The End of the Line

My youngest brother got married on Saturday. This is the end of the line- the last sibling wedding for us. I was the first in my family to get married. While it was a nuisance to have all those brothers around home when I was dating, it has been fun to watch each of them fall in love.

Not too long before this lovely lady came on the scene, my brother & I had a lengthy conversation that included the question "How do you know when it's the right one?" If he was hoping for something more profound, I could not put it into words any better than his buddy; we gave identical answers- "you just know".  And now he knows.

This is also the end of the line for me acquiring sisters. I always hoped my brothers would find wives who could be the sisters I never had. It hasn't been automatic camaraderie with any of them, but I'm excited to slowly be building closer bonds with some of my sisters-in-law. Like my youngest nephew in this photo, I give this one a thumbs up!  

A. was a guest registrar. She was a little nervous about speaking to so many strangers, but she did just fine.

R. & I were the reception Host & Hostess. I guess it went OK, but I had a blonde moment when I totally blanked out and couldn't think of the name of an extended family member and had to ask (horrors!), plus embarrassed myself again by admitting I couldn't distinguish between 2 of my cousins (brothers). But all in all, it went smooth getting people seated quickly.    

To see a few more pictures of the big day, you can check out my mom's blog here.

It seems like the whole summer has been a whirlwind of activity, getting ready for this wedding- sewing, making the family cookbook, etc. Now it's over and we can get on with summer. To my dismay, there are only 3 weeks of summer left before school starts again!! And those weeks are going to be chock full of school sewing & shopping, basement spring[?] cleaning, cookbook making, etc. It will surely be the shortest summer in history!