A Story to Remember

Where have I been you may ask. Have I been doing nothing over my spring break to blog about?  Well let's just say it's pretty hard to blog when you're brushing up on your Amish skills...
Friday March  2 5:30am - Mom, Lauren, and Amanda deport for Charlevoix, MI
                         5:00pm - Ladies arrive in MI as it starts to snow, and snow, and snow, and snow!!!
                         11:00pm - lights blink and then power goes out
Normally when the power goes out, you may take the time to throw out a few laughs and take bets on when it will come back on.  This power outage was unfortunately unlike any other power outage I had ever experienced or even heard of.  On Saturday we got a call saying it wasn't going to come back on till later Sunday, so we packed up and headed to a hotel.  The only problem is we had to worry about the pipes freezing.  So, before we could tuck in for the night we had to sit in the cold running a generator to heat the house up.  I know crazy!
Since we had the hotel we were able to all clean up and attend the shower smelling fresh :) Luckily the shower was planned in a club house type place in town where there was electricity.  The shower was absolutely beautiful and  a lot of fun.  The shower masked the problem that still loomed over our heads...we were still without power and had a very chilly house.  To make what felt like a never ending story short, we didn't get power back till Wednesday at 12:30pm and we left early Thursday morning.  So we truly did not have power the entire time we were there.  UNBELIEVABLE!!  I still can't get it through my head that it really happened.  


While enjoying a dark, chilly house, we did get some pretty exciting news...Patrick got accepted into the University of Chicago.  That's right, my man got accepted into a school tied for 5th in the entire country! I am a proud wife-to-be!  He still has two letters out there to hear back from, but let's just say it wouldn't surprise me if we ended up there.  Although we still have a ton of questions floating in the air that we would really like to have answered, we're accepting that answers just come with time.  It's always good to practice patience :)


Now I'll leave you with a few fun pictures from the shower...

Beautiful table settings

Cupcakes, not only adorable but delicious as well!!

Grandparent loving!!!  These wonderful women are the creators of this beautiful shower!! (Mom's mom and dad's step-mom)

Opening gifts...crockpot from my soon to be mother-in-law

Cute Miss Maggie, it was her very first bridal shower and she was soooo excited!

Three generations of my family with our Maid of Honors.  L to R: Grandma with her MOH sister Arlene, Mom with her MOH cousin Sue, and ME with my MOH bestie Lauren

Lauren at the hotel, this pretty much sums up how we felt all 4 days!  It didn't help that it was the smallest hotel we had ever stayed at.

Since there was no room in the hotel, this is what happened.  Games for entertainment and food  that was left over from the shower.

If you were enjoying a spring break last week, I hope you were able to enjoy it with power!  Have a great week and enjoy this beautiful weather!!