My Cousin's Wedding and the After Party

I was in a rush all morning, but somehow I made it to the church where my cousin Theresa was to be married at 11am.  The church was about an hour away from my house, but I stopped and picked up my brother Jeff along the way to keep me company.

The ceremony was just about a half hour and then the guests were invited downstairs in the church for a light lunch reception.  I helped Theresa out by taking many pictures of her guests, half of which were probably our family members (our dads came from a large Catholic family).  One thing the family was very excited about was getting to meet my cousin Dave and his wife Kim's identical twin boys.  Liam is the cutie on the left and Aidan is the sweetie on the right! The boys will be just three months old this week and have gone from 4lbs to 15 lbs.  Holy smokes, these boys are cute! And those chubby little cheeks and rolls everywhere!We hung out for just a couple of hours and then saw Andrew and Theresa off...

Since it was not even 2 pm yet and we had many of the Sauer family members together, we all went to my uncle Joe's house for an after party.  I had even more fun over there! Many people bright a change of clothes and food to do a pot-luck dinner. Theresa's mom and dad were staying at Joe's for the evening, as was Theresa's sister Katie. Katie lives in Boulder, Co where she is conducting her final research which will earn her a PhD in Economics.  Katie is one of the funnest, coolest and smartest girls I know...we used to be roomies in college when we were working on our undergrads.  Here is a cute one of us this afternoon sipping away like the good old days! We take advantage of any time we get to see each other, since it happens so rarely with Katie living across the country. She is so much fun, I miss not seeing her more often, but we keep in touch over the web, etc.

It was finally a dry afternoon..the best we've had so far this entire month...so we all sat out on the deck, passing the twins around, drinking, talking and of course, eating!! 

I stayed for several hours and then was pretty tired from all the excitement of the day's events so I headed home, which is thankfully only about 15 minutes away from my uncle's. 

I have had such a nice time reflecting on my day, but now I am so tired, I must turn in for the night!

Buenos Noches!