Mark got Married!

My little brother got married over Christmas break on December 29th. My little brother and my new sister-in-law Mallory have been dating since they were in the 9th grade. She has been apart of our family for 8 years and this December she officially became apart of our family and we are so happy to have her.

It was a very beautiful wedding. As I mentioned in a previous post I made the boutonnières and corsages for the wedding as well as Mallory's bouquet, and not to toot my own horn too much, but I think they turned out pretty beautiful.

Boutonierre

corsage

corsage

Mallory's bouquet

The day before the wedding us girls got to go get out nails done, and Paul had to stay home and take care of the girls (thanks Kayla for the extra help). Addelynn and I both got snowflakes on our toes. It was lots of fun getting to hang out and do girly things.

Addelynn and I getting our toenails done

Me, Addelynn and Kourtney getting our nails done

As with any wedding there were lots of preparations. We prepped for the rehearsal dinner, made some signs, made programs, and tied ribbons on the programs too (Paul even got to show off his future surgeon skills by tying the ribbons with some suture knot, and since no one else could tie that knot he ended up tying most of the ribbons). It was a crazy time getting it all done, but in the end it turned out beautiful and it was all worth it.

My mom, Mallory, and Mark making programs...Nick was not helping

The "doctor" tying knots

final product

Sign for rehearsal dinner

After the rehearsal dinner Tyler had a bump on his arm so naturally "Dr." Paul had to investigate. Tyler was such a trooper letting Paul poke on him.

Hadley and Hailey playing with their reindeer

Playing Headbands for adults

It was lots of fun

Kourtney and Ben guessing what they are

Grandma and Hadley took a nap while we played headbands. The rehearsal dinner wore them out.

When the wedding day came we were all ready. The girls did pretty well during the wedding too. We started out sitting, but then Hadley started fussing right before the bridesmaids came in so I rushed her to the back. Then we snuck back in when Mallory had got to the front of the church and I thought we were good until she heard her dad when Paul got up to deliver a reading and she decided she wanted to scream hello to him. So we headed back to the back of the church for the rest of the wedding, but we had a pretty great view.

Our family at the wedding

Our view at the back of the church

Mark's cake

Mark and Mallory cutting the cake

We wish Mark and Mallory a blessed marriage and all the luck as they start their life together in San Antonio, and we are glad that they are not too far away from us.