The last time I was this cold...

I grew up in Minnesota. I spent 4 years in Colorado. I went trick-or-treating in a blizzard once. But I am DARN cold here in Arizona because it has been below freezing the past couple of nights. The last time I was this cold was 2 days before our wedding when we rented a pontoon boat on Lake Dillon with the family for a little R & R before the big day.

I would highly suggest, given time and budget, that when planning a wedding, you should plan a family day the same week. Family is important, and the wedding itself gives you very little time to talk to everyone who comes, so you have to pick your battles. By having a family afternoon, we got to celebrate my mom's and Kyle's brother Casey's birthdays, and we got some stress out all while catching up with out-of-state relatives in a beautiful location.

Too bad our outing involved boating in the rain and cold wind on the lake (40 degrees plus some serious wind chill). Then we got a catered barbecue dinner at Kyle's dad's place. It was really fun overall, and helped bridge the transition from "normal" and "stressful" life to "wedding" and "stressful" weekend!

Here are some pictures!

Lake Dillon Marina- while we still had sun!

Too much fun! Teaching the nephews to drive the boat, sort of.

It was SOOOO cold!!!

When we were not frozen yet at the beginning of the ride!

That white spot is a bald eagle's head!

The Davis kids!

Sunset over the lake, because the sun came out again, but too late!

Spider pig- or Kyle- but whatever it was this was how the night ended...