Mariel's wedding

Mariel has been looking forward to this weekend a very long time.  Officially, it was to celebrate the marriage of my brother, John, and my new sister in law, Kate, but we really all know that it was Mariel's wedding.  She enjoyed the attention, the flowers, and her beautiful dress.  The candy bribes were also quite popular (during rehearsal, she got an M&M everytime she walked nicely down the aisle) as well as the fact that she got to watch TV all morning in the bridal suite while the bridal party got our hair and makeup done.  She even got to go to the grown up party (aka reception) for a little bit. 

I am sure that others have much better pictures- between my own role as bridesmaid and messenger and balancing Mariel and Noella (who did not get to go to any festivities but remains blissfully unaware) I only took a handful.  I had good intentions at the reception, but after a few glasses of wine my recollection of those intentions faded a bit.

First Limo Ride

Flowers

And those other people who seemed to think it was their wedding

Another weekend excitement was Noella's first true word- and perhaps her first boyfriend.  She seems to have fallen in love with John's best man, Bob. Lucky for Bob, he also has a very easy name to say.  So "Bob" it is!