roadtrip part one

so here's a bit of a summary of our roadtrip in photos...i wish i could say i took a lot of pictures, but to be quite frank with you, i was rather preoccupied keeping cadence occupied...but here are a few of the highlights...

i think i already mentioned that we stopped in lancaster,pa on the way to new jersey...and this flower basket was hanging at the corner where queen street meets chestnut in downtown lancaster...denison's former apt (where he wrote some of his songs including 'dain' from whence come the lyrics about queen street meeting chestnut) is kiddy corner across the street...lancaster was a lovely little city, and ted already wants to move there...we partook of central market, which has one of the oldest farmers markets in the country (since the 1700s)...we saw a lot of amish and mennonites, and they were some of the loveliest people you'll ever meet...

so we made it new jersey, and we had a lovely rehearsal dinner with all the relatives...we were pretty beat though from all the driving, so we were happy to relax by the hotel pool on saturday since the wedding wasn't until 3pm...here's cadence all decked out in her pool outfit looking like she knows she's da bomb!

...it was cadence's first swim out of the womb, so it took her a little while to get used to the idea of being in water for a reason other than bathing, but once she caught on, she loved it!

...it ended up being really nice weather for my cousin ben's wedding, which was a relief because it had rained cats and dogs the whole day before, and we were getting tired of the rain...the wedding was lovely, although we saw most of it through the window on the doors to the chapel because cadence was being a LOUD baby...she was probably REALLY tired...overall, though, she was great and we got through the reception just fine...

more later...