Chris & Erika's Wedding

We all converged on New Jersey so that we could attend Cousin Christopher's Wedding to Erika. They were getting married in Pennsylvania and both Emilie and Tori were flower girls for the ceremony. On Friday, we drove to Erika's hometown and met up with the Issler family. We proceeded to watch the rehearsal. The girls did a couple of run throughs to hone their flower petal dropping skills. After the rehearsal, we headed to Erika's Dad's house for a barbeque. The girls got to go swimming in the pool and we all had a great time hanging out with the wedding party. We stayed in a local B&B with the Isslers. The next day we got up and got ready for the ceremony. Nanny took care of fixing the girls hair and we then headed off to the wedding. The wedding was beautiful and Em and Tori did a great job walking down the aisle and sprinkling petals. During the beginning of the ceremony Tori saw Erika's family crying (Erika's Mom passed away at Christmas) and began crying herself. She sat on Aunt Betsy's lap and stopped crying. After the ceremony, we hung around for a family picture and whole wedding party pictures for the girls. Then it was off to the reception. It was great seeing a lot of our family members who traveled from all over to attend the wedding. The girls were getting tired and bored through dinner. They really wanted to hit the pool. After completing dinner Justin, Sammy and Megan dragged them on to the dance floor. Well, then we couldn't get them off. We all had a blast dancing and acting silly. We pulled a prank on Christopher that made everyone crack up. Immediately following his dance with Aunt Betsy we stormed him and shot him with 10 cans of silly string. It was totally unexpected and hilarious. He was a good sport and laughed it off. It gave the kids a job to do to clean up all of the string post ambush. After the dancing, the girls got to go swimming and we ended up calling it a late night. The next day we had brunch with Nanny and Poppy and then headed back to Jersey. Overall, it was a very nice wedding and we had a great time. The girls did a great job in the ceremony and ended up having a blast with their cousins. We send our best wishes to Chris and Erika on a long and happy marriage.