Wedding week!!

Brian and Hollie were married at the Bing Crosby Resort on April 15, 2016 and we had such a fun week of wedding festivities!!

We started the fun with a barbecue at the Ozecks on Wednesday evening.  Lindsay and Paul arrived late Tuesday night so had hung out in Coronado for the day and then my Uncle Bruce, Aunt Gloria, Bruce David and Autn Pam and Uncle Bob also came.  We had such a great time catching up with one another and of course the kids had a blast, too.  Towards the end of the night the girls decided to put on a "Let It Go" show where basically they sang the words, "Let it go" over and over and over again (and Ella more screamed the words than actual sang them!)

The rehearsal dinner was Thursday evening at my parent's home but before that Lindsay and I snuck in a walk at the community park together and then I went to the rehearsal that afternoon since I was doing a reading.  After the rehearsal, I swung back by our house to pick up Rich and the kids and we headed up to my parent's house.  They recently completed their beautiful outdoor kitchen so it was a great place to host the 70 or so people that were there to celebrate Brian and Hollie...and to enjoy the delicious grilled cheese from the food truck that came!  Such a fun idea! It was a busy night catching up with family and friends so I didn't take any pictures but thankfully Laura had someone grab this one of the four of us-love it!!!  

The originial delaMontaigne crew!  My how we have grown over the past ten years!!

Rich took Friday off (the day of the wedding) so that morning we hiked Torrey Pines with my Aunt Cindy and cousin Esther.  It was a gorgeous day and we always love coming here...although Ella did whine the entire hike up to the start of the trail (which I am seeing a pattern since she did the same thing last time) but once we got her on the actual trail she was back to her normal, happy self and had a blast hiking/running/skipping/dancing down to the beach!

Perfect day for a wedding!

Esther spotted a very large and very dead fish that was washed up on the shore and Joseph wanted his picture with it!  The hike was a great way to spend the morning and to tire the kids out so we could get them to all take naps before the wedding since we knew it was going to be a late night ahead for them!

The wedding ceremony was held at St. Bartholomew's in Rancho Bernardo and everything was perfect!

Hollie was gorgeous and Bubs cleaned up pretty well, himself!  We are all so excited to officially have Hollie as a part of the delaMontaigne family!

Following the ceremony, everyone made their way to the Bing Crosby resort which is beautiful!  We took some family pictures outside during the cocktail hour and then Rich took Julia home to stay with our sitter...figured it would be much easier without her at the reception and I am so glad we decided to do that!  Rich made it back in time for dinner and then everyone had a great night celebrating Brian and Hollie!  

Linz and Paul-Linz is due with their baby boy on May 27th!!!

Ella and Sydney had fun with my phone during the ceremony!

The kids relaxing before going to the cocktail hour!

Looking too cool and too grown up enjoying his lemonade during the cocktail hour!

Sweet girl!

Joseph spotted the photo booth almost immediately so we had to check that out before it got too crowded!

The kids got the party started early by dancing during dinner!  They were having so much fun!

Once the real dancing started, Joseph decided he was too cool to dance and he hung out with Hollie's older nephews at the table watching them play games on their phone but Ella had a blast!  She was a dancing machine and twice we had to sit down because her side hurt!!  

She was excited to dance with Uncle Bubba during their money dance!  Joseph did dance with Hollie, too, but my phone was at the table then so I didn't get a picture-I know the photographer got one though so will just have to wait for that!

The kids lasted until about 10:15 when they were really starting to look very tired so we headed home then...which worked out just fine since I was also ready for bed!  It was such a wonderful night though, catching up with lots of family and friends, celebrating Hollie and Brian and having so much fun on the dance floor!  Linz and I were still able to break it down with everyone even with our pregnant bellies! :)
The next day around noon we headed to Hollies' families rental home for a barbecue and hung there for a few hours and then headed back to my parents' house to hang out with some family for the rest of the night.
Loved hanging out with Ali and her boyfriend, Mike

along with most of the rest of the delaMontaigne crew from Arizona.

The kids all took naps there but once they woke up they were ready to go again so they jumped in the pool/spa with the dads.

Julia likes to be in the middle of it all!

They would get brave every now and then and jump in to the big pool which is way too cold for me but Dave was a great sport and Ella had a blast swimming to him!

Love hearing the conversations between these two as they get older!  Joseph said at one point to Sydney, "Last year when I was young I could only do this, but now look at what I can do."  They really get along so well which is so fun to watch!

Spa chaos!

After another late night on Saturday night and no baths (I don't think Joseph had taken a bath since Wednesday night due to us being out so late every night but at least he went in the pool!!) it was nice to be back in the routine Sunday night although the dirty kids were worth it since it was such an amazing week and wedding and we feel so blessed to be surrounded by such incredible family and are so excited for Hollie and Brian!!!