The Auldridges

This weekend my younger sister, Emily, will be getting married in South Carolina. She’ll no longer hold the monicker Auldridge, and will assume the name Douglas. I am very happy for Emily, and am pleased that she found someone like Ira to marry.

Being that the wedding is in South Carolina, Shari and I will be hitting the road this evening to head that direction. We plan on stopping over in Gastonia, NC tonight to see a friend of Shari’s as well as to take advantage of a free night in a hotel that I am entitled to on my hotel rewards program. In the morning we’ll continue on to Folly Beach, SC. There we’ll be staying in a beach house with family, and attending the wedding and reception.

Given that the ride is so long, and that Shari and I have never taken a trip of this sort without children, we are opting to leave the boys behind with Nana and Papa. While I feel like somewhat of a bad parent by choosing to not take my kids to this family event, I am comfortable in the fact that they are looking forward to their time with Nana and Papa. I am also comfortable with my reasons for making the choice, so I suppose it will stand as is.

So today has been a day of cleaning and preparing the house for Nana and Papa, and getting things packed up to go. I think the house is pretty much ready now, but I definitely need to get off here now and fold some laundry to pack.

We’ll be checking in while on the road, though, so we hope to record the weekend here.