Friday morning we packed up the van and took off on the four hour trip to Solvang. Travelling along the 210 freeway through Pasadena then onto the 101 highway along the coast was just so nice. It was fun pointing out various points of interest to our kids. The absence of mountains and beach together in my life the past 7 years provided great awe. Oh, God is so amazing!!!!
The 30 mile winding road through the Santa Ynez Mountains into the Santa Ynez valley also provided much beauty for us to view. Just gorgeous. (Hopefully I will have my sister's pics to add to this blog at a later date, until then I'm trying to get things written down.)
Late Friday afternoon we arrived at the ranch house that my parents had rented for the weekend. It was a perfect place for our fam of 20 people to stay. The outdoors with flowers, open yard and horses nearby were great for the grandkids under 10. For the teenage grandkids, the converted garage into a game room with darts and fooze ball was just the right place. For the "grown-ups", lounge chairs placed in just the right place for us to enjoy the perfect temp of 75 was our playground of choice.
That evening we headed over to the wedding site to hang out with Matt and Kelly as well as meet Kelly's family (who are from Chicago!). We watched the sun set over the vineyards tucked away in the mountains.
Saturday morning we drove into town (Solvang). While in town we visited the Santa Ines Mission. Such great history. From there we walked to one of the local danish bakery. If you've never been to Solvang, GO!!! The windmills, the tudor-style architecture make you feel as if you are in a little village of Europe.
Saturday afternoon was pretty much a few hours of craziness as 20 people tried to get ready together for a wedding. Ironing in one corner, one bathroom turned into a hair salon, another one for make-up and then trying to make sure the kiddos didn't mess up their clothes before we even arrived at the wedding.
Then the wedding. Ahhhh. So lovely. Matt and Kelly kept it simply but elegant. The ceremony was beautiful and straight to the point.
Then it was time for dinner and dancing. And dancing, and dancing.
So much fun. And I know this may be hard for some of you to believe but Sofia was quite the entertainer. Ha! She was on the dance floor well before the dancing officially began and she would have been the last to leave if her mama didn't make her leave at 9:30 p.m.
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Weddings are sooooo much fun. Especially when it is family. We are so thankful that it worked out for us to be at Matt and Kelly's wedding.
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