The Location & Special Touches

Everything was so beautiful and coordinating and well-thought-out.  The reception area looked amazing.

I found Will there, deciding which Scripture Daddy should read.... using the KJV Gideon Bible from the hotel.  I didn't really give him a hard time about that.  No, I totally did! 

 Shawn (the pastor) saved the day with his NIV Bible. 

And they settled on 1 Cor 13... always good to hear!

The morning light was so crisp and perfect!

Here's the front of the bed and breakfast were they had the ceremony!

And the guest book table...

And everyone threw these rose petals as they were leaving... You'll get to see that in action on the next post...

The Rehearsal

Emily and Will's Wedding Weekend was Wonderful!  Everything was beautiful!

The bride and groom looked beautiful and the weather was perfect!

Emily gives it all a big thumbs up at the rehearsal! :)

John and Jessica look like they are posing for a GQ magazine shoot.

My kids had great care all weekend.  Lily got some sweet lovin' from Cha.

Is she gorgeous or what?!

Pete looked like a little man in his linen pants, polo shirt, and Sperrys.

Holly was a fun playmate!

The good-looking Dennnis offspring... (I think its just hard for me to stand up straight when holding a child.  I look like I am slumping on all of the pics.)  I feel like the Dennis family is complete now!  Yay, Will and Emily!

Time with the Kosers

Still posting in reverse order for this week...

We spent Sunday night after the wedding with the Kosers so we could meet baby Caitlyn.

We took all 4 kids out to eat.

Not a suprise, Mike was the welcome entertainer of the "big kids"....

Clearly, they thoroughly enjoyed it!

Annika definately thinks he is pretty funny!

It was nice to have a slower morning to just chat w/ Melissa while Mike played with the kids!

Vacation Week

We've enjoyed our week of "vacation" with Mike!  Tuesday and Wednesday, we "split up" and did our own things since the other could watch the kids.  I took the kids to Wellspring, Mike went camping on Tues eve and really enjoyed it.  Then on Wednesday, I did a couple of things at church and we both went to look at a house I've had my eye on.  Thankfully, the house was a definate NO.  So now I can move on to things I want to do here at our house... :).  Thurday and Friday were more "family days"... one day spent with the Andrews and one day spent at the zoo and then dinner with Kathy.   It been SO nice for the 4 of us to have slower time together.  I'll really miss this when Monday rolls around!!

Tug of War

We spent Thursday morning with the Andrews.  The guys started a batch of beer and the moms corralled the kids outside.  Peter and Luke had lots of fun together!

They were superheros!
(Yes, the talented Joy made these amazing capes for them!!)

Luke tried on Lily's shoe

Lily rode in the wagon

Peter and Luke played a friendly game of tug of war with the linkadoos...

Good Game, boys!

It was SO nice to spend half the day with them & be outside!!

Zoo

We went to the local zoo this am.  After being randomly detoured off 288, we made it there much later than hoped.  Peter wasn't as excited about it as I'd hoped he be.  But we were thrilled to have Mike with us & have a family outting.  Definately wouldn't have done that alone.

We learned that the giraffe's tongue is dark so that it doesn't get sunburned.

Posing with the zebra...

The Lion is just behind Peter's back...

Peter didn't enjoy it quite as much as it appears in these pics... ;). There was a some kicking and tantruming, letting him lead the way and time that needed to be spent in the backpack.  I think he still likes Meadow Farm better... its a lot cheaper.  But the part he told us he liked best was driving this "Jeep" (good to remember since it cost 50 cents and zoo admission for the 3 of us was $30).  Another note to self: don't go on Fridays, I am not exaggerating when I say that 6-8 elementary and preschools were there so loads and loads of children. 

Finally Gone

Last car post... We've finally officially said goodbye to Honkie after spending one extra week at our house.  Two new tires, an oil change, and a good cleaning that made me sweat were enough to make me glad to see her go!  Another family will get her and hopefully, they won't think its too much of a dump car.

Yay!

And I have some blog catching up to work on...  I think I'll go in reverse order.