Orlando!

So to be perfectly honest, our trip was pretty much terrible. Ugh. So anyway, I am going to blog about the good times that were had. :-)

The first thing we did when we got there was find some good ole southern bbq. Smokey Bones was one of our most favorite places when we lived down there, so we were pretty stoked to roll up on one. Not only that, but they were playing the Florida game AND the Georgia game, so both husband and wife were very very happy people. :-)
After we ate we went back to someone's house to get ready for the wedding. Side note- Gustov paid Orlando a little visit. It was VERY rainy all day. And it was an outdoor wedding. :-/ It definitely didn't go as Katie (bride) had planned, but it was still a very beautiful wedding. It was held at the Cypress Grove Park Estate House. It is a beautiful old home in a most beautiful setting...

The plan was for there to be folding chairs in the lawn, but it had rained so much that day that the ground was too mushy. They weren't even sure until the very last minute if they would even hold the ceremony outside. But the sprinkles stopped just long enough for them to do the outdoor ceremony as planned. The bridesmaids were barefoot and the groomsmen wore flip flops- very Katie and Ant. :-) Meet Katie (she probably wouldn't like me very much if she saw this picture...) Now meet the mohawked Ring Bearess, Morgan...

And here are a few pics from the ceremony. How PRECIOUS is her neice, the flower girl?!

Notice the laughter in the above pic? The man performing the ceremony accidentally announced them as "Mr. and Mrs. Katie P!" After uncontrolable laughter, he re-introduced them as "Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P". Moving along, here are some pics of their first dance and random pics after the ceremony...

So we (the people pictured above) have always called ourselves "the email possee". Back in the early days when Dane and I were dating, we both had state jobs and had much time on our hands during the work day. Katie (bride) and Hazel (chick on the far right) worked together at a small graphic design firm. Groom is also a graphic designer. The other chick worked for the state down in Orlando. Anyhoo, the 6 of us emailed (reply all) back and forth ALL DAY long. It was such as good time! So eventually somone dubbed us the email possee. We have the same pic with all of us from back at our wedding.

Dane and I ended up staying at Katie and Ant's house since they had left for their honeymoon (poor kids--they are cruising the Caribbean dodging Tropical Storm Hannah). They live in an AWESOME area of downtown Orlando. Dane and I were able to walk right down the road to Starbucks. All of the roads were brick. Very cool. So Monday we walked down to Lake Eola. Here are several pics from there...

And after we left the lake, we went to Ikea!


Holy moly was that an experience. It wasn't what I expected it to be, but it was HUGE. We ended up getting a coffee table. :-) Since we flew down there, we left it in Katie's garage. We'll get it when we drive down for Christmas. It's be like a Christmas present I forgot about! :-)
So that about wraps up our trip! It was so good to get home. We missed our doggies. And bed.