I've waited a long time for this. The first wedding in my or Lance's immediate family since we met. My younger brother Evan and Diana got married!
We drove out to Colorado for the short trip. Things went fairly smoothly. (Minus a couple blowouts. Diapers. Not tires. Maddie never lets us down).
We left after Reagan's school and got in late Friday evening. First things first:
It wouldn't be a Larsen family get together if there wasn't pie. I think we had 9 or 10 different ones. Dad is the best pie-maker in the world, tied with Mom.
Tiny twinsie giant babies. Madelyn and Cora, 2 months apart but both off the charts in size. We had fun springing them on Grandpa all weekend to see if he could tell them apart. He did ok.
My girls love their grandpa.
Since our family has officially gotten too big for my parents house, Sharon and I got an AirBnB a few minutes away. It was tons of fun and nice to have a little more space. Maddie bonded a lot with her cousins.
We even took some selfies. Just missing a couple of the middle girls.
All the grandkids together! The whole family was able to be there, besides Stuart who had to work.
Saturday was the big event! Things were a little wonky. Because Evan is in the Air Force, and being sent to Japan soon, planning the wedding didn't go very smoothly. They actually ended up getting legally married in October in Texas while he was still in training, so this was basically just a celebration of their marriage.
They started with a small ceremony-type thing. The girls were supposed to be flower girls, but due to a small mix up, that didn't work out. They still looked beautiful and were only a little disappointed.
Reagan post-tears from hearing the bad news.
Daryn handleded it better.
The gorgeous couple exchanging rings.
Then the party really got started! For some reason, all the small children thought the best way to celebrate was rolling around on the floor. This was a recurring theme throughout the evening.
I love this picture so much.
The first dance.
Cutting the cake.
Since Diana is Mexican, we were also introduced to some fun new traditions! There was lots of running around really fast.
And throwing Evan in the air...
And the dollar dance, which the little girls especially loved.
Sweet baby Cora!
And here's some of the official wedding pics that I snagged.
All their nieces and nephews!
They love babies. At least Diana does :).
Siblings! It felt weird without Stuart.
Yes we did this.
It was difficult. Evan is a solid guy!
This seems more natural, definitely.
Sisters! We tolerate each other.
I did a mini bouquet toss for the little girls. Reagan and Chiara caught it together.
It was such a fun party! We are so happy for Evan and Diana. We stayed late and partied hard, then headed back to our house and crashed.
We had a quiet Sunday morning and then church that afternoon after half the family had left.
We stayed until Monday morning. Evan and Diana came over to my parents house to visit. Maddie and Diana are best buds.
Then it was time to go back home! We stopped on the way to see the newly dedicated Fort Collins temple in Lance's mission. Pretty cool for him. A great trip overall!
