Turkey and "Poe-tay-toes"

We're back from our week in Texas. We did a lot of traveling, and are happy that we got to see so many people - 33 friends and family to be exact! We landed in Houston on Friday, November 16th and didn't stay in one spot for too long. Here's a map we put together to show our exact travel routes and stops throughout the week (you can click on it to see it larger):
And we're off! -- Houston to League City for Friday and Saturday; League City to Dallas and Lewisville on Saturday; Dallas to Lewisville and a "scenic" drive around Denton on Sunday; to Corinth for Sunday night; back to Lewisville and then Corinth again on Monday; Corinth to Austin on Tuesday; Austin to League City on Wednesday and remained there until Friday with a little visit down to Santa Fe in there on Thursday -- we'll quiz you all later ;0)

It was great to see the MacKenna family on Saturday. Uncle Pete and Aunt Sue were able to make it up for the wedding in Vermont and were kind enough to put together a dinner with Aaron's mom, Sharon, to celebrate our wedding with her. We had a great dinner where I (Sheila) got to meet the family - Matt, Marney, Jacob & Garrett and Jason, Ginger, Jackson & Mallory. Jesse came up with us and JP joined us for the dinner as well. We had a great meal and shared a slideshow of wedding photos with Sharon - she loved them!



We did spend time with Sharon on Sunday and Monday as well, and then went up to spend a couple of nights with JP before heading back down "south". We stayed at Jesse's place in Austin on Tuesday night and drove around downtown on Wednesday so I could take a look at the capitol (they wanted to rub in the size of their capitol compared to Vermont's). After that, it was back down to League City to spend time with Wade, Sawakon, Sean, Coriann, Raistlin, Rachel, and Roland. Thanksgiving Day was rather chilly, but Sawakon and Wade made a mean meal. Grandma made an appearance at the house for a quick bite to eat and then we were all off to visit Uncle Burt and Aunt Debbie and their clan at their new house. There, we saw Burt and Debbie; Nathan, Martha, Samantha & Christian; Melissa, Jody, Morgan & Jared and DeAnna. We were sad that we missed DeAnna's girls, Megan and Lauren, but we'll make sure we see them next time we're down.

All in all, through our coughs, colds and travels, it was a great time. My flying got a little better on the way home and we hope to plan another trip soon after the honeymoon. Thanks to everyone for making time (and sleeping space!) for us.

Andy Duback Photography

Well, we've gotten over 700 wedding photos from our photographer and they came out great! We sent the link to the online photos to everyone, but in case you'd like to look through them again, click here.
(The password is the state we got married in, and they're only up until January 2nd)

A few pictures also made it up onto Andy's website - the best one is being used on his main portfolio page (we're so happy the sun came out and he was able to get this shot). A few more of the photos are used in his portfolio - pages 2, 3 and 5.