Ft. Worth Wedding Weekend

This past weekend, we headed to Ft. Worth for Billy's cousin's wedding. Billy was an usher and Ave was the flower girl. We left Friday and went straight to the rehearsal. Ave did okay walking down the aisle in front of people she's never seen before. Actually letting go of the flower petals was a different story. After the rehearsal we went to the rehearsal dinner at Los Vaqueros. The food was great and we had a good time. After dinner we headed to Weatherford to Billy's Aunt and Uncle's house, where we stayed the night. It was nice getting to catch up with everyone and meeting baby Peyton. Avery is still talking about him. Saturday was spent hanging out with family until around 2:00. We then left for the hotel to get ready for the wedding. I fixed Ave's hair approximately two times before I realized that nothing more than a few simple clips was going to work in a rowdy 3 year old's hair. When we got to the chapel, Ave and I practiced her flower-girling while they were taking pictures. well, we practiced until missweddingplanner said that "I really needed to hang onto the flowers because Avery was going to ruin alllll the petals". phmp. Right before the wedding started, I left Ave in the back of the church with the nice bridesmaids and made my way to the third row. so that Ave would actually walk down the aisle. When it came time for her big entrance, she pretty much ran/walked straight to me. without dropping a single petal. she was pretty cute. When the wedding was over and everyone was filing out, she decided that then was the time to throw the petals. one at a time. then stomp on it. She may not have been too fond of flower-girling. We then made our way to the reception. Where we proceeded to have a great time! Ave took off her shoes and pretty much danced the night away. Her mommy may have as well. And the one or seven glasses of wine may or may not have had anything to do with that. We pretty much crashed when we got back to the hotel. Woke up Sunday morning, and after a quick breakfast made the drive back to Arkadoo. It was a great weekend and a great wedding! And as per usual, I only had my camera out for a small portion of the trip. so here are a few pictures at the rehearsal dinner.