After the ceremony, we loaded back into the limo bus for more champagne (bottle number 3 for the day?) and the short ride to the country club. 

When we got there, they were still setting up, but we got to peak at the cocktail area and see the cake!

Karin requested that no one do anything to doctor the following photo, haha.

We bustled up the bride and had yet another bottle of champagne and then the bride and groom went off for some more pictures. Karin showing off her bustle:

The groom looking very sauve:

Cute:

Guests started to arrive shortly after and we got to join the cocktail hour (yay for taking pictures before the wedding!). The food was awesome - mashed potato bar, pasta station, lots of passed stuff.

When it was time to go into the reception, Karin got to see what the guys had planned for the entrances. They had some left over props from Chris's bachelor party, so I ended up with some hot star shaped sunglasses on the arm of a man with a very large fake mustache, with Andrea on his other arm with a red and black feather boa. Behind us were two pirates, and behind them The best man, maid of honor, and blow up doll. I was worried what Karin's parents would think, but everyone was cracking up and had fun with it. My dad actually told me that we need to redo my wedding so we could all do some crazy for our entrances, haha. 

Karin and Chris danced their first dance to "I want to Grow Old With You" by Adam Sandler from the Wedding Singer - very cute.

Next were the toasts. Karin had asked Andrea and I to give one because her sister (maid of honor) was too nervous to do it and both best men and the groomsman were giving toasts and she felt under-represented. Andrea and I were psyched, but I'm a nervous wreck about speaking in front of people, so it was a little rough. I think it went over pretty well, though - we got a few laughs, esp. when we recited the theme song from the Golden Girls

The rest of the wedding was sort of a blur. The food was excellent and we had a ton of fun dancing.