Beautiful Destination Weddings (Part 2)

Ok, so now i am officially over a month behind, but back in early October (the start of my paternity leave which is sadly now completed) stephanie, brayden and i ventured out to vail, colorado for the wedding of erica derr and chris mcmillan. Anyone who knows Erica knows that the event was absolutely beautiful and went off flawlessly.

Erica was nice enough to have our room upgraded from a jr. suite to a full size suite. Our room was absolutely MASSIVE!!! It had a living room dinning room, 1.5 baths, a large bedroom and balcony, and a bathroom bigger than most people's bedrooms (with a tub to match). I felt like bon jovi or ozzy ozbourne (without the parkinson's). To top it off, the room overlooked the chapel at which stephanie and i got married on our last visit to vail (3 years ago this coming tuesday). A lot's changed since then.

We were so ready for this trip, our first chance to get away as a family. Brayden did fantastic on the flight out, sleeping for nearly the entire 3 hour flight, and we luckily had an empty seat between stephanie and I (not so lucky on the return flight). And brayden was all set for the trip, bringing all of his newest patagonia gear.

(did i mention how well brayden slept in the cool colorado climate)

We had an absolutely awesome trip, taking the time to sleep in (as much as brayden would allow)


We also did a little epic hiking to take in the absolutely gorgeous views offered by our surroundings in vail's "off-season" (you can tell how extreme our hiking was by our jeans and baby bjorn).

We also took some time to walk around the picturesque downtown vail


And we, of course, took the time to take in happy hour (not sure if you call it apre ski in the fall) at the Tap Room, site of our rehearsal dinner.

(warm enough to sit outside when we got there, but we actually saw snow the last night we were there)

And of course, we made a special trip to The Club the night before the wedding. Here is the happy couple celebrating the night before their nuptials, i believe they are practicing for their first dance.


We had an absolutely unbelievable trip, now the only thing to do is convince all of our friends and family to move out to DENVER!!!

Bonus Pictures!!!

view from the plane as we leave denver:


Brayden, Bert Einstein, and I hanging on a bench:

Brayden bundled up for happy hour at the tap room:


Brayden obsessing over his friend "roger":


Brayden in his little man patagonia vest:


You know you've had to much to drink when:
a) you're at the club the night before your wedding
b) you're dancing with your hands over your head
c) you're dancing with your fingers pointing (to anything other than "staying alive" or any "swing" dance
d) you're still dancing, yet the band clearly isn't playing (see guitarist in background)
e) you're at the club