Carl Rosenbaum

Yesterday we attended the funeral of Carl Rosenbaum. Carl is Nancy's father (Nancy is Corbin's step mother). This picture was from Christmas when he and his wife, Betty Rose, went to see the decorations at the Pine Hurst hotel. Carl was a whiz at digital photography. He actually superimposed them onto another picture of this tree!! Carl and Betty Rose called Corbin their oldest Grandchild which was so nice....we really loved spending time with them.

The funeral was very touching. There were atleast one hundred people there; which does not include the folks that payed their respect on Tuesday. As you can tell Carl was a loved person in the community. We also loved him very much. He had an amazing way with people (and dogs...Ginger adored Carl). Even though I only spent a handful of time with him, I realized why everyone thought so highly of him.

I think what touched me the most was the number of family and friends there to pay their respect. Carl's best friend from years past and his newly wed wife drove up from Charlotte, Carl's sister commonly refered to as "Winnie" attended from Atlanta, and even Betty Rose's 2 college friends and bridesmaids from their wedding 54 years ago attended as well. Betty Rose and Carl celebrated their anniversary on Sunday when Carl died...very touching that he held out until then. Small goals, that's what Carl set for himself, even at the end he succeeded in making it to that date. 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bordeaux

That's right....Kristin and Mark are officially married! It took months of flights between CLT and ORD (not to mention a few early morning flights to Canada) but this weekend Kristin and Mark celebrated in style.

Although a little chilly to start, the sun came out long enough for a beautiful wedding ceremony at The Eaglewood Resort. About 200 family and friends joined them in great food, some tears and loads of fun on the dance floor.

Kristin and her father pretty much blew everyone away with the best Father-Daughter dance EVER. She then topped it with a touching dance with her grandfather, by the end of that dance there wasn't a dry eye in the tent.

The rest of the night all of the NC husbands seemed to tear up the dance floor. The rest of us couldn't keep up (as you can see, I am behind the camera all night after eating my fair share of dinner and wedding cake). Click here for pictures from the rest of the weekend.

Weddings, Friends and a Birthday

Another whirlwind weekend! Corbin and I traveled up to Boston for two weddings and to catch up with friends. Unfortunately we were not able to make our friends Ryan and Laurie Miller's wedding but we wish them all the best in their new life together.

Jessica and Rich Christenson are officially husband and wife! Here are the pictures from their wedding .
We attended their rehearsal dinner which consisted of chowder, steamers, lobster, corn, potatoes, and finished off with Boston Cream Pie. Everyone sort of rolled home and slept off dinner in anticipation of the main event.

Saturday afternoon Corbin and I had brunch with our friends Erin and Alison at Tremont 647. Since it was raining we decided the best thing to do was to keep drinking! Alison surprised us by telling our friend Sue and her daughter Fiona to stop by. Sue happened to be in town at a Funeral so we headed out to the "packy" and bought some Bloody Mary Mix. Fiona entertained us with her amazing wit and humor...already a comedian at 1 and a half! As you can see from the picture my cell phone got some usage....sorry everyone she called!




While we were gone, Ginger and Ruby went to Doggie Camp at their local doggie daycare. Ginger turned 1 on Saturday so they threw her a party!