Part 2.  Reception and a gift opening party the next day.  The reception was a BLAST.  We had so much fun.  Kenzie fell asleep on my shoulder out on the dance floor.  We brought the kids home about half way through the reception.  We were lucky to have a daughter of one of my Dad’s employee’s come over to watch the kids.  She did fabulous.  Kenzie woke up, didn’t know where she was, and we didn’t get called!

Opening gifts was nice.  Kenzie was exhausted from not getting a great nap the day before, getting to bed late, and not sleeping great.  So, I had to hold her a lot and take some time getting her to sleep.  I didn’t get a ton of pics that day either, but there are a couple.

After the ceremony, we had an hour or so in the limo. We stopped for a celebratory shot along the way!

Gina, Anthony, Kenzie and I - love this picture!

Da Boys. Doug, Kirk, and Steve.

Too cool. Love this picture of them. Shows how much fun we were having on the dance floor!

What a fun group!!

Doug, me, Gina, and Mom. Where was Kelly?!? Fun times.

Steve and I. At this point, I was talking him into staying...he had called a cab to take him home. I won. He stayed!

My little 5 year old cousin. He had some moves!

Aaah. Love this picture of Kirk and I!

Me and my Daddy. Love this picture!

Kayla had so much fun helping Gina and Anthony open their gifts!

Kelly, Heidi, and I. Can you tell we were exhausted?!? At least, I know I looked it.

Gina and Anthony....congrats you two.

Confession.  I take a lot of pictures.  I can’t pick just a couple of pictures to put on a blog post.  Therefore, my sister’s wedding will be divided between two posts.  Part 1 – rehearsal and ceremony.

It was such a beautiful wedding.  The rehearsal was hard.  One, Kenzie doesn’t do well in big crowds.  Two, I was in the wedding as matron of honor and really had to listen at the rehearsal with Kenzie on my hip, whining.  I remember, at one point, Father asking me if she was going to be with me the next day during the ceremony.  ABSOLUTELY NOT.  I’m sure he was thanking God at that moment!   I’m so thankful for my cousin, Miranda.  She took Kenzie during the ceremony and did a wonderful job with her.  Oh, how I wished Miranda lived closer.    My kids would love to have her as their babysitter when their aunt’s can’t do the job.

I didn’t get a ton of pics during the rehearsal because of the above mentioned baby on my hip the entire night.  But, I did manage to sneak in a few!  Remember, you can click on any or all of the pictures to see them larger.  Also, many, many thanks to my cousin’s wife, Amy, for taking the majority of the pictures on my camera.

Oh, and between the rehearsal, wedding, reception, and the gift opening party I did NOT manage to get even 1 picture of the five of us together.  Yes, I rock.

The only picture I have even remotely showing the girls in their matching dresses. Kenzie was running towards me as I was taking this.

Doug and my soon to be sister-n-law, Heidi. We will be doing this, again, next August with them! Congrats you two!!

This would be what Kenzie looked like most of the night....crying/whining with one of us holding her!

...until Aunt Gina gave her the baby doll. Look at that smile underneath the pappy!....which, by the way, she generally only has during sleep. But, I had enough of the crying. Plus, technically, with the time change it was passed her bedtime at this point

Uncle Doug and Kenzie have a sword fight the morning of. Don't ask about Doug's wonderful outfit.

My two babes ready to head to the church. Aren't they beautiful?

Oh, and I rock SO MUCH SO that this is the only one I have of the three of them together. I was with it that weekend, huh?!?

This is what Kenzie does each time she wants to show off a new outfit, even PJ's.

Gina and I before the ceremony. She was such a beautiful bride!!

Aunt Gina with Kenzie. Probably the best picture I have of Kenzie from the weekend. Love this picture.

After each nice individual picture, we had to do something funny with the bride/groom. This was my favorite, Anthony and Kirk!

Our family. I think, it was at this point, I realized our family is getting HUGE! And, there will be lots more grandbabies I'm sure.

Anthony, patiently waiting for Gina. I just love this picture of him.

The three kids walking down the aisle. They were so cute together.

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony and Gina Imburgia!!!! Congrats you two!!!

