Courtney and Michael's Wedding Weekend

My baby sister got married last weekend! We went and got our nails done on Thursday afternoon. It was my grandma's first pedicure:)The ceremony and reception were in the beautiful hill country of Austin. The weather was perfect and everything went really well. Here are some pictures from the rehearsal.

My dad and Court did great coming down the stairs! They're pretty steep and the wedding coordinator told them not to look down because it ruins pictures. At the actual ceremony, my dad grabbed the handrails to steady himself. There were flowers along the rail and my dad knocked one off as he walked down. Being the quick shortstop that he is, he caught the flowers. It looked like they both had a bouquet as they walked down the stairs! Everyone laughed:) It was much needed comic relief because my whole family was crying. Michael was crying too. It was very sweet!

Father Matkin married Derek and I, too!

The reheasal dinner was at the Iron Cactus, which is a neat Mexican food restaurant. We ate out on the patio. Derek and I sat at a table with all of my cousins! My one of my girl cousins got a Shirley Temple and two of the boys were making fun of her. Derek ordered one for each of them! Needless to say, he gets along well with my cousins:)

My aunt did my sister's make up. (She did my make up at my wedding too!)

The beautiful bride before the ceremony.

We went upstairs and took pictures of the reception hall before the ceremony. Their colors were purple and green.
The Head Table
The flowers were beautiful!

Court's bouquet was really pretty! She especially liked the white and purple calla lilies.

Michael gave Courtney a diamond heart necklace as a wedding present, which of course she loved!
Relaxing in the Bride's room with a little champagne and snacks!

Mom helping Court get dressed.


Family Pics
Matron of Honor with the Bride
Father of the Bride
My grandmother let my sister borrow a ring as her something borrowed, old, and blue. It's an opal, which is my sister's birthstone, with sapphires around it.

Three Generations Picture

Being the Matron of Honor, I didn't get many pictures at the wedding and reception. I'm sure I'll add to the post when my fam emails their pictures.

We had a mini family reunion this weekend as well because so many of our family members were able to come down! We hadn't been together since my wedding four years ago, so it was nice to see everyone. On Sunday we went to brunch at Chez Zee to celebrate three birthdays. My youngest cousin, Samantha, turned 10 on Sunday, my Aunt Vicki turned 50 last week, and my dad's dad, Grandvati, will turn 80 in November. Here's the group after lunch:

All of the "kids" have grown up quite a bit. Few of the cousins taking pics on the computer.

Tanner and I were really tired on Sunday after all of the events of the weekend!

We had a wonderful time and we can't wait to see everyone again this summer!