Princess Liliana: Road Trip!

This weekend we traveled to the Chicago area to visit Aunt Tina, Uncle Brian, and Brayden. Brayden was baptized on Sunday and I was given the privilege of being named one of his Godmothers! I didn't get a wand or wings or fairy dust...but I am truly honored that his parents have asked me to help guide and nurture Brayden's spiritual growth. What an awesome responsibility! (And I do get to say "Bippity-Boppity-Boo" every now and again). Brayden is an adorable little baby; I'm so excited to watch him grow into the amazing boy, and then man, I know he is going to become.

Jason, Lilie, my mom, and I drove up Friday evening. We were pretty concerned about the trip because Ms. Lilie is not a huge fan of her carseat. (In fact, she has the ability to make a 5-minute ride to Wal-Mart seem like an hour-long commute. Have you ever tried to cover your ears while driving?) Anyway, I think we were all pretty much prepared for 5 to 6 hours of screaming. I am happy to say that our worry was completely unnecessary! To our pleasant surprise, Liliana slept nearly the entire way up there and nearly the entire way home! She's so good to us...

Aunt Mar-Mar, Uncle Brian, and Brianna took the train up to Tina and Brian's earlier in the day on Friday so they were there to greet us when we finally arrived. (They had massive amounts of snow up there and the last hour or so of our trip was spent going about 25 mph on the highway.) We all hung out on Saturday and just had fun! We even took a trip to Wisconsin to get some highly coveted cheese curds from Mars' Cheese Castle. Yes, they even had knights.

As you can hopefully tell from the pictures, the whole weekend was a blast! We always have so much fun when we all get together and this weekend was no exception.

2009's Cutest Couple