And Meanwhile...

While we were all partying at the wedding, I got a text message from Katie. Just as the ceremony ended, she gave birth to her beautiful daughter, Lila Rose!

Does this look like the face of a woman
who had to push for three straight hours?
Unfair!


OMG! The cuteness! I can't stand it!!

Little Miss Lila was a big girl! 9 lbs, 10 oz and 22 inches long! With Mom being about 5'10" and Dad at 6'7" and both of them Ironman triathletes, we'll see her playing volleyball at the Olympics one day. I'm sure of it.


In other baby news, my handsome cousin Carey also had his baby, Aisley Grace, four days earlier. He's starting his third year of med school with a brand, new family in tow. No pressure, Carey!

Carey, his wife Lacy, Little Aisley Grace
with my cousin Terra, my aunt Lana and uncle Rodney


The new daddy


Parenthood already taking it's toll

Mark & Brianna's Wedding

I think I can safely say a good time was had by all.

Greg was a reader in the ceremony

Just hitched!

First dance

Brian & Terry chatting with Greg

Sarah busting a gut while Jacque, Ian & Karl smile for camera

Mitra, Greg, Kristie & Fred

Ian busting it on the dance floor

Congregating at the bar

Greg and the groom

Lance & Caroline

Post-wedding beers at the Ginger Man

Just Like The Good Ol' Days

Yeah, still catching up...

Tons of friends converged on Austin at once for Mark & Brianna's wedding. So for one much-too-brief long week-end, it felt like the good ol' days again.

And since most people were coming from Australia where they're in the dead of winter right now or England where summers are all too brief, spending time in Austin meant soaking up the sun.

Chillaxin' at Barton Springs

M & B also took a page out of our book and threw a pre-wedding boat party. Needless to say, August weather is much nicer for a boat party than April.

Getting hitched

Karen, Mark's sister, and I

Greg with Kristie and Brian

Jeff, Jacque & Sarah

British boys Fred, Greg & Karl loitering around the keg

The Snee clan

Tweaking Karl's nipple ring. Ew! Ew! EW!

Women, Know Your Limits!

Its been a dark couple of days for me and grad school. But that's all the more motivation to get the hell out! Ugh.

While I'm fighting the panic, I leave you with this public service announcement.

Mark's Stag Night

Mark & his father-in-law met at our house, where Greg forced him to dress in prison attire complete with handcuffs and ankle shackles.

Mark, just be thankful it wasn't a slutty dress and fishnets!

Jim keeping his son-in-law in check.

Bar-hopping kicked off at Casino el Camino.

Chris looks tiny, but really, Brian & Derek are just freakishly huge.

Kenan in deep concentration.

My hawt husband with Kenan.

Karl expressing his deep appreciation for beer in the presence of so much yummy, yummy vodka.

Pretty boys Lance & Ian

Mark being suggestive - uh, boys...

The boys were on a mission. Three beers?!?

Fred, jet lagged and exhausted, has a lot of catching up to do...

Fred critiquing Ian's pool shark skillz

The girls, of course, took this as an opportunity to go out as well. We accidentally ran into the boys at Maggie Mae's.

Trying to set up Brian with the blond

Much too much estrogen for a stag do...

Fred's like, "Will someone please get rid of all these girls?!?"

We left.

I didn't see them again until 3 a.m. sprawled in front of the pizza place on 6th, where they were eventually shoveled off the pavement and into respective taxis, buses and cars. Good times had by all.