The trip was totally worth it for the cake and hugs

If you've never been to a good ole down-home Texas country wedding then you are missing out.

My cousin's daughter (my second cousin?) got married the Saturday before Easter and Katie and I rode down to the wedding with my parents and my niece.  Although K was a bit tired by the time we left, I'm really glad we went.  I hugged the stuffing out of some of my cousins that I had not seen in literally years and well, had some awesome Texas BBQ.

It's funny because I remember my cousin's daughter when we would all gather at my grandparents' house while growing up and she's *only* seven years younger than me but I thought she was such a child!  I am so glad that I got to see her as a beautiful bride and to see her mother (my cousin) so very happy for her...

Some pics...

Courthouse in Lockhart, TX, on the way to the wedding.  

 The church in Shiner, TX, where my parents were married and I have attended mass many a time.

 My niece carrying Katie through the park where I played so much with my cousins when I was younger...

 My precious parents

 Just a swangin'

 The glowing bride

 My cousin's wife and their baby girl

 Their older daughter who was a flower girl and has my mother's same name. :)

 My cousins (they are sisters), Mother of the Bride on the left

 K watching my parents cut a rug!

 Mom and K dancing

CAKE!!!!

The happy couple...

And then we had to leave and as I watched the sun starting to go down on fields of bluebonnets I knew so well from my childhood, I smiled.  And we passed by the farm where my grandparents used to live and my mind was flooded with the good memories of that place.  I'm just so very glad I went....