Wondee and Mnadee get hitched

My cousin Ron got married to Mandi this weekend. It was a lovely wedding. Weather was perfect. Venue was great. And our kids were... well... let's just say they did OK, all things considered.

Levi and Noah spent much of the pre-ceremony time growing their seed collection.

Although they were warned multiple times that once the wedding started, they had to sit down on the bench quietly and listen... it somehow didn't sink in. They got dragged out the back of the ceremony shortly after it started for making a racket.

Grandma, catching me photo-stalking her...

Luke and Ella, hiding out behind the post waiting for Mandi to make her entrance.

Luke was the ring-"bear."

"I not a bear! I a LION! RAAAAAAWR!" he kept saying.

Ron, always the ladies man (well, at least until this Saturday, that is) got all the bridesmaids choked up with his vows.

Did I say the weather was perfect? Couldn't have been nicer.

At the reception, we taught Levi the whole "ring your glass to make them kiss" trick. He took to it with gusto, and spent about the first half hour sneaking up behind them, ringing his glass, and then skipping away in a fit of giggles. We kept waiting for him to shatter a wine glass with his enthusiasm.

Mandi watching Ron and his mom dance.

Did I say our children were well behaved? Sorry guys. Hope they didn't take that out of your damage deposit...

Ron and Mandi dancing.

Playing under the table counts as appropriate wedding behavior, right?

Ron and Mandi also had a photo booth set up, for all their guests to have their pictures taken. We tried to get our kids to play along...

Grandma got all her kids to play along...

My mom attempted to get her kid to play along...

And Ron and Mandi? Well, they needed no encouragement...

Luke, however, had had enough...

(Yes, his mean ol' dad plopped him in front of the camera, in full cry over not getting candy, and told the photographer to start taking pictures. Might as well capture reality.)

Check out the rest of the photos here. Even if you don't know any of these people, there are some pretty funny ones.

Finally, I got home today and Paige told me that Levi and Noah somehow got it into their heads that they were going to Mandi's parent's house today to go swimming. They were there for the rehearsal dinner, and saw the pool, and must have thought they were invited back. So in an effort to bribe win the hearts of Ron and Mandi, they made these little envelopes full of spare change...

Congratulations Wondee and Mnadee!