Best Wedding Ever!—in pictures (part 1)

I had just gotten Eliana into her dress and we were waiting to walk out into the gardens! (Zilker Botanical Gardens)

Besitos for good luck!

Kelsie was radiant and gorgeous!!! Eliana has a Tootsie Roll in her mouth

Gotta see the shoes!  Bride and flower princess matched of course!

And my 5 inch heels! At last Kelsie and I saw eye to eye

For once JW’s burnt orange matched a wedding! (The colors were purple and bevo orange) Lookin’ sharp!

I am thankful JW is not a paparazzi by profession because we would starve to death!  But he was our Papa-razzi that day so sadly he didn’t quite get any good shots of Eli walking down the aisle because he was on the wrong side of her!!!  And if you notice the actual wedding photographer was not trying to get pics of Eli either! LOL!

This is where we stood the entire ceremony. Behind the row of purple dresses and black tuxedos is where Eliana yelled defiantly: NO! I’M THE BEST FLOWER GIRL EDO! (ever) repeatedly!!!  Completely unprovoked. I have no idea why she started screaming that during the ceremony!!! I was mortified!!! I don’t have any memory of ever telling her that either. I’m pretty sure Ms. Sassy Pants came to that conclusion after her mad-petal throwing skills paved the way for Kelsie. But seriously!!!!

Here is the lovely bride with her bro.

I spent most of the ceremony trying to pay attention and scolding Eliana like this.  To the right of Eliana sat, Biff,  Kelsie’s grandmother. Who unfortunately was witness to all of Eliana’s shenanigans.

Happiest 2 people in Austin on October 1st!

Finally the torture of watching Eliana misbehave in front of the whole wedding was over!  To the right is the lovely Kim Traylor! We were so happy to see her at the wedding! Most of all Eliana

More pictures tomorrow!

Fiesta Day at the OLC

Eliana got to swing at a piñata while looking gorgeous in this white Mexican dress Hattie got her.

Since we are Mexican we decided to wear Mexican dresses both Tuesday and Thursday. This was her Tuesday dress. Eli is posing with her super sweet teachers, Shannon & Kelly!

And of course another bribe-induced smile!

Splendor in the grass

This is Eliana at Kelsie & Kevin’s wedding rehearsal. She had a blast with the ring bearer who is only a few months older than her.

Here is Eliana’s mustache:

Eliana was fascinated with Elijah’s dirt skills.

Here is Kelsie giving Eliana her flower girl present…and Eliana’s flower.

The radiant couple arriving at Torchy’s Trailer Park!

This is Eliana playing with Kelsie’s dress! So naughty!

Happiest man in the world! And his mama! We promised Eliana candy if she smiled!

After the dinner me, Kelsie and about 18 other girls were headed off to the infamous Bachelorette Scavenger Hunt!  It was my first but most of the girls seemed to be veterans! Eliana was very disappointed that she couldn’t come!

These are the girls that made it the whole night! Having this party on Thursday was a great idea, we must have walked 2 miles in our very tall platform shoes!!!  Ouch!