wedding fun and festivities

Well by now Kelly is almost done with her honeymoon and I've finally had time to type. We had a whirlwind weekend starting wtih dress fittings Friday morning, bridesmaids lunch, rehearsal and a quick swim in the hotel pool before the rehearsal dinner. The kids love swimming and although at the end of the swim they threw their towels in the pool it was a fun time. Wedding morning the kids got to swim with dad and grandma while the bridesmaids got hair done, dressed, and ready for the I do's. Pictures went well--some before and some after the wedding--and the kids did GREAT as the flower girl and ring bearer. We set them up with walk down the aisle slowly, to mom (high five) to Christoper (high five) and sit with grandma. I forgot that I was supposed to high five heather (I think it was the fleeting thought that she could be the "bride" walking down the aisle in 20+? years) and she waited for me to get with it before heading on her mission. They were very cute and sat through the wedding well. outside pictures after then reception. The kids had a special room that they had some toys, movies and lots of coloring in. They enjoyed time with their cousins who were there while I helped Kelly with whatever she needed (not much). We danced and partied until Charlie anounc3ed that he was tired. Heather on the ohter hand lasted until we picked everything up at the end and probably sacked out at around midnight ;-). The next day mom had a brunch at her house where we actually got to spend time with cousinsa nd family who had come from across the country and Heather very much enjoyed her second (?) cousins who she sees very infrequently. That afternoon we had a picnic at a lake with the remaining relatives and then home to pack for our next adventure--Cleveland! My mom and sister did a great job planning and everything went so well! We all had a great time throughout the whole weekend.