Josh and Kim Southerland's Wedding

In April my dear little sister, Kim, got married. Michael was unable to go, but I packed up the kids and headed out for a week for all the festivities. It was a packed week, but oh so fun. We started with making the floral arrangements under the direction of a wonderful florist. Pretty much all of my dad's sisters came to help out, and it was so fun. We had a lunch together and then got going on the flowers. Kim's colors were dark blue, purple, and turquoise. We fondly named it the 'peacock' wedding. We even incorporated peacock feathers into the arrangements.

They were so pretty.

Aunt Launette showing her skillz.

While the ladies were doing that, I was indoors with the youngin's making Kim's scrapbook pages for her sign-in book.

The day of the wedding we sisters headed out bright and early to be with Kim for the wedding prep. To be honest, none of us were that helpful, Kim had a great hair/make-up stylist and her roommates were a lot more skilled at these kind of things so we sat back, fixed our own selves up a bit and gave support. Sadly, this is the only picture I got.

The wedding. A lovely ceremony and everything went off without a hitch. Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Southerland. Such a cute couple.

Awwwww, the kiss.

So happy. And how about that dress?! I LOVED it- it almost makes me want to go back and change mine from my own wedding.

The Ray clan with their newest member. Notice all the coats. It was mid April. The only thing we could have asked for was a few more degrees. It was CHILLY.

The sibs showing their joy at being out in the cold.

I was pretty proud of myself that morning getting my kids and myself all ready and on time. The one thing I forgot? Trev's coat. Poor kid was freezing. This was him enjoying my coat and muttering "I want to go back to the car now."

The reception was held at Spurwing country club. The boys felt it necessary to make their own visual of the "peacock" wedding.

The fam.

Sisters. Me and my big preggo belly. At least it took attention away from my pasty white legs. But at least Kim looks great.

The second reception at Filer. What Ray wedding would be complete without my sisters gettin' down on the dance floor? Kim started leading everyone in several line dances. You could totally tell she is an aerobic instructor.

I was glad this time around I had an excuse not to dance- no one wants to see a pregnant lady get down. Its so much more fun to watch these chicas anyway. I've also got video of my dad learning the macarena. Hysterical- I'll see if I can get it up here one of these days.