Wedding part 7

Ater the wedding the bridal party hoped on the party bus back to the hotel for a few more pictures and then off to the reception. The reception was help at Poretta's and was an amazing place, they did such a great job. The DJ, decor, food, and people were just perfect. Baby Jake enjoyed every bite that came his way, my cousin made sure that they had kid food aka Chicken nuggets for the kids so they wouldn't be picky. Before everyone came in the hall the bridal party got to go at the appetizers and oh man were they good, 6 large tables good. I was impressed with how well the kids sat threw dinner and not being crazy with Jake. I had to sit at the head tables with the bridal party and was not much help to him.
When it was time to have all the people invited come in the wedding coordinator said the line was out the door, 420 people showed up out of 500 invitations sent. The toasts were very touching, the grooms speech made me cry, he hit everything on the nail about my aunt being the mother and father to her children and what a great job she did. The video that was shown was hilarious, some pictures of me as a kid with her should of never been seen but I let that pass, I was a Talia look alike in them.Everyone seemed to have a great time, my aunt got out on the dance floor and shook it like a salt shaker, my cousins did the Jersey fist pump and Talia and I did princess turns, it all it was great.
One of my favorite things from the wedding was how nice my Chicago family was to my kids, they kept going up to the kids and teasing them and hugging them, I tried several times not to cry. I left the party around 1am and most of the people were still there and going strong,