More sudafed please!

Well, after my hope and longing for a part time (BETTER!) job, it looks like I won't be able to afford to quit till the end of the month... but alas... that's only the end of the month! My brother's wedding cost me a fortune! At least it was a vacation away from work!
Wedding Rundown:

Wed: We were picked up by my parents from the airport, had dinner with PIE!, and did a little bit of shopping at where else but WAL MART? We got to my parents house and relaxed for the evening. I got to see my groom-to-be brother's apartment. It's cute and has big closets... I don't think my brother will ever learn how to do dishes!

Thur: We set up camp at Interstate Park in St. Criox Falls, WI. My gramma let us use what she calls her "community car" all weekend. THANK YOU GRAMMA! We got back just in time for my mom and I to start prepping food for the wedding. I spent 4 hours cutting up fruit (3 watermelons and 13 cantaloup) with my aunt and mom. This is how my brother begins to owe me his soul!
We spent a little more time with my parents loading their trailer with stuff to bring to set up for the wedding reception (adding to the tab of the brother's soul!) ... then bought my brother some cervesas for his last night as a bachelor!
After a long day of work, we finally head to the campground. RELAXATION! Todd and I proceed to drink Leini's (a delicious WI beer!) After a few too many... I enjoy an hour of being a nudist, a loose the KEYS!

Fri: We wake up early to look for the keys... we finally give up and call the parents. Just as they are leaving to bring us a new set Todd finds the lost set and all is good again! Todd found the keys 100 feet from anywhere we thought we had been, so I blamed it on a raccoon!
Todd and I arrive just in time to pick up some food to bring to the reception and begin a hung over day of decorating. (a 9 hour day of decorating that is!) We set up tables, chairs, ate greasy Chinese, and everyone watched as we strung hundreds of yards of tool and christmas lights. TEAM LIGHTS!
OFF to the rehearsal! Everything went well and we ate some delicious "Mexican" food! I tried to show off and eat a jalapeno only to be shown up by Natasha's brother Alex who didn't shed a tear!
After the rehearsal we went to the Polk County Fair! Cows, cheese curds, truck pull, and tons 'o fun!
We headed back to the campground for our final night, made smores, and SLEPT IN!

Sat: Wedding day! I <3 playing dress up! The wedding was BIG! I saw so many people that I hadn't seen in YEARS! It was fun to see all of my cousins and my gramma and Grandpa. Hooray for family! The wedding was cute... my BABY brother is married!
The reception was fun. We ate lots of food! Todd, me, & some of my cousins had fun outside ;) ;). We decorated Luke's truck! Twas a blast! I really had fun with some lipstick... writing all over it! Then we went back in to dance the night away!

Sun: My feet hurt in the morning! We survived though, and went for gift opening at Natasha's parents house. After my Nambe gift was dubbed a "bed pan" we left to go hang out with my cousin Shari and her husband Jimmy. Good times!
THEN... VACATION BEGAN!
We drove to Hudson to watch my friend Brandon play soft ball and hang out with friends! I already miss Brandon and Carrin!
I LOVE HUDSON! Todd and I found a restaurant with a patio overlooking the river and had some beer and cheese curds (HOORAY WISCONSIN!). We walked on the river walk and had a few more drinks at a fun bar we found on Main Street called Twisted.
We watched the softball game, and had a blast hanging out with Brandon, Carrin, and Dawn!

Monday: We left River Falls, and went back to my parents, but not with out stopping at <3<3<3Culver's<3<3<3 first. DELISH!
We did our final packing to leave and headed out with my parents. We stopped in St.Criox to develop pictures and have some ice cream... then we were off to the airport.


What a BUSY vacation! It felt more like 10 days than 5, but my little brother was successfully married off, and we had a fun, action packed trip!