Chris and I were married on November 26th, surrounded by our friends and family. It was a wonderful day! In hindsight, I don't know know if we've ever felt so much love from our friends and family. God blessed us with a gorgeous day and everyone got safely to and from the wedding.
Fun memories of the day include:
*All the kids (3 - 4 year old flowergirls, 1 - 3 1/2 year old ringbearer, and 1 - 9 yr old usher) did fantastic during pictures and all day. However, about 2 minutes before we were to head down the aisle, Ian, our little ringbearer, decided he had had enough. He didn't want either the pillow or his little tractor and he definitely didn't want to walk down the aisle alone. So he walked down with Mommy (Katia - my bridesmaid) and stood with her on the altar. Not even a few minutes into the ceremony, the wedding guests watched as Ian slowly slid down Katia's leg and fell asleep. It was so precious!
*Having my friend Amy (Kline) from Philly come in, as I was waiting for the ceremony to begin, just to give me homemade chocolate chip cookies!
*Dancing with my nephew, Marshall, who is only 5 months old. The kid knows how to cut a rug!
*My brother-in-law, Mike's, toast/speech. Mikey was trying to think of similarities between Iowa and Michigan. What he came up with -
- both are suburbs of Chicago
- Michigan has the Great Lakes, Iowa the Great Plains
- and Iowa has corn and Michigan has the Detroit Lions. The only difference between the two that Mike could see was that corn was even more unpredictable and more interesting to watch!
*Watching my mother-in-law dance with glo-necklaces, headbands, and earrings.
*Getting stopped by a Sheriff's Deputy on the way from the hall to the B&B (no ticket - he came up to us almost apologizing!).
*Just getting to see so many friends and family - and the chance to talk and dance with most of them.
A few photos-
This is my absolute favorite photo of Chris and I. It's his favorite too!
This photos is of all the very handsome guys - Chris, groomsmen, ushers and ringbearer. In the back are the ushers - Tyler, Brett, Sean (very short), and Ethan.
In the front row is Chris Antieau (groomsman), Chris with Ian (ringbearer), Mike Nicholson (Chris' brother and best man), & Trevor Owen (groomsman).
Amy, Katia and I goofing around!
Another of our favorites!
We followed up the wedding with an awesome trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico. It was wonderful! We returned to -4 degrees and 8 inches of snow on the ground - quite a shock!
Now we're so ready for our first Christmas together! We'll be at home on Christmas Eve and part of Christmas Day. We'll see my family the evening of Christmas Day and then we head to Michigan to see Chris' family over New Year's. It's going to be busy but great!
We hope you all have a wonderful and blessed CHRISTmas!
