The Hampshire Family

When I married Tyler on September 4, 2004 I not only became a part of The Hampshire Family I also became part of The Hilton Head Family!! The Hilton Head Family has been together for 44 years!! It all started because of a group of fraternity brothers at IU. These boys...now men became best buds and soon joined in their significant others. Many of the wives went to IU as well and if they didn't...well they may as well have because they are IU Hoosier fans for LIFE!! Once they all graduated from IU and began the next chapter of their lives...getting married and having babies...they started an annual summer trip to Hilton Head, SC. Every summer these 6 families rented 2 HUGE Beach houses for 2 weeks!! How fun is that!? I think between the 6 of them there was a baby or two added to the clan every year!! Needless to say these 6 families became one BIG family...The Hilton Head Family. They truly are a unique and amazing bunch!! All the kids are now adults and starting their own families. The HH crew gets together for almost every occasion to celebrate the expansion of this once small group of wild and crazy fraternity boys...yes I have heard stories...ie: mattresses on the roof of the frat house and so forth...to now a group of who knows how many!! So...long story short....Dru is the oldest of 3 and is the first Dalton Boy to get married . When Tyler and I heard about the wedding and when/where it was going to be we both were like "We are GOING!!" We have missed many of the reunions because I was either getting ready to have a baby or I had just had one. Well, not this time!! Plus this was our first break from parenthood and jobs in a long time!! We had 5 days of way too much fun!! Seriously I can't remember the last time we both felt this care free and just totally let loose!! The whole Hampshire family was able to make it and it was the first time in 3 years we were all together!! Tyler and I made some great new friends the first night we were there and throughout the trip. Fort Myers did not know what they had coming....it was one of the BEST vacations...thanks to everyone that was there and congratulations to a beautiful couple Carrie and Dru Dalton!! XOXO

First Night