Uncle J's wedding celebration

Saturday night, Uncle J and his fiance, BB, arrived at our house after a long drive from Montana. We were so excited to see them and for them to stay here for a night! Little N, though a little shy at first, was also excited to see them the next morning, as they arrived while he was sleeping. At first in the morning, he would only stand outside the doorway to their room and talk to them. He refused to go in where he could actually see their faces. It was pretty funny, but he quickly got over the shyness and we had a great morning visiting. Uncle J brought Little N a cool new bike to ride. It has to pedals, but encourages balance and supposedly replaces the training wheel stage of biking. Little N absolutely loves it! Here is how I found it this morning after he had been playing with it...apparently he was doing a little maintenance on it! Here are the kids with BB. They seem just as excited as us to have her be a part of the family!
Then, later in the day, we had a pre-wedding celebration for Uncle J and BB so the folks in MN who aren't making the trek to MT next month, could see the happy couple. Our good friends CL and SL helped us to run a casino night for everyone. I think it's safe to say that everyone had a great time! There was lots of family and friends there that J probably hadn't seen in quite awhile and BB hadn't met many of them! Here are some pics from the party:

Here are some of the guys playing golf on the Wii.

Bingo!

Here is our friend SL being an auctioneer. Everyone at the party got fake money to play with and at the end of the night could bid in the auction for mystery prizes. As you can see he made it a lot of fun by really getting into the role! Thank you VL and SL for your help! You really made the party a lot of fun!

Due to the fact that the casino theme really didn't leave a lot for little kids to do, this party was adults only. Little Miss M got to be the exception, so she put on her party dress and came along. P hardly saw her all night as everyone wanted to hold and cuddle her. Here is cousin E snuggling with her, she even was willing to change her diaper just to keep holding her!

Below is Little Miss M in her party dress.

And last, but not least, here is the happy couple, dancing in the kitchen at the end of the night.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this a special night for them! We love you all!