And A Third...

casey and his beloved rachel were married last year and had a small reception in lexington. then had another earlier this year in her home state of georgia. this was our turn to throw the party. the day before katy and i went to mom's to help with any prep work that could have been done. lots of chopping, frosting, packing and crying (the babies that were being ignored). i put sofia down for bed at my mom's knowing i wasn't leaving until everything was done that i could help with.... i left at 11:30pm. up early the next morning to travel up to NoVa to help set up. a long two days, but sooooooo worth it!














the reason for the season.... i mean party.


















b-e-a-utiful! if i had more than one "reception/open house" i would have worn my dress to each one too. just too pretty to not wear it!














the food. after helping with some of the prep i was in no mood for it. aaaaaaand, i stopped at burger king and got a value meal before i got to the church.














the dessert table. katy frosted the cupcakes and made the fruit basket.... i just added my bride doll. (daddy made the cupcake holder)














i can't tell you how many people came up to me and asked "is that you boy under the table cryin?" he was sad cause i put veggies on his plate.














"aunt katy took care of me.... made sure i had food, since my mommy was too busy with visiting old friends" (thank you katy!!!!)














i love my brother and his family! not playing favorites, i love my other brothers and their families too.... i just don't have a picture of them from this party.














he was not playing a game of 'chubby bunny'.... poor guy couldn't eat hardly anything at the party, and what he could he didn't want. i was too far up 81 to turn around when i realized i forgot his food. at least he could eat the marshmallows!














we get together often enough, but never ALL the grandbabies as often as grandma would like. so when we do there has to be a picture...














they're escaping!!!! we tried, but the need to be 'set free' was too much for the parents to contend with.


i don't know how my kids lasted as long as they did. erica and aidan went to bed after 11:30 and were up way too early. the two oldest gave up the fight and fell asleep by the time we hit 66. sofia didn't drift off until 10 minutes before we triangle. and yes, i was driving when i took these pictures, but i was just pointing the camera and hoping to get something.