MR. & MRS. SILVERIO

Gretchen and her new family (Junior's mom, 2 sisters, and 5 nieces)
Wedding and Reception site - Hotel Phillips

Mosiac Lounge - after party

Signing the marriage license - it's official

Caroline enjoying her fruit snacks at the reception

Caroline & Nana

Caroline & Mommy

Sweet Caroline

My new mother in law (Junior's mom Carmen)

Bride & Mother of the Bride

Best Man and Maid of Honor toast

My bouquet

The sistes and their husbands (this makes my mom so happy - all her girls are married)

Introducing The Silverio's

Junior and his best man Carl

Ceremony

Ceremony

Ceremony

Ceremony

My dad walking me down the aisle

Best Man and Mother of the Bride

The 2 combined families (love this pic)

Junior getting a little help from my dad before the big event

Junior with his mom and sisters Ingrid and Grace

Practice makes perfect

The soon to be Silverio's at the rehersal dinner

Caroline & Aunt Amy

Brian and the sisters

Well, I am a happily married woman. WOW, I can't believe I am saying that. I didn't think it would feel any different considering our history but it does and I love it. I feel very proud to be Mrs. Silverio. I have a wonderful husband and our family is rapidly growing - dreams do come true!

The wedding week was wonderful. We were in KC all week getting things done and spending a lot of time with Junior's family. His birthday fell on Wednesday the 12th so we were able to celebrate that with family and friends that were there for the wedding and ready to celebrate.

The wedding itself is a blur - I think every bride says that but I know that it was perfect. The hotel was lovely and everyone had a great time. Caroline was funny during the ceremony. Grandpa missed most of the ceremony because he was chasing her around and took her out of the room. She managed to squeeze the doors open and peek her little head and and kept yelling "mommy". At one point when Junior and I were holding hands she ran up and pushed our hands apart and said "no, no" which she says to everything. It was funny, sounded like she was objecting but we know that is not the case - she loves her daddy. Then once the pastor announced us as Mr & Mrs Silverio she busted through the doors and ran up to both of us - it was perfect!

After the ceremony we had a 2 hour cocktail / appetizer reception at the hotel - everyone had fun. We then changed clothes and loaded up on a party bus and headed to Mosiac Lounge downtown in the Power & Light District. Junior's good friend is the GM there so had tables reserved for us - it was so much fun.

Here are some pics from the weekend, more to come. I'm waiting on more pics from family and friends. Though I'm a little bigger than normal thanks to the pregnancy I will still say that I was a VERY happy bride. The day is one that I will cherish forever.

Thank you to all for taking part and being there to celebrate. We will be celebrating with many of our Phoenix friends this coming weekend as Amy and Brian are hosting a reception party for us on Saturday night.

Love,

Junior, Gretchen, Caroline & Gabriella Silverio

P.S. It will be special to let both of our daughters know one day that they were there for our wedding.