New Year's Eve wedding

In late September we received a Save the Date for a fun wedding to be held on New Year's Eve in Austin, TX. It was for Zach Ernst and his fiancée Charlotte. Zach and the Ernst family are my little brother and my parents' close friends, so I knew they would be there and that it would be a great celebration!
Daniel and I decided it would be a fun night out, to get dressed up and a short but much needed break from the kids. We asked Sherry and Thomas to watch the kids in Houston and we hit the road early on New Year's Eve. We enjoyed our drive and had fun listening to loud music and snacking on junk food without having to share anything with a bunch of kids.

While we were driving into Austin we were calling people to meet us at the bar Cain & Abels. Natalie and Jeffrey showed up soon after we got there and the party began...and it was noon! A while later my cousin Dan got there. He and Kendra live back in Austin now and while she was getting ready for their little party, Dan met up with us for a few hours!

The first bar was closing to prepare for the night, so we went to another spot and had a few more drinks and met up with Jevon and his girlfriend, Tiffany and my parents. Of course, we ended up staying way too late at the bar and didn't give ourselves ample time to get ready for the wedding.
Natalie and I barely got our hair fixed and make up done before we were being yelled at that the cab was ready downstairs.

The wedding was held at the same place as my cousin, Rachel's wedding was...the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Mansion. It is a really neat older home and is a great venue. Their theme was a throw back to the 50s. My phone died early in the evening but we got a few pictures. The celebration at midnight was fun, not to mention the photo booth and props. In the early morning hours of 2014 they served tater tots, corn dogs and other fun foods!

The wedding was really fun and it was nice to have a 24 hour time away from the kids. We hopped in the car early the next morning and met Sherry and Thomas on the Beltway to swap cars. They were adorable and happy to see us. We were told Sidney said Mama and Dada and was a good girl. We passed out Christmas presents from Aunt and Uncle Toodge and Preston to the kids on the way home. That was a fun distraction for them and Sidney really loves her teapot! All in all it was a lot of driving for such a short amount of time, but it was worth it.