Thank You's and Shamless Plugs

We had AWESOME vendors for our wedding. Many people loved our flowers.... they were done by Kevin and his team at FlowerWorks in Meridian Park (66th and O Street). The guys were fantastic, they met our budget and far exceeded our expectations... and we love them!!!

Bill Wiley was the photographer for our engagement picture and wedding photos. He was a total rockstar. There are amazing pictures of every person who was a part of our special day and we cannot thank him enough. I had heard photograher horror stories and Bill made our day wonderful!

We got our cakes from the award winning bakers at HyVee at N 84th and Holdrege. I wish they had done a better job on getting things set up for us but the taste was AMAZING!!!

We used an internet vendor for our favors and Brian can give you their site and such. Except for having to triple check their spelling they were awesome.

Rick and the staff at Crooked Creek Golf Club were fantastic. We were almost at MAXIMUM capacity for the reception and they did a great job of setting up tables and keeping things moving all night.

We couldn't be more appreciative for Tom Fletcher from Fletch Tunes. We couldn't have had a better DJ. Tom was amazing, he had an excellent feel for the crowd and everyone had a great time on the dance floor.

We'll have more tomorrow... really everything went well and we were lucky to have such a beautiful day.

Pics Vol V

If I didn't know better, I would say there was a wedding going on! :)

Why yes, we did have to pastor's officiating our wedding! Pastor JP takes a turn in this one.

Pastor Jim talks about the rings and the symbolism behind them.

The lighting of the unity candle.

Us walking out hand in hand, to the tunes of a handbell quartet!

Let's make it legal here folks!

Out through the bubbles!

Pics vol IV

Ok up to the beginning of the ceremony now.

First Jeff escorts in my grandparents.

Then David escorts in my parents.

Nancy and Roger make their way in.

Soon after the Ring Bearer and Flower Girl ride their bikes in.

The Groomsmen and Bridesmaids are up next.

First we have David & Elizabeth

Greg & Sheree

Brian & Vicki

Best Man and Matron of Honor Pete & Diane

Then the main attraction, Erik walks Christi down.

A Quickie =)

Here are a few pictures taken by friends of ours, as those who were at the reception are aware we did a whole lot of group dancing and line dancing, including the flying Dutchman and of couse the Cha. Here are a few great candids!

pics vol II

Moving right along to the "before the ceremony" pics. Keep in mind, Christi and I decided VERY early on that we would not see each other on the big day, prior to the ceremony. This proved interesting that morning at the golf course, as I had to instruct Rich Lorenzen to be careful driving the golf cart as I was not to see the clubhouse! :)

Let's start with the bride, looking absolutely beautiful!!!!

Then the bride takes the stage with the girls.

The boys were up next.

Que the guests. They just lined right up for us!

While we didn't have the traditional soloist at the wedding, we did have a lot of music. Here is our string duet, or as I like to call them "our chamber orchestra"!

More updates to come later today! Check back in!! :)

pics vol I

Well, I know people have been waiting to see pictures so I'll get those posted! :)

I'm going to start with the outside and decor pics, then later today we'll post a few more times with some from before the ceremony, during & right after the ceremony, then from the reception.

I like both of these pics because they show the uniqueness of the church, but also show some of the work that young men in the church have done for their Eagle Scout projects at the church.

These two are some of the fun bicycle planters we were able to find to decorate with. We had a lot of fun with them, and hope that you did too! While I'm thinking about it, if you would like a marigold, as seen at the reception, please let us know. We seem to still have a lot of them around! :)

Coolio

We spent the weekend running for Erik and working on band props. Saturday morning found our family split between projects with Erik and Brian helping on an Eagle project while my mom and I and the band boosters painted props in the parking lot at Southeast. In the afternoon we met up with Diane and Greg so that we could spend the evening with Dava (I always love the opportunity to watch children's movies!) and then Brian and I hosted dinner on our deck with my mom and Roger. Dava enjoyed having 4 adults completely focused on her, but we would expect nothing less of the princess.

Sunday morning was the Hall/Moock marathon at church. All four of us played bells during the the first two services and then Erik sang at third service. In the afternoon Brian mowed all three yards and I went back to finish painting band props. We were able to meet with Bill Wiley briefly at church and we got our wedding pictures... which are AWESOME!!! Brian will post 4-6 this morning, more this afternoon and the more again tonight... there are some fantastic shots!!!!