So after seven months of life down under, the time for our first trip back to the States had arrived. And while we weren’t exactly jumping out of our seats at the thought of two 30 hour travel days within the same week, we were super excited at the thought of seeing our family and friends, celebrating Kelly’s wedding, and most of all spending time with Maddie.
The trip began with a four night stay in our adopted home of Washington DC. We packed our schedule pretty tight as we wanted to take advantage of the time we had in the nation’s capital. Kelly picked us up at the airport late Saturday night. Immediately upon arrival at her house, she and Carey were trying on wedding dresses, rehearsal dinner dresses, bridal lunch dresses etc, and discussing the upcoming nuptials. After a much needed sleep, Sunday brought the big reunion with Maddie…and it lived up to all our expectations. Though, we are afraid we may have traumatized her as she would not leave us out of sight for the next few days and cried anytime we left her. The rest of the day Sunday was spent hanging out in Old Town Alexandria with Maddie (and oh yeah, Greg’s parents as well). Sunday night Greg’s parents took us to our favorite Italian restaurant in old town, which was an extra special treat since good Italian food in Sydney is definitely lacking.Carey had set aside the entire day Monday for an all day shopping spree with her friend Grace (yes, Maddie attended as well) while Greg actually went into his office to visit with some of the KPMG DC crew. Monday night was a night Carey and Greg had particularly been looking forward to…dinner at Rio Grande with the entire DC gang. While the Aussies have perfected the art of cooking seafood, steaks, and all varieties of Asian food, the simplicity of the taco, burrito and quesadilla seems to have eluded them. And the queso was just as we had remembered, high caloric melted cheese in all its glory.Tuesday we headed out to suburban Maryland to spend the evening with our good friends the McCoy’s. Maddie was reunited with her pal Pete, the yellow lab, while Greg and Carey worked up an appetite playing with the cutest little boys ever, Jackson and Garret. Everyone enjoyed some Chicago style pizza compliments of Stacey and Gordon and a swim following. We also enjoyed an excellent night sleep in our old bed which is now residing in S&G’s guest room.
The official wedding weekend then began on Wednesday, as Carey and Greg made the journey up to good old Indiana, PA. Wednesday night was mostly spent catching up with Carey’s family and telling stories of our escapades down under. Most of the wedding guests arrived at the farm Thursday evening for a pre-wedding barbeque. Luckily Greg and Carey’s Dad were able to sneak in a quick round of 18 before the guests arrived, starting Greg’s tri-fecta golf weekend – three rounds of 18 in three days.Friday was the rehearsal day. Carey spent the day hanging out with Kelly and the rest of the bridesmaids while Greg participated in the pre-wedding golf tournament, which he and his Dad actually won, well tied for the win to be exact…with Carey’s dad and his partner. Friday night was quite the evening, full out buffet style – a Caribbean themed dinner at Benjamin’s in down town Indiana compliments of the Polsinelli’s. Steel drum band, mojito bars, congo lines, Hawaiin shirts galore, and perfect weather, the all out bash was topped with belly dancing, lots of laughs, photos, and Aussie story sharing.
Then after a quick breakfast Sunday, we jumped in the car, drove down to DC, hopped on a plane and flew to LA, then onto another plane and flew back to Sydney…just as we had finally adjusted to US time. Aside from the jetlag that was never really conquered, it was an amazing week Stateside! Congratulations Kelly and Jim Scott! Hope you’re enjoying your honeymoon!
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I love reading your blogs! It's so much fun to catch up.... ok so we've seen pics of friday - where are the wedding pictures??? ha ha
Jessica Bish
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