Wedding Day

Again, Congratulations to my big sister, Amber and her husband, Shayne. They are in Mexico right now for their honeymoon. I hope they're staying safe. They assured me that they were staying on the non-violent side of Mexico. I wish I was laying on a beach somewhere...

I'd like to report that the wedding went on without a hitch, but a couple of things went wrong before the big day. The church was accidentally double-booked for their wedding day, so they had to find a different church. And then the flowers that came in (a few days before) for their wedding weren't usable, so Amber had to scramble to find new flowers. I'd say she was a little stressed out. :)

Here we are getting our hair done. She booked our appointments at 8am. Yuck. That was a little early!

We all had plenty of coffee though!

Is this not a hilarious picture? He brushed out Janai's hair and it turned into a big poof. Her hair took longer than everyone else's.

We were supposed to be at the church at 10:30 to start pictures. To make a very long story short, we were late. You should have seen the look Amber gave us when we walked in. I tried not to make eye contact. :) Thank God Kelly's friends were there. They helped us scramble and get the kids into their outfits. They also helped fix the girls' hair which I think turned out really cute!

The funny thing was that Ethan didn't want to wear his suit. He wanted to wear a flower girl dress. He saw the big deal we were making over the dresses and wanted one too. He kept saying, "I no wear this. I wear that" as he pointed to Mia's dress.

The beautiful bride.

What handsome little boys. They got along so well this weekend.

Amber and Shayne with all the flower girls and ring bearers. There were eight of them. Riley and Jude didn't make it down the aisle. Riley bailed at the last second. I don't even think they tried to get Jude to go down.

My mom with four of my siblings.

The bridal party, minus the other little kids.

Ha. A family picture and we're all looking at the camera. I'll have to crop it and frame it.

Amber with Janai.

Shayne and Amber with Shayne's side of the family.

Jenna and her fiance, Matt. What a good picture of them!

Riley was pretty comical during the mass. My cousin was bouncing her on her knee and dipped her right when the priest stopped talking. It was dead quiet and Riley started giggling really loud. It seemed like she was laughing forever. Amber looks at me and I shrug my shoulders. The priest starts laughing at Riley and then the rest of the church started laughing. Mike took her out after that incident, and as they were leaving, Riley starts waving and saying bye to everyone. Amber shoots me another look and I shrug my shoulders again. It was cute.