Ashley and Matt's Wedding Weekend

Our busy and fun summer continues! We packed up and flew to Colorado for my cousin Ashley's wedding over the fourth of July weekend. Ashley and her new hubby Matt live between Denver and Boulder so we spent time in both those cities and had the best time! It was great to see all of my family and since they had not seen Ella since Christmas, they all loved seeing her and how much she has grown. We all LOVED the weather out west, 80's, sunny and no humidity! One morning we went walking and it was actually a little cool and I loved every minute. Of course as soon as we got off the plane back in Charlotte, the hot and humidity greeted us again. Ugh. But back to the fun long weekend and lots of pictures!


Thursday night started off with a couple's shower and BBQ for the bride and groom! Cousin Brad loves Ella and couldn't wait to hold her but I think from the look on her face, she wasn't sure about him!

After a busy Friday of playing golf, exploring Boulder (which is one of the neatest cities we have ever been to), Banjo Billy's bus tour through Boulder, we all gathered for the rehearsal dinner. This picture is my Mom and her 2 sisters with all of their daughters. None of us have sisters, so we like to think that we are sisters!!

Court and Jennifer after the rehearsal dinner

Day of the the big day! Matt is a smart man and not only got Ashley a gift for the wedding but got her 2 blue boxes!! She has him well trained! Also, the flowers were so beautiful, I loved them!

My Aunt made all of the bridesmaids these adorable flip flops for the reception, our feet were all so thankful!

Ashley was such a beautiful bride, just glowing and her parents were so proud and happy!

Our little peanut also got all dressed up and was ready for the party!

At this moment, Ella decided to pull out a curl in Ashley's hair, not kidding! Good thing for extra bobby pins! The cousins with the newest Dougan cousin and newest party girl!

Ella loves her cool cuz Ry! She also loved her high chair with the chair tie:)

Who loves a party and to dance? This girl! She loved the band so much and I think the band liked her just as much since they dedicated a song especially to Ella, so sweet!

Ashley and her Dad dancing the first dance and Ella was jealous, so she got out on the floor shortly after that to start dancing! She loves music and a dance floor.

Brad and Ashley letting Ella play with her veil, she is all ready to be a bride! Also, she was breaking it down with Daddy and Uncle Court!

More dancing with Daddy and yes, she is pulling up like crazy these days so she has many bumps and bruises on her head. Why does she always go for the sharpest corner? I love her face and expression in the second picture, so cute!

Dancing with Papa before she had to go to bed but she was a rock star and lasted until 9:30!

Then came the real fun and my Dad and my uncles started it with shots and then all the guys had to join in!

But the girls couldn't be outdone so we had to do it also! It was a great wedding and fun reception!

The day after the wedding, we went to my uncle's house in Denver and went out on his boat and the partying continued! My Aunt is turning 60 this week so we had a small party for her. As usual, it ended with the sisters and then all the girls dancing to the Pointer Sisters! Some things never change! At least no tables or lamps were broken this time!

Unfortunately this is the only picture I got of Ella in her cute July 4th red, white and blue outfit! Ella with my Aunt, the birthday girl!

It was such a fun weekend and congrats to Matt and Ashley who are now off to Europe for 3 weeks (not that I am jealous at all!). My cousin Brad is getting married in April so only a couple more months until the next crazy family wedding, can't wait!

(P.S.-more pics to come of Ella on the plane)