The Chaos is Over For Now...

Well it's done and we all survived (despite being called a "whore" and "special" by my lovely older sister). My little sister was married on Saturday and everything went pretty well. On Friday I took my kids and Jacopo's (my new brother-in-law) brother and sister to the zoo. They don't speak much (any really) English, but animal names are pretty similar in Italian, and we had fun. I thought I'd go into labor pushing Madelyn and Andrew in the stroller up the hills by myself, but everything was ok. Nick took work off Friday so he could stay home and study because Saturday and Sunday were pretty much shot for study time. Him and I made a slide show for Rachel and Jacopo and burned CDs with all of their pictures for their family and mine. I have to give props to Nick for finishing the technical components for me, instead of studying. He saved my life! It was great to be in the temple Friday night and Saturday morning with our families. We have really grown to love Jacopo's family and especially the cooking. We'll all be sad when they go home Tuesday. My best friend Kelli flew in from Alaska on Friday and surprised everyone with her arrival. It was SO great to have her here! She helped my brother, Stephen watch the kids Friday night and Saturday and got all the kids ready and to the temple. I really don't know how we would have done it without her. She even cleaned the house Friday night after my sister's kids and mine destroyed it. I was so sad when she had to leave on Sunday, especially because she lives so far away, I know it will be awhile before we see her again.
Now that everything has settled down I can focus on getting our house put back together. We've had so many people in and out for the last couple of weeks, it'll be nice to be able to focus on getting ready for this baby to arrive. Nick said the next 3 weeks he'll be pretty much out of commission here at home with final projects and such needing to be finished. So needless to say we're looking forward to this summer break BIG TIME!
I was able to take Andrew and Madelyn to my parents and Nick's parents for Easter and they had a great time. Andrew and Madelyn got little baskets from the Easter bunny this morning and notes from him too! We have some pretty cute pictures that I'll put up in a couple days, once I get them off the camera. Here are some pictures of my sister's bridals that I loved. Enjoy!
(P.S. Sorry this post is so scatter brained, we've been busy, obviously!)

(My mom and Rachel)