Annie & Jake's Wedding

We drove up to Council Bluffs this past weekend for Annie (Matt's sister) and Jake's wedding. It was a wonderful weekend and we had such a great time seeing everyone and celebrating in their new life together! Here are a few pictures from the big event!

REHEARSAL:
This was also the same day as my birthday so they had an ice cream cake and sang to me at the rehearsal dinner. Annie and Jean were even crafty and had some candle decorations on my table which I thought was very sweet of them considering they obviously had a lot of other things to worry about!

Ken & Annie practicing their walkAnnie & JakeMatt and John practicing their golf swings during rehearsalAnnie & Kaitlynn at dinnerPlay time with Aunt Mary and Aunt Janice during rehearsalSmiling at Great Grandma Wiese
Elli, Lexi and Asha hanging out with me at rehearsal!
Grandpa Ken singing to his favorite granddaughter!Kaitlynn snoozin' away after her dinner!

WEDDING:Mom & Kaitlynn all ready to go
Kaitlynn with cousin Jenna and the other bridesmaidsHere's the beautiful bride. Her dress was amazing!

The original Sewing Clan...now they get to add Jake and myself, too!!
The extended family with all of the aunts, uncles and cousins on Matt's side. Yes, Matt's mom has 5 sisters! I was able to keep Kaitlynn quiet while the photographer slowly got us all arranged and of course she started crying as soon as he started snapping the pictures!
Jake is always happy to help out...ha ha!
Brother and sister

RECEPTION: They had their reception at the country club overlooking the lake. It was absolutely beautiful! The weather was perfect so we were even able to spend some time outside.Dancing on the table with daddy. They do this a lot!

Getting ready to take a nap with Grandpa Rex
Here's Annie hanging outside with us. Look at how big her dress is!!

GIFT OPENING: Annie & Jake opened their gifts the next morning at Mary's house. It was fun to see everyone again before we left and to celebrate Matt's first Father's day at the same time. Kaitlynn loved to help them open their gifts!

Every time Grandpa Ken tried to hold Kaitlynn at the rehearsal and wedding someone would "steal" her away from him. Matt and I made sure that he got to hold her for quite a while that morning. She loves his so much and even fell asleep eventually!

Before we left town we came back to my parent's house and my grandparents came out to visit. Here is Kaitlynn with Great Grandma Clouse. Notice her new Iowa Hawkeye hat that Grandpa Ken got her. He also got her a big, socks and a black and yellow teddy bear. She's set for football season!