My birthday actually fell on a Saturday this year so it was a fun day with the family!  We went to the apple orchard in the morning and then walked around an art fair for the afternoon (oh, and I must mention that I started my birthday with a 6am run followed by an 8am flag football game…no sleeping in this year!).

Isn't she just the cutest?!?

Kayla had fun picking and tasting! I think she tried every kind.

Kenzie just had fun running around!

Kirk, of course, had fun tasting as well!

Just a cute picture of my girl

Such a great apple picking day!

Andrew and Kayla got to "add" to the masterpiece and paint for a while at the art fair. They loved it!

We decided to try Nicole’s yummy smoothie pops. The kids LOVED them!  You all must try them.  I think you’ll like them too!

See? They are delicious!

Do you want some? No - you better make your own. This one's mine!

Kirk and I decided to take a QUICK trip to St. Louis.  We left here after an EARLY flag football game and headed straight to St. Louis.  We met the Diehl’s for lunch which was SO much fun.  SO glad we got to see them even if it was a very quick visit.  Nicole – next time we need to take a pic together!  Nicole pointed out to me that between the two of us we have kids ages 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.  CRAZY!!

We then headed to the cards game.  Even though they lost, we all had a great time!  The kids really enjoyed it.  Thanks, Mom and Dad, for the tickets!

Kenzie watching Andrew's flag football game before we left.

The kids were REALLY curious as to what was back there. Matt decided to go back there and growl. My kids about had heart attacks....

but not Jack Henry...he was all smiles after the growling! LOVE this pic of him Nicole. What a cutie pie.

ALL the kiddos. Luke (6), Andrew (5), Bennett (4), Kayla (3), Jack Henry (2), and Kenzie (1)!!

Daddy gettin some Kenzie lovin at the game.

All three watching the game....Kayla with cotton candy!

What a little poser!

Family pic - thought this turned out great on the first try!

Kayla with her great friend Avery...

They were having so much fun!

Kenzie was just having fun walking up and down the sidewalk

Andrew got his turn behind the wheel!

This is what Kenzie does EVERY time she hears an airplane in the sky.

Cute Kenzie getting ready to climb on something she's not supposed to be climbing on. Turned into a good pic anyways

Andrew decided to try flag football this fall.  He has really done great with it and loves playing.  Here are a few pics from all of the games…

He gets the flag!!!

Running to catch a guy....

On his way for a touchdown! He was so excited!

About to get his flag....look how much taller he is. And, he's like this with most kids his age!...doesn't get that from his momma

We spent the day hanging out with Jen and Chad (sis and bro -n- laws) and our niece and two nephews!  We had such a nice day!  I got to relive old memories and do some back flips on the trampoline, we got to celebrate Chad’s birthday together, and the kids got lots of play time with their cousins!

Kayla talked Aunt Jennifer into reading a book, or two!

Kenzie loved playing ball...it was about the same size as her

Happy Birthday Chad!

Look at the trampoline action! The kids had a BLAST!

Kayla loved it, but at the same time got nervous too

Here we go!...this was before the back flips.

And, now, the big boys get on.....

Look closely - do you think Kirk and Chad are maybe too much at one time?!? You can barely see Andrew!

We did a little swinging too!

Kirk and I took the older two to a colts preseason football game.  Andrew has been to one or two with Kirk before, but this was Kayla’s first time going.  She was SO excited!  We were lucky enough to be in one of the suites.  Walking to the suite, every time we passed a suite with the door open, Kayla would yell out, “There it is!!!”  It was so fun to see such excitement in her.

Ready to go!!!

This was so cool. They had two army men propel down with the american flag during the national anthem.

Colts huddle!

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That morning, Kayla and Kenzie both wanted cereal for breakfast.  All of a sudden, Kenzie was wanting the cereal out of Kayla’s bowl.  Same. cereal.  Anyway, Kayla just decided to help herself to Kenzie’s since Kenz was eating hers

Ah, sisterly love and sharing!

So happy about it too! Ignore the food you can see in Kenzie's mouth, k? thanks.

So nice when they actually show their love for one another!