Friday, August 14, 2009

Pacific Beach Vacation

After the wedding festivities, we headed off for a little vacation with the remaining family members. My dad had rented an Oceanside cottage at Pacific Beach Naval Resort. So my parents, grandparents, sister Alli & friend, my family and sister Megs and Albert all enjoyed a few days of fun activities, relaxation and recuperation. While the weather was a bit cooler than we would have "liked" we lucked out that it wasn't rainy and yucky the whole time we were there. It was so beautiful, quiet and peaceful and had lots to do. The girls loved the huge backyard to run and play in and mostly feed the seagulls all the remaining bread and french toast we had. Dad and Jason tried to get the kites to fly, Alli and Michaela enjoyed several COLD runs into the ocean, we found LOTS of sand dollars on the beach, the girls LOVED getting in the water and mostly building sandcastles (as did hubby!), and mostly just being together. The complex has a beautiful exercise room, hot tub room (it was HOT!), game room, restaurant and bar, gift shop, coffee shop, and a fun 4 lane bowling alley plus lots more. Wish hubby was still military so we could take advantage of this little perfect getaway more often. The cottage was beautiful, clean, spacious and stocked with everything you would need! If you have a chance to go, take it!!! Thanks dad, it was a great getaway! Some cute pics and videos to follow!
Too much fun!

Goodbye Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan




Dancing with Poppy




Two of my Favorites

Angel with Poppy
Angel with Marmee

Emma Slept the Night Away

and got some cuddle time with my Aunt Sonya.

Dancing the Night Away












Bouqet & Garter Toss

Caitlin's maid-of-honor and friend, Pam, caught the bouqet and Casey's groomsman and friend caught the garter.






Ice Ice Baby

So my hubby used to love to dance and sing EVERY WORD to the song Ice Ice Baby. So Caitlin dedicated that song to him and they dragged him onto the dance floor to shout it out!

Special Dances

Father and Bride Dance
Mother and Groom Dance
Bride's (and my) parents
Groom's Parents
Winners of the Anniversary Dance....my grandparents...58 years!!!
Money Dance....sister Alli and Casey
Money Dance....sister Megs and Casey
Money Dance....Megs and Caitlin
Megs and Albert
Dancing to Love Shack, one of our favorites
Father-Daughter Dance....me and my sisters and dad Bride and new father-in-law

Fun First Dance

So many of you have already seen or heard about Caitlin's first dance...started out very sweet and "normal" and then broke out into one that can now be added to the You Tube Wedding Dance Craze. Here are some pics, but you must check out the video and watch. Enjoy!