Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Barnard

At the end of August we went back to Minnesota for Tammy and Eric's wedding. Their rehearsal dinner was at Eric's parents Friday night. The ceremony was at the Rose Garden in Duluth, and the reception was at Grandma's Sports Garden. In between the ceremony and the reception they went to Park Point to take pictures on the beach. And even though it was Labor Day weekend the weather in Duluth decided to cooperate for a beautiful outdoor wedding.

Google Family Picnic

Google Chicago had a family picnic at Grant Park. There was food, beverages, music, and games. Nathan tried the golf swing analyzer, now just have to wait and see if he gets to test out what he learned!

Hoghead/Tammy's Shower/Bachelorette Party/Eric's Bachelor Party

Mid-August we went back to Minnesota again for Tammy and Eric's bachelor parties/shower/Hoghead Festival. Nathan played in a softball tournament in the morning and early afternoon, relaxed later in the afternoon, and then went to the Hoghead street dance in the evening. Missy went to watch the first softball game, relaxed with Tammy, attended Tammy's shower, and then went in a limo for her bachelorette party. Afterwards, the bachelorette party attendees met up with the guys at Hoghead. As usual, Hoghead was very much like a mini-reunion running into a lot of people we went to school with. 

It was a fun, yet very busy weekend!

Lollapalooza!!

Lollapalooza was in Chicago August 1-3. We lucked out and were able to get tickets somewhat last minute and were very excited that we got to go. The weather was beautiful all weekend and we got to see and/or hear a lot of different bands (sometimes we just heard the band as we were cooling off or waiting for another band to start on a nearby stage)! The bands that we saw were The Black Keys, The Raconteurs, Radiohead, Mason Jennings, Perry Farrell with Slash, Lupe Fiasco, Rage Against the Machine, Iron and Wine, Gnarls Barkley, and Nine Inch Nails.