I was over at my parents house on Monday night, and my sweet sister and brother in love were there with the kidlets as well...
I think I mentioned earlier that my camera had run out of batteries the day of my brother Joe's wedding [or maybe I didn't and am just imagining that...]. At any rate, I had managed to get pictures of us girls getting our hair done, but then didn't have any of the ceremony or the reception, so my brother in love John had taken a TON for me.
Long story short, John was able to transfer all of the pictures that he had taken to my computer [all 164 of them!], and so here are my favorite 40 or so. 
I will understand if you don't make it all the way through - I am going to try and explain why I love each of these pictures. And as you all know...I can get a little wordy sometimes!
Let me just say - the wedding day was fantastic. It was such fun - these events can often be filled with family drama, but the day couldn't have been better. Out of the 10 of us 'Kinne kids', 8 of us were in the wedding party, which made for so much fun. So fun to play dress up with my sisters, and my brothers - wow. They are some handsome boys - even when you account for my personal bias.
The day started out with my sisters Hannah and Jannah going to our friend Liz to have our hair done - she has been Hannah's best friend since they were four and a special 'adopted' member of our family - it was so fun to have her be the one to do our hair. We all had different styles - Jannah's hair is naturally curly, and short, so hers was pulled back from her face with a few curls escaping, Hannah's was pulled into a yummy curly mass on the nape of her neck, and mine was off to the side. We all felt like princesses...
*Jannah and Liz*
*Painting Hannah's toes while we waited our turn*
*Jannah and I when our hair was finished*
It was then off to the country club where the wedding and the reception were being held. This would be the point where my camera died - so I only have one picture of Jannah and Hannah before the wedding in their dresses, and one of my newest sister in love, Nichole as she was getting laced into her dress...
*Nichole had her arms crossed both because she was cold, and to hold up the dress - seriously, it took a good ten minutes to lace her up correctly in the back!*
After we finished getting ready, it was time for pictures. I don't think I mentioned yet that it was only 30 something degrees outside, with a very BRISK wind. I was seriously unhappy with the photographer who insisted on keeping the wedding party OUTSIDE for a good hour/hour and a half. We could literally not feel our fingers or toes after being outside for that long in our strapless dresses. Ugh. Should be interesting to see how the photographer photoshops out the watery eyes and pink noses. hmph.
The wedding itself was a fairly short affair - no more than 20 minutes. I have to say though - I have been IN a lot of weddings [this is my 10th to be exact] - been TO a lot of weddings...but the absolute wonder and adoration on my brother Joe's face as Nichole walked down the aisle? I have never seen that much emotion before. It literally sucked the breath out of me - I am not kidding you - every single one of us 'Kinne kids' were weeping by the time she made it down to Joe - all of the sisters AND the brothers. Not a dry eye. Yep. We are criers.
In our defense, we come by it honestly...my mom is a big time crier, and my dad is a huge softy too. We didn't really have a chance!
This is the only picture I have of Nichole coming down the aisle - it sadly just doesn't do her justice. And random side note - what is up with the lady right there crossing her arms? Not even looking? Sheesh.
After the wedding, we went straight into the reception for dinner and dancing. This is where I have the majority of the pictures from...and I have to say...it was SO.MUCH.FUN. I think the main reason that I had such a good time was seeing my whole family have such a good time - just hanging out and having fun and enjoying each others company.
*Jannah and her big brother Caleb*
*Jannah and Dad*
*Joe and Nichole. I was so glad - they both had such a good time just being with each other after a long week of wedding last minute stuff keeping them uber busy. So sweet. *
*The little people were not to be left out of the fun either - This is my youngest brother Jesse with our niece Bethany*
*My dad taking a spin with his first granddaughter - my niece Tabitha*
*Trying to get a shot of these two goobers [my brothers Sam and Abe] was nearly impossible*
*My brother Caleb and my sister in love Joanna*
*I love this shot of my sister Jannah - she was out dancing with our nieces Tabitha and Bethany, and they were LOVING the attention. She is such a good aunt!*
*My mom and her mom - I am so blessed to have such a heritage of godliness, grace and beauty. I have to tell you - for 85, my grandma is one of the feistiest women I know! Doesn't she look good?*
*Three generations...*
*My parents and I - man, do I love them. [if you look really hard, you can see the white rose I found to put in my hair 
] *
*My youngest two brothers - Jesse and Jordan*
*The requisite picture of Hannah and I*
*John's mom came with him to the wedding and the first part of the reception so that she could take the kids home after dinner and give Hannah and John some time at the reception to not have to worry about the kids...I caught them on the dance floor...*
*Another shot of Joe and Nichole*
*Jordan and I right before I dragged his shy rear end out on the dance floor. [Cause I am a cool big sister like that]*
*My brother Ben and sister in love Brittney taking a break from the dance floor*
*Hannah and Liz - BFF's*
*Before John's mom took off with Ian and Hadassah, John took his baby girl out on the dance floor. Too bad she doesn't adore her daddy *
*Ian got in a dance with grandma [my mom] as well*
*And one with the bride...*
*And also one with his cousin Tabitha...*
*...while Hadassah chilled for a minute with the wedding coordinator of the country club [I really just like this picture of baby girl - isn't she sweet?]*
*Bethany, Tabitha and Ian taking a break to hydrate*
*I missed getting a picture of Joe dancing with Hannah, but he made it a point of dancing with each of us...cause he is super sweet and sentimental like that*
*Sam paid a dollar to dance with his big brother during the dollar dance. My brothers make me laugh so hard.*
*Not to be left out, Tabitha and Bethany both got their turns to dance with uncle Joe*
*Mom and Dad - 34 years of marriage and still going strong - such a good example for us 
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*Hannah, Jannah and I*
Ahhhhhh - I love my family.
I have one more final on Monday, and the very last one on Wednesday [worth 50% of my grade - YIKES] - then I am free for three and a half weeks. It will be good to be finished - I'm not going to lie! 
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