Michael and Amanda's Wedding in Santa Rosa Beach

Well, we are back from Michael and Amanda's wedding in Florida and I'm not going to lie, it was nice being at the beach. It is amazing how fast you forget what it's like to sweat when you are doing absolutely nothing. We left at 4:00am Mountain Time Thursday morning to catch a 6:00am flight to Atlanta, followed by a flight from Atlanta to Panama City with the hopes of being on the beach with a cold snack in hand by 2:00pm. That never happened. Apparently there are luggage check cut-off times of 45 minutes before the plane departs and we missed it by 4 minutes. So they had to re-book us for the next flight. Not a problem. The problem was getting from Atlanta to Panama City. All flights out, except the last of the night were overbooked and that one only had one seat. Since my ma is a flight attendant, I always fly stand by. This time we wanted to guarantee a seat, so we paid for our tickets. So here I am for the first time in my life with full fare tickets and were flying stand by. BUT, I did get to see my mama! She was flying out to India the same day.

Mom and Me in ATL airport

The last flight of the night: I got on, Josh didn't. Because the flight was over booked, they had asked for volunteers to give up their seats in exchange for $400 in Delta vouchers, free hotel, free transportation to and from hotel, meal vouchers and a guaranteed seat the first flight out the next morning. Did I give up my seat? Heck yes I did. So, 14 hours after getting to the Denver airport, we were turning out the lights at the hotel.

Not a bad deal and it was totally our fault. But we did miss a night out with the wedding party and friends and music with a special guest by the name of Brock Butler (Perpetual Groove). We got in early on Friday morning and I think we were on Santa Rosa beach by 10:30.

It was a gorgeous day. We entered the horse shoe tournament, lost, but had a great day in the Florida sunshine. That night we headed to a meet and greet at the house Michael's parents were staying at, followed by a bonfire on the beach. And much to my surprise and excitement... Brock was there to serenade us with some of his originals and a few covers.

Brock

The day of the wedding was similar weather and we got a lot of sun. We had never been to a beach wedding before and it was awesome!

Me and Josh before the wedding

The ceremony was beautiful. Short and sweet. Unlike a loooooong Catholic wedding ;).

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Connor

The reception was a blast and Michael, Amanda, and their families did such an awesome job with everything. The champagne was instinctively flocking to me like the salmon of Capistrano.

Jason Sanders, Amanda, Me, Michael, Josh and April Sanders

Our buddy JT, who happens to be a medical doctor, threw Josh off the golf cart on the way back to the MTV House (tagged for it's hilarity and real life drama). JT assessed his scrapes and he was fine.

JT and Josh - post golf cart sling out

We stayed an extra day to relax and recover ;) Monday equalled back to Boulder for these former beach bums.

"Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure, makes me want to go back again..."