While no one from Thomas' family lives in Camden anymore, we did have a wonderful time hanging out with his parent's dear friends whom we call Uncle Pat and Aunt Mary. While they may not be blood relatives, they are like family and so much fun to be with. They graciously allowed us to stay with them and fed us some delicious meals and provided lots of good conversation. We also got to share a meal with Thomas' former high school coach and his former youth pastor. Both of them were very influential in his life and it was great to catch up with them.
Thomas with his youth pastor and very much grown up son who could barely talk the first time I met him!
I got to see my dear friend Caroline for a night of catching up! Her parents were gracious hosts and have an incredibly relaxing home in Edgefield, SC (home of 10 of South Carolina's governors and PROUD of it.)
Thomas was in another wedding that weekend in which he was given the title "Worst Groomsman Ever." He was given this title thanks to the fact that his suit for the wedding was mailed to our apartment in Massachusetts. We figured this out on Thursday around 4:00pm. We'd been gone for 3 weeks and failed to tell the bride and groom that small detail, so they mailed the suit to us just like they did for all of the other groomsmen. Thankfully, our landlord was able to overnight it to us and we had it by 2:00pm the next day. I was relieved that the pants didn't look like skinny jeans on Thomas and I was able to "hem" them with some sort of double sided fabric tape that you iron in, thanks to Aunt Mary. It was quite the fiasco and was the cause of much marital conflict. We can now laugh about it, but it was an epic scene to be sure. Thankfully the newlyweds are super laid back, so they didn't mind our unorganized chaos!
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