A Family Affair

Trung's aunt, uncle (Ma's younger brother), and cousin got into town around midnight Thursday night. They were very nice and aunt even did my hair for the wedding since the salon didn't open until 9 AM on Saturday and we needed to leave for Dallas by 8:30 AM. I was just expecting a simple French twist, but being the professional that she was, she added an intricate weave. Too bad I didn't get a picture of it because I have really no idea how the back looked. Anyhow, Lydia was a bit tired when I took the following picture, but here's aunt and uncle with the girls.

Okay, so we all got off on a late start Saturday morning to Dallas and ended up changing clothes in our cars and arriving at the church about fifteen minutes late. Trung and I spent the rest of the ceremony tending to the kids; Lydia was crazy as usual in the forum and Sophie was eating sporadically in the ladies' room. After the ceremony, we went to the hotel to eat and rest before the reception at 6 PM. The reception was very nice though we left soon after the wedding party visited our table because Lydia was exhausted. I thought that I would be slightly disappointed about not being able to stay and dance at the reception, but I honestly had a great time just hanging out with my man and girls in the hotel room. It's interesting what having kids does to a person. :)

Sunday morning we had some Vietnamese "breakfast" and then hung out at the hotel for awhile. We had already loaded up our luggage onto the car, so we just crashed in the lobby.
Lydia enjoyed watching the waterfall in the lobby and wanted badly to waddle in the surrounding pool. Here's a family group picture with Ma's older sister's family at our house after the wedding; some of the family members flew in from Switzerland!

I apologize for the lack of pictures from the wedding. Trung and I were preoccupied with the kids, plus he forgot the camera in the van during the reception. I'll post pics later when I gather them from other family members who attended the wedding.