Wedding Dinner

I took a little break from blogging and I'm sure the 4 of you that read this missed me, huh.  I felt like I needed a big event to get me back into it and it finally happened...my little brother Chris got married!

The first festivity was the wedding dinner which they held the night before.  My sister and I were in charge of decorating and we were pretty pleased with how it turned out.  You can't tell from my awful-flash pictures, but it was really pretty. I got different sizes and shapes of jars and put a variety of yellow and white flowers in them, with a lot of billy balls since those are Shayli's favorite.  I also made a really cute program by sewing pieces of cardstock together, but alas, no pictures.

My sister and I: (Thanks to Chris' friend for the awesome photography skills on the blurry picture...)

The happy couple:

My dad started the program by saying that Shayli’s family is very talented (all three of her brothers were state wrestling champs), but quiet, and that our family is the opposite—not too many talents, but we all love to talk.

I gave the speech about Chris from my family.  I began by truthfully saying that I’ve been planning what to say about my brother at his wedding dinner since I was 11. (My original speech told the bride to be that Chris has to pee first thing every morning, but since she has 3 brothers, I figure she already knows that.)  My dad had warned me to only take 3 minutes so I talked really fast trying to get it all in.  Chad told me I talked closer to 15.  What can I say?  I really love Chris.

Next up...the day it snowed 12 inches...

 Another happy couple: