Joel & Emily's Wedding - August 26, 2006 - Heritage CRC in Kalamazoo

I think I can now consider myself a professional bridesmaid at this point...(at least for this summer) since being in my brother Joel and Emily's wedding this weekend was the third one of the month that I stood up in. It was a lovely day, and here are the pictures to prove it:

All Dressed Up

Here we are all color-coordinated and everything...but we couldn't get a good picture of the 4 of us no matter what we tried. This is one attempt and another one is below.

Another attempt at a family picture

How cute are these 2?

Don't they clean up well?

J&j

I kind of had the perma-smile thing going for all the pictures, sort of like I had on our wedding day.

Joel & Emily

Since it really was Joel and Emily's day, not ours...there really should be some pictures of them. So here are a couple.

Family Picture

The original 7.

Bigger Family Picture

And now there are 24.

Joel & the flower girls

Megan & Sarah the flower girls.

Jack & Sarah

Wedding Party

The entire wedding party. Yep, there were a lot of people.

Reception at WMU Fetzer Center

Reception Time.

Still Perma-smiling

The perma-smiles are still there. (but Jamie started to get cranky soon after this point. It was a long day!)

Fishy crackers at the wedding reception?

Of course, Dawson wanted nothing to do with the food, so he poured himself a plate of fishy crackers for dinner.

Dawson on the dance floor

Dawson tearing up the dance floor with Jack & the other kids. (Athough, when the dancing portion started, he was too scared of the loud music to show off his moves.)

More Dancing

This one is just funny because I think David is laughing at the fact that my parents are actually dancing.

Rehersal

Here are some pictures from rehersal, since I don't have any actual ceremony pictures yet. This is what happened, just picture a white dress, some red dresses and black tuxes instead of what we are wearing. (Also, the guy I walked down with is one of Joel's friends Steve...not a long lost family member that you don't know.)

Happy One Year Anniversary to our Blog!
One year ago, in August, we started this Blog. (Just before Jamie was born...hard to believe, she is going to be one soon also!)

Vacation in Cadillac, MI

A week of vacation on Lake Mitchell has come and gone. Here are the pictures to prove it: (keep checking back for more, as I get time to add them.)
Also, if you look back at the August 2005 archives (link on the left) you can see last year's vacation and how much everyone has changed since then.

Entertaining Jamie

The kids (& aunts & uncles) kept Jamie pretty busy.