Kayla and Caleb 6.11.16

My youngest cousin, Kayla, got married this past weekend, and we had so much fun celebrating! 8 of the 12 grandkids came, mine and Patty's kids acted like wild animals {reminds me of my childhood at weddings}, and everything was so perfect.

To say I've always loved this girl is an understatement!

I don't have a good picture on my laptop of Kayla in our wedding.

But here she is in 2004 at 14 as a junior bridesmaid.

{Also pictured: my good friend, Angela. Hi Angela!}

Unfortunately, it isn't really fashionable to ask your 35 year old cousin to be a bridesmaid, but Kayla did ask me to read during the ceremony, so I definitely felt special. {grin} Blair was the flower girl and was especially cute!

Trent and Miles playing games before the ceremony

I didn't get any pictures during the ceremony but stole this one from Facebook.

Now let the party begin! The reception was decorated very shabby chic, and I thought everything turned out great.

We spent quite a bit of time hitting up the candy bar!

I can guess what my dad is thinking: I'm so glad I didn't have to pay for this one!'

Or: 'Mmmm...beer...'

It's totally normal to lay on a dirty hall floor and have your cousins sit on you.

Right?

Even the pretty flower girl joined in the shenanigans!

My mom {far right} and her siblings

First dance!

Father {my Uncle Robert} and daughter dance

Our original foursome {Brent refused to take pictures with me ALL night!}

Cousins!!

Poor Mayer just couldn't hang.

Oh wait! He found his second wind.

Doing gymnastic bridges in the middle of the dance floor

And with that, it was time to load these hooligans up and head home! I think Brent and I have the only 2 children in the world who DON'T typically fall asleep in the car when it's past their bedtime. No, our 2 talked the whole way home {even thought it was 10:30 at night} and took a while to settle down! This pregnant lady felt terrible on Sunday - and we get to do this all over again on July 2 for Kayla's brother's wedding - can't wait to celebrate Ryan and Kristen, too!