The Long Awaited Wedding!

 Last weekend we were excited to attend the wedding of my cousin Brian and his loooooongtime girlfriend Kristin (read: 11 years of dating!).  We are so happy they made it official!  The wedding was a beautiful and hot outdoor ceremony followed by a very fun, pink-themed reception.  It was awesome seeing my Mom's whole side of the family.  Everyone was there except for my two cousins in the Marines.  (Wish you were there guys, and many prayers for Warren who is still in Afghanistan.)  Luke got to spend the day and evening with Aunt Linda and Uncle Ben before they flew out the following morning.  

Kristin and Brian

Mr. and Mrs. Luyster!

Aunt Barbara (Mother of the Groom) with cousins Hayden & Tracy

Sisterly love

Meanwhile.. this pic from Ben and Linda, who took Luke to the Morton Arboretum while we were at the wedding.  They went with Gram and Grandpa, cousin Theresa and Great Aunt Irene.

Uncle David hosted a pool party the next day for everyone to continue visiting.  We had a great day!  Pictured are Mom and Dad with Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy in from Baltimore. 

 The night before the wedding we had one last family dinner with all 7 of us before Ben and Linda went home.  Linda grilled out and everything was delicious.  Luke loved the beach ball gift that Ben and Linda brought him (a great find from when they rented a sailboat on Lake Michigan).

 These past couple of weeks our road has been under construction.  Luke, as many of you know, is obsessed with construction equipment so this has been like front row entertainment for him.  He literally sat at our front window with a snack and just watched the road work.  In the evening he got to check out the equipment up close!

 I think I forgot to mention in one of the past posts that our baby birds have flown the nest!  They got too big for the nest and then one day, they were just gone!  I hope Luke isn't getting any ideas:)

This is how crowded the the nest was right before they flew away.