Austin ModHouse

my brother and his fiance' arrived from napa a week ago today.  we got started right away.

matt's el rancho lunch

appetizers and watermelon margaritas at la fonda san miguel

browns in town

troy: "love, love will tear us apart, again" on the PS3 sing star (fancy karaoke)

at the rehearsal

great rehearsal dinner at thistle cafe

rocket sicence in the groom's room

we tried to talk them out of catering their own reception.  he owns a successful restaurant in napa (bleaux magnolia) and she works at mondavi so... they just couldn't see paying somebody to do something they can do themselves, I can understand that.  I have the same thought process about my hair.

has a salad ever been made in a dress so fancy?

reception was here at AustinModHouse

daughter played a song on guitar

the bride even decorated the cake herself

a 24 kt skinned piglet from if+d made a fun gift.

what traditional western wedding would be complete without lucha libre mask dancing?  her parents had flown in from japan for the event.  apparently, we forgot to rehearse the lucha libre portion of the ceremony.  they looked a bit puzzled. 

the reception got a bit wild after that.  the sing star/karaoke became a group event.  I'm sure many of the neighbors enjoyed a group of adults singing "and I ra-an, I raan so far away, I just ran" at the top of their lungs. 

I don't have many pics from the wedding itself as most of my family was up there, including myself.  kat held the baby.  and I'll leave off some of the later reception pics as they are NSFW.

celebrations continued into hippie church the next day.

somebody had their dark fairy godmother tag along

my son has learned how to find and use the photo function on the iphone.  he's not a bad iphotographer.

we were still thirsty after hippie church, went to pluckers to get plucked up and insert fire in the hole wings as thirst motivation.

then back to AMH for what is likely that last pool use of the year.

somebody stopped at HEB to get some supplies.

he made some margaritas

they had shipped a case of exceptional wines from napa.  special bottles had been provided from several wine makers.  in the pic above, I believe we are about to enjoy an unblended wine that is normally part of a caymus wine.

things got late and the sun did it's magic once again.  we enjoyed a nice fire on the screen porch as the temps dipped.

and the next day we enjoyed lunch at hula hut complete with thai fajitas and cazatinis.  then I removed my liver and put it on a shelf.