Mexican Reception

Not everyone gets to experience a true mexican reception in Mexico, but I think everyone should! The party doesn't even get started until 11 at night! I got a kick out of the invitation. The reception hours were listed as 9 pm to 2 am. Can you imagine a Utah wedding reception with those hours!? Never! The picture above was taken at about 3 in the morning as the party was just starting to wrap up. Can you tell we all look a little dazed? Especially Sam, the groom. He was totally out of it by the end! We all were! But boy did we have a blast! My favorite part was the balloon dance. The bride and groom got in the middle as everyone surrounded them in a big circle. Long balloons were thrown out and we all got to parade around them following the directions in the music lyrics (in Spanish of course) and wave our balloons at them. It looked way cool and I wish I could have gotten a picture of that! We danced and danced, it was the only way to not pass out in a corner somewhere and wait til it was over :) Sam and Marisol are great friends of ours and it was so great to be a part of that experience. His family came out from Indiana so we got to party with them at the only gringo table. Haha! Great memories :) Even more fun was waiting an hour an a half to get back into America with all of their wedding presents in our trunk at 4 in the morning. What a night!