Our Kentucky Vacation

After the moving trucks left Yuma and we finally departed, Ben and I started our cross country treks to Kentucky and North Carolina.  Ben and his brother Tim traveled 2,400 miles from Arizona to North Carolina (our future home).  They towed my 1983 CJ-7 and left it in our friend's driveway while they both flew back to meet Tilly and me in Kentucky with the rest of the Goss family.  Tilly and I took about 2 days to get to Taylor Mill, Kentucky and were very thankful that we arrived earlier then expected.  Our one night stay at the LaQuinta in Amarillo, TX was not very comforting.

During our Kentucky vacation we were fortunate enough to travel to Pikeville, KY for Nick and Mollie's wedding!  We stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Goss in their lovely home which was filled with pictures of family and covered in the perfect prints of wallpaper that you'd never find in today's homes.  It was a great feeling to be somewhere so comfortable and filled with so much love.  It was also great to finally meet a lot of Ben's family that I hadn't gotten the opportunity to meet.

The Goss Family

Nick and Mollie had a beautiful traditional wedding ceremony with the most perfect homily.  The priest focused on praying together as a couple and always being brother and sister in Christ.  He also spoke of a deepening love of one another through Christ.  All of it was a beautiful message and a great testament of Nick and Mollie's relationship.  

 Following the ceremony was the reception.  It was a beautiful April day and it was held at a local country club.  There was a lot of dancing and my first exposure to Ginger Iced Tea Bourbon as well as the Goss performance of the Devil Went Down to Georgia--coming soon to our June 4th wedding.

Ben and I were fortunate enough to return back to Taylor Mill after a weekend full of awesome family fun and wedding madness.  We enjoyed our last two nights in Taylor Mill with his family and were able to get a lot of quality Sawyer Anne time.  Sawyer is our niece and Ben's God-daughter.  She is the sweetest little baby girl in the world.  You'll be blessed if you get to meet her and spend any time with her.  Tomorrow we leave for New Jersey to see the Ireland clan, and I don't doubt it will be just as enjoyable of a vacation.  Ben and I are lucky to have this time off of work during our transition so we can visit with both of our families.  Hopefully a lot of wedding planning will be accomplished as well!