Our Family: What a Wedding Weekend!

In mid-September we went to LBI to celebrate the marriage of one of Dan's best friends from high school. Dan and Grant grew up one 2 streets away from each other and have been friends pretty much their entire lives. I think this is one of our last friends to get married for quite a while.

Grant and Kim got married on LBI in front of lots of family and friends. The whole wedding was absolutely gorgeous. The ceremony was right on the beach. It was so beautiful with the waves crashing in the background. Dan was a groomsman and Jarred was a ring bearer for the very first time. We all had our doubts about him actually walking down the aisle himself especially when we saw how long the aisle was. I mean I'm talking probably 50 yds that he had to walk by himself with a lot of people that he didn't know staring at him. When it was his turn to walk down the aisle, he was a bit nervous but held onto his little pillow tight and started to walk. Then he slowed down and started to turn around and I definitely thought he was going to come running back to me. Did he? Nope, he just turned around, pointed at me and said "I walk by myself, mommy." And that was it, he turned back around and made it the rest of the way down the aisle. Of course during the ceremony he sat and played in the sand, but oh well. What's a boy to do when put on a beach?

He was pretty wired for the reception and had so much fun dancing. Once we ate dinner, he stayed out on the dance floor until probably 10pm. He and the flower girls were the life of the party! He passed out so quickly once we got back to the room. He definitely had a good time though because as soon as he woke up the next morning he says "Mommy, we go back to the party now?"

Here are some of my favorite pics from the wedding weekend along with a slideshow of many more. Don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of the page before starting the slideshow. Enjoy :) Congrats Grant and Kim!