Camping, take two

Okay this is a super long post, and probably not too exciting for ya'll to read, but I wanted to make sure I wrote this down so I won't forget any of it. So you've been warned if you get bored :) Pics to be added later.
     Brad, Raelee and I headed down to Vero Beach, Florida this weekend for our friends, Logan and Maggie's wedding. Brad and I had a great idea to save money and have an adventure with Raelee by camping instead of  paying for a hotel room for just one night. Raelee was so sad when we went camping without her, she's been telling us ever since that she wanted to go camping too, so we thought this would be the perfect time. Well...it did not really work out that way. When we arrived, it was pouring rain, like the can't see out the windshields, brakes don't want to work so well because of all the puddles you've been driving through kinda rain. Thanks to my sister the weatherwoman of the family, we knew that in 2 hours it should clear, so we drove on down to Vero and found the hotel the wedding was to be at and then went and ate dinner. Sure enough at 8pm, clear skies, so we drove back to our campground. Now I've camped alot in Florida, and have always had great experiences at the state parks. This one broke that record. We will not be going back there. First the mosquitoes were out of control. Brad was ate alive while he set up the tent, Raelee and I stayed in the car for our own safety during this. Then all night we were being bit by bugs, we thought it was mosquitoes in the tent, we kept squishing them, but we still kept being bit. Well after getting some sleep last night and talking to our parents, we think it was some sort of sand gnat or no see-ums that were getting through the tent screens. I was so tired, I didn't put it together that none of the other tents had their screens open. Yeesh! Poor Raelee looks like she has chicken pox on her tummy and back. So anyway, back to the adventure. Lights out was supposed to be at 11pm, but other campers were still blaring their music at 1 am! I was not a happy women. We quickly decided that this was not the family campground we are used to staying at. When I had went to the rest room earlier, Brad escorted me so I didn't get snatched, and the women in the restroom were very drunk and very obnoxious. Right after I went in, a guy walking up to Brad and asked him if I was his girlfriend. Brad replied that I was his wife and the guy went on to say "she ruined it man, she ruined it" and walked off. Ummm...okay? weird. So back to our night, at 2:45am Brad was cracking me up, he was so sleep deprived he told me and Raelee to pack up, we were going to a hotel. I had to talk him outta that one lol. We got up at 6am to get ready for the wedding. Raelee pee'd in the middle of the public bathroom floor and then I dropped my dress on the wet floor. At least it had just been cleaned and mopped. All in all, I think we looked pretty good for no sleep AND having camped. I'm sure the other campers were very confused by us walking out all dressed up lol.
     The wedding was awesome. It was on the beach. Super beautiful and chill at the same time. I fell, holding Raelee when we walked onto the sand. I recovered quickly though and didn't even get wet sand on my dress. Score for me! But I pulled a muscle in my thigh, that's killing me today. We got super nervous because while we were waiting in the chairs on the beach it started to drizzle, but when Maggie walked out the sun burst through. It was prefect timing. I loved the little touches they used to personalized everything, Maggie's dress was one that had to be laced down the back, and she wove a green ribbon through it to match Logan's tie. It was so unique and super cute. Then Maggie's nephew had a bucket of colored sand that he walked down the isle and threw on the white sand. They had two bottles and the guest wrote messages to the couple and rolled up them up and put them in the bottles. Then I really like how after the best man and maid of honor spoke, Logan and Maggie each spoke about their love and families. It was really sweet. I'm so glad we were able to go.
     We were really worried about the drive back to Tally due to the lack of sleep, but it turned out to be a really good drive. Brad and I had some really good conversations and it was a really good time to kinda reconnect. I realized again how blessed and lucky I am to have him as a hubby. So all in all the trip was worth it for the memories, and Raelee says she had fun camping, but I definitely will not go camping the night before a wedding again. But it was nice to save the moola :)