What a whirl!!

Well... the past week has been crazy! Jeff got MARRIED on Sunday! It was the most incredible wedding I've ever been to! The ceremony was so God-glorifying and the reception was beyond belief with lavishness! I think that everyone felt like Cinderella there! The food was scrumptious and the dancing was so much fun... although not as much fun as watching Jeff and Angie attempt their first dance! (Her dress kept getting in the way and either she was stepping on it or Jeff was... but it was fun to watch him try to spin and dip her!) They got back from their honeymoon on Monday and a thrilled to be enjoying married life together!

The day after the wedding, Mackenzie and I took off for a vacation to the Poconos with my mom's side of the family. Jake joined us from Thursday night till Saturday when we all came home. I missed him so bad... ask anyone in my family... I think all I did was whine for the first three days! But it was nice to get to spend so much time with my aunts and grandparents and little cousins. I had tons of help even though Jake wasn't there. There was always someone around to watch Mackenzie so I got to read and finish TWO books! I'll comment more on the pictures below!

Jeff and Angie were nice to each other and they didn't smash the cake. I like this picture cuz you can see the ring on Jeff's hand!!
Amy and Andrew with the thrilled Mackenzie after the wedding. John and Eileen were so nice to take her home after church, give her lunch and a nap, and get her dressed and bring her to the wedding for us! As you can see though, it was a very big day for her... she did a lot better after she got out of her foo-foo dress.
Mackenzie and Mommy after the ceremony!
Just a pretty picture of the bride before the ceremony. She looked so gorgeous in her dress! Her mom did her makeup and her flowers were so pretty! I loved her extra long veil that just added to the elegance of her dress!

Unfortunetly I don't have any good pictures on my camera of my handsome husband, but he was quite the stud in his tux! Take my word for it... he was the only one competing with the bride in looks!

Mommom was so sweet and she made a treasure hunt for the four little cousins and Mackenzie everyday. Mackenzie liked all the baby food Mommom picked out for her... but her favorite (of course!) was the paper it came in!

We had to make a makeshift baby carrier for Mackenzie for our hike... by Thursday I was feeling really couped up and wanted to hike with the family, but there was no way even the jogging stroller I brought was going to tackle those hills and rocks! So we made her a little seat out of pillows and snuggled her all in and then pulled the strap tight around her chest so she couldn't wiggle out. She was so proud of herself on her Poppop's back!

At the top of the mountain we would get Mackenzie out to stretch and I like this picture cuz she's surrounded by the "four littles" (as we call them). Everyone wanted a turn to hold her, it was so nice!

This the last hike of the trip. Mommom had made it up the day before, but she didn't want to push her luck. I'm sad she's not in this picture, but this is still a nice picture of Poppop with all his grandkids (and soon to be grandkids... Andrew and Katie!) and great-grandkid.
Ok... this isn't as astounding as it looks, she was actually leaning her butt on the wall for balance... but this is her first attempt to stand alone and Jake got it on camera!! Yea!! I'm so proud of her... although I still say this is all going way too fast!