughed and said, “but you know she will be around till he is 20 years old!”

I feel so sad. She died alone in her house. We don’t even know when she died!!! We think it was last night. Today, her neighbor came over and found her in her nightgown sitting in her chair wrapped in a blanket. She died a little old lady in her sleep. Thank God she felt no pain!

Lately, she had been complaining how cold she has been. When she was here a few weeks ago, it was 90 degrees and she had a sweater on and was telling us how cold she still was. We thought she was crazy. When my mom took her home this last time, she told my mom she wasn’t going to make it through the winter.

I personally believe she died of a broken heart. My pop pop died 18 years ago and ever since then she has said she wishes she could die so she could be with him. We always would get mad at her when she would say that. And every time she would visit us she would tell us she thought this would be the last time she would see us. She even brought our wrapped Christmas presents up with her this last visit b/c she said “If I’m not here, you will all have your gifts.” We all just laugh and say “Oh, Gram, you’ll be here.”

I just wish I knew she was going to die. I just want to hug her one last time and kiss her cheek. I wish I would have called her one more time. I know I can’t beat myself up about it, but that is just how I feel. The last time we talked was on Grandparent’s day-Sept 9-and it was a good conversation. We laughed and I told her I loved her. But I still wish I just would have called her one more time.

To my beautiful Gram: I love you dearly and can not wait till we meet again someday in Heaven. I know you are living it up right now!