Abby, Zoë and Enzo

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October 3^rd 2009

Kate and Ryan's Wedding

It was a long, busy, exciting day for us today. First, while Daddy and the girls did their Home Depot building, Enzo and I picked some things up at the store for Kate's wedding. Next we dropped Daddy at home and the kids and I went to the wedding location to meet the rest of the wedding party. We did a few last minute touches and then all headed back to Sarah's house to get ready. Luckily in between getting the girls ready and doing other things, they were able to play in the play room so that kept them entertained. Enzo on the other hand was quite interested in everything us ladies were doing.

Once everyone was ready we headed out back to the ceremony/reception site. It was a beautiful location at the home of friends Kate's family. Luckily there were tents set up and a 'barn' for the food area, as it was raining. It ended up not being too cold though, which was nice since Kate, Sarah, and I were all in strapless dresses. I had anticipated it being pretty chilly so I put thermal tops under the girls dresses. They were so thrilled to be able to be flower girls again, even re-using the dresses from Matt and Caitlin's wedding. Instead of actually throwing flowers, thier job was to hold Kate's train as she walked from the house through the grass and then on the way back out. We had practiced at home with a blanket tied around my waist and they briefly practiced at Sarah's house after Kate put her dress on. They were super excited to have this very important job.

After the ceremony was the receiving line and photos, which Zoë and Abby did really for. By the end of the photo taking though they were ready to eat. Auntie helped us get some food and drinks and we went up to the second level of the 'barn' and stood with Uncle Tommy, Liz, and Grampy to eat. Enzo was happy to hang out eating a roll with Grampy holding him and I was happy too because that meant I could eat and help the girls with their stuff.

After the toasts and cake cutting, Zoë and Abby got special cupcakes with flowers (fake) on top that matched the wedding cake. They stayed out of the way for the boquet toss, though they were pretty interested in watching Kate toss the flowers and in seeing who would catch them. They got balloon animals and plenty of tasty food and time with Uncles, Aunt, Grampy as well as other doting adults. Kate's mom Julia is always very sweet to them and helpful with the kids. Enzo takes to her well and waves and reaches for her when we see her. Zoë was stuck to Kate's side for a lot of the evening and I had to pull her away on several occasions so that all of Kate and Ryan's wedding photos don't have my little darling in them. Finally it was time to get my tired kids home and boy were they out as soon as Daddy had their teeth brushed and ushered them to bed.