Ice Ice Baby

So my hubby used to love to dance and sing EVERY WORD to the song Ice Ice Baby. So Caitlin dedicated that song to him and they dragged him onto the dance floor to shout it out!

Special Dances

Father and Bride Dance
Mother and Groom Dance

Bride's (and my) parents

Groom's Parents

Winners of the Anniversary Dance....my grandparents...58 years!!!

Money Dance....sister Alli and Casey

Money Dance....sister Megs and Casey

Money Dance....Megs and Caitlin

Megs and Albert

Dancing to Love Shack, one of our favorites

Father-Daughter Dance....me and my sisters and dad Bride and new father-in-law

Fun First Dance

So many of you have already seen or heard about Caitlin's first dance...started out very sweet and "normal" and then broke out into one that can now be added to the You Tube Wedding Dance Craze. Here are some pics, but you must check out the video and watch. Enjoy!

Cake Cutting

The beautiful sunflower cake
Angelica went up to "help" cut

Being nice

and not so nice (my husband was warned big time about not doing this)

fighting back

Angelica not too sure what is going on with the cake

The messy (hopefully still talking) couple

Toast Time

Caitlin and Casey had several really nice toasts....my sisters and I read the poem we wrote for her bridal shower then each gave a personal toast, Casey's brother gave one, friend Pam, my dad, Casey's dad, her friend Jen who gave a beautiful toast with tips to Casey from one roommate to the new one (I will have to see if she has it)....then the Gray Girls and Alli had planned a special song (with Casey's brother playing guitar) and sang The Prayer for them. It was beautiful and again wish I had taped it. As you can see from the last picture, Angelica approved and enjoyed the toasts as much as we did!

Let's Eat & Party

Caitlin's reception was at the Bangor Naval Base at the Trident Ballroom. We have used their services for my wedding and my sister Megs...another family tradition I guess. The room was beautifully decorated with all the tables and the sunflower topiaries my mom made. Angelica and Emma were starting to lose their minds waiting to walk in and Emma was dying to eat some strawberries. My feet were very swollen from the heat so I was looking forward to sitting down. The food was delicious and enjoyed by all!! Now on to get the party started!

I love Angel's faces walking in, like everyone was there just to see her!

The happy MARRIED couple

Let's EAT!

Paternal Grandparents, Meme and Pepe

Starving Emma

Sister Alli (13)

Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan

Saturday, August 1st, was the big day. My sister Caitlin (7 years younger and for awhile the baby of the family) got married!!!! She is now Mrs. Casey Sullivan. The wedding service was beautiful and held at our church, Our Lady Star of the Sea in Bremerton. It is the same church that I got married in and then my sister Meghan last year, but it looks different now as it had a huge renovation last year. It was a hot day but at least it wasn't as bad as the rehearsal day....lucky the wedding was at noon!! We haven't seen all the pictures of the girls, me and my sisters, and the family pics because the other photographer took those....very anxious to see. But again, my brother-in-law Chris took some great shots!! The church was beautiful, decorated with the pew bows my mom made and all the sunflowers which was the official flower of the wedding festivities. The music was beautiful as well....our friends the Gray girls did most of the singing with my sister Alli doing the response and some friends also played instruments for Caitlin....just beautiful!! There were almost 350 people there so it was a little overwhelming!! It is always hard with little ones....by the time we get them up early to get all ready...then get to the church early enough to take pictures etc....by the time the ceremony starts Emma was already ready for her nap and a bit fussy. She of course fell asleep soon after it started and was hard to wake up for pictures afterwards. I walked down the aisle with them....and at the end of the ceremony I was just supposed to go up without the girls. But, a sleeping Emma was in my arms and when I walked up to the altar, Angelica followed right behind me and wanted to walk out too!! You never know what to expect with kids! They did very well. You can see in one of the pictures I tried to get them to walk down together...but Emma only wanted mama...I am lucky I didn't have to carry her!! Angel was really upset after the ceremony that she didn't get to drop her rose petals....so we had to go walk down the aisle and we gave them to the Blessed Mother. She was also confused as to why we were not going down for coffee and donuts, after all we were at church!!

Mom being walked in by still her TWO sons-in-law, Chris and hubby Jason

Sister Megs and happy nephew and honorary ring bearer, Albert

Albert decided to fall asleep right before he walked down the aisle

Me in the background trying to get Emma to walk down without Mama

No luck...a little overwhelmed by all the faces

Daddy and his little girl

Here comes the Bride

Our wonderful priest, Father Lappe

My THIRTEEN year old sister, Alli, singing response

Making those special vows

The rings

Mr. and Mrs. Casey Sullivan - first kiss

Making it official

Sweet Angelica trying to smile for all the pictures

The huge bridal party

The one pic so far I have seen of our family

Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan