Michele's and Derek's Reception

Tradition dictates a reception to follow a wedding ceremony to honor the newly married couple and to celebrate their happiness of the event. This reception was that sort of celebration and honor. The hall was full, the music lively and a great time was had by all in attendance. This was a wedding reception to remember.
May their marriage be filled with Trust, Honor, Understanding, Respect, Acceptance and Love, Always.

NOTE: My guess is that Michele was very tired and stiff, if not sore, on Sunday. She danced every dance throughout the afternoon. The only times I saw her sitting were for the toast, the dinner and the snatching of the garter by Derek.

The entrance of Michele and Derek

The Introduction of the newlyweds	First Dance
First dance continues	Bride and father dance
Bride and father dance continues	Groom and mother, Cathy, dance
Groom and mother continue	Bride's sister, Jean and Cameron
Wedding party at the head table waiting for food	A toast to the new couple

The toast	L to R: Nathan, Brett, Michael, Derek, Michele, Charissa, Melissa and Fallon
My son, Joe, with family, Stephanie, Annika and Lindy	Michele's Uncle Timmy's son, T.J.
Granddaughters, Catherine and Annika dance	The Anniversary cake
The Wedding cakes	More dancing
The reflecting ball	Derek gives the DJ a list, Mistress of Ceremony gets a headache

With Michele's Aunt Susie and Uncle AL	With her Uncle Tim and his wife, Jo Ann
Some of the guests	More of the guests
Old friend of family, David, dancing	Granddaughter, Annika, dances
David's wife, Ingrid, David, Michele and others do The Macarena	More Macarena
Michele, MofC, Nicole and Mary twisting the night away	Pre-cake cutting kiss

Michele dancing again	I have never seen Michele wear makeup
Cake cutting time	Time to eat cake
Michele took the end piece with all the frosting	I hate this, but people expect it
Clean up time	Catherine and Jacob, Derek's nephew, dance
The cake servers	Ready to toss her bouquet

Bouquet away	Garter gone
Derak dances with his aunt Diana	Derek dances with his other aunt, Penny.
Michele and Catherine in the dollar dance	Dollar dance
Dollar dance	Dollar dance
Mary and Jean do the Chicken dance	Same dance