For the love of family

Brian & I met many of our out-of-town family & friends for breakfast this morning before they hit the road to head to their homes in Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Minnesota.

My extended family is quite large: Dad is one of eight kids, and Mom is one of five. This photo doesn't include any of Mom's relatives, so you can imagine the size of the group of our family at the wedding this weekend. Included in the photo are several of Dad's siblings, their spouses and children and some very dear family friends whom we count as family. The guy sticking his tongue out at me is Peter, who recently proposed to my cousin Kayleen at the Eiffel Tower. He assured me that he wants to marry into this crazy Irish family. If anything, this weekend should have shown him that we can throw one hell of a wedding.