We're Not in Kansas Anymore

This past weekend we took a very quick, but long trip to Hutchinson, KS for my cousin's wedding. We got up at 5AM Saturday morning to meet my cousin, Mike, and his wife, Erika for the drive up. We hadn't even made it to Sherman yet when Benton's AC switched to heat - not just air from outside, but 90 degree heat. The good thing was that it was only the two drivers side vents and not the whole car, the bad thing was you couldn't close one of the vents so it was miserable for Benton. He put the air on defrost to make the best of it for about two hours until we found a dealership to stop at in Norman. Apparently, this is a normal problem for Yukon's because the service guy knew exactly what Benton was talking about when he explained the problem. Again - bad news - 3 or 4 hours to fix it, but the good news - if you turn the car off and restart it, most of the time it will click back to AC (rather than heat). Sure enough, when the service guy came out to the car and restarted it, we had AC, so we just went on our way.

We got to Hutch in time to eat lunch and hang out briefly before we got ready for Heather's wedding. That was the longest (and most interesting) non-Catholic wedding I have ever been to. The reception was nice and it is always great fun to see all of our family. I must say that we have spent more than a fair amount of time in Kansas over the last two years - 4 weddings and 2 80th birthday parties - and it is not the quickest trip. We are Kansased-out!

Sunday was definitely the longest trip back. Road trips while pregnant are not good because we have to stop way too much so I can go to the bathroom. Then we sat at a dead stop on 35 for 30 minutes in Oklahoma because of a wreck AND to top off the trip, my pregnant brain left my dress and Benton's suit in the closet at the hotel. Luckily, no one wanted a maternity dress and a suit tailored to Benton so my dad kindly drove back out to Hutch and picked them up for us on Tuesday. There was one highlight - we did stop and eat dinner at Rosa's in Highland Village on the way home which totally made up for everything! Benton probably wouldn't agree, but I LOVE Rosa's.

We're off to another fun family wedding weekend on Thursday - it's the crazy Hyatt's this time :) Hopefully, we'll remember to take some pictures this time.