Day 3

Day 3:
The Motel 6 we stayed at had an IHop embedded in the complex, so of course we had to stop there for breakfast. After a scrumptious meal of omlettes and pancakes we headed to Men’s Wearhouse to pick up Ben’s tux, then we decided to go see Tom and Nancy, Ben’s dad and step-mother, before heading up to the lake. About halfway there we realize that WE FORGOT TO CHECK OUT! Great. We had to drive all the way back to drop off the keys and check out. Thank goodness they have a late checkout of noon and not 10 or 11. We finally made it to Ben’s dad’s house and Maddox got to meet them for first time. He was a little shy at first but warmed up quickly. We watched one of Susan’s horse shows on DVD, during which Maddox found Tom’s John Deer tractor collection on the bookshelf and had to get one to play with.

He had fun petting Grandpa’s chickens, getting his picture taken on ALL of the tractors and even going for a ride on one.
















We left soon after the tractor ride and headed up to Lake Winnepasaki, where Ben’s friends Damon and Jill are nice enough to let us stay during our visit. Of course we hit traffic along the way due to construction. Thankfully Maddox was asleep and we tried to keep our patience by rolling down the windows and enjoying the 80 temperatures and nice breeze. After 20 minutes of going 5 miles an hour we are back in business. Looks like we’ll have just enough time to drop the dogs off and turn around to head back to Nashua, NH for the rehearsal.

On the drive to Nashua we hit construction traffic jam number 5….this is getting a bit ridiculous. I have never had this much bad luck on a road trip. We finally got there almost 3 hours later. The wedding venue is absolutely gorgeous. I completely understand why people drive all this way to get married here.








Maddox and Ben had fun playing in the field. He is the ring bearer, so he has to walk down a very long winding aisle with 2 flower girls. He follows a dirt road around a curve then through a field to the alter. I hope he makes it without throwing a fit or wandering off. Thankfully, Maddox fell asleep on the ride back home and we had no traffic, so it only took 2 hours instead of 3. We got to the house around 10 and went straight to bed. The dogs wouldn’t stop barking at the drunk neighbors yelling next door so Ben had to put them in the car over night. I’ll deal with that mess of dog hair in the morning. We put another 375 miles =7 hours in the car today….soooo sick of this car at this point.