More pictures...

Here are some more pictures that we received today...

Here comes the bride! :)

During the ceremony... (Isn't that veil great?? Kristi's mom made it and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!)

During Teresa's song (which sounded amazing, by the way!), we decided to go back and hug our parents while she was singing. That was cool!

Lighting our unity candle... I really liked our candle. It was a cylinder split in two with a larger ring that fits over it. It was designed to represent the individuals coming together and the ring was God binding us together. I'm sure I'll have a picture of it sometime. It was designed by Bill Dunk at GTO Ministries. It was very cool! :)

Our big exit from the church. Everyone threw rose petals at us! How fun! :)

We got married!

I'm finally getting some pictures back from the day. (I felt bad posting before I had a few pictures!) :)

Jason and I got married last Saturday! Here are a few pictures from the day.


Here I am...waiting for the taxi to arrive and take us to the gazebo for pictures. The taxi service was HORRIBLE for the day...most times we had to wait at least 25-30 minutes for a taxi to arrive. When you have places to be for a wedding, that's bad news! :) However, we were able to take some very cool pictures on Main St. while we waited for the next available taxi.


They thought it would be a great idea to get pictures of me walking up the stairs. Trust me, this looks more graceful than I felt!!! :)


Kristi and me...


Another angle...(any guesses on who sent me these pictures?? Haha!)

I don't know if you can tell from these pictures what the weather is doing, but at this point, it's cloudy but not raining. We had gotten a phone call the day before from the parks department saying that it was forecasted to rain the afternoon of our wedding and they offered us another place to get married. All other reports we heard were not forecasting rain, so we stuck with the original plan.

Of course, about 30 minutes after these pictures were taken, the heavens opened and it rained for the rest of the afternoon. :) (It's good luck for it to rain on your wedding day, right??)

We opted for Plan B and got married in a cute church on the main street. While it wasn't quite what we expected, it all worked out and we got married! :) I'll post more stories as I receive more pictures!


Here's a picture of Jason and me cutting our cake at the wedding reception. We had the reception at a restaurant on the island. They had everything set up BEAUTIFULLY and I think everyone had a good time! :) Oh, and this cake was AMAZING! Annie (of Annie's Cakes) did an incredible job on the cake...both decorating and baking! It was one of the best cakes I have ever eaten! We had three flavors: The bottom later was Red Velvet, the middle layer was traditional white, and the top layer was chocolate. YUM!

My last day at IWU...

There are many things that I will miss about working at IWU! I will certainly miss the friendships that I have with so many people! It's really hard to believe that this is my last day!

In honor of my last day, Al and I made "Super Coffee" one last time. Super Coffee is our own creation...and it's different every time! We basically take whatever flavors of coffee are laying around and mix them in different concentrations and brew it. I've never had bad Super Coffee! :)

Here we are with our cups of Super Coffee (you can't really see mine...:)).

And here we are with the Super Coffee Brewing Pot!

I'm sure as the day progresses, there will be more pictures! :)

More pictures!

I thought I should post some more pictures from vacation and Mackinac Island! We visited the island twice during the week. It's so pretty! We did get wedding plans pretty well finalized...and got to enjoy a bit of the trip too! :) Here are some pictures!

Our gazebo! With us in it!! Of course, the next time you see pictures of this gazebo and us in it, we'll be married!!! Only 8 more days!!!

There is a little footpath that goes out from behind the gazebo. If you follow it to the end, you get this beautiful view of the town! It doesn't hurt that the weather was perfect that day!!

This is Arch Rock. I'm not sure if there is a story behind it, but everyone on the island makes a pretty big deal about it, so Jason and I hiked across the island to find it. I have to admit, it was really pretty...and the water on that side of the island looked absolutely tropical! :)

See the water? :) (Ok...it's a cute picture all the way around! :))

A couple of days later, Jason and I went back to the island and took our bikes. After biking all the way AROUND the Grand Hotel, we found this overlook on the west side of the island. Very pretty! (And fun to bike...but I'm WAAAY out of shape!)

Vacation!

I love vacations!!

Last week, Jason and I went to Douglas Lake in northern Michigan with his family for a week of relaxation and lakeside fun! We had a great time...and even got to spend some time on Mackinac Island (we were only 20 minutes away!). Here are some pictures! :)

We are in the lake waiting to ski (or scoot...as I did! :)).

Jason is skiing!!! :)

Zach and Aunt "T" playing in the water! That kid LOVED the beach! :)

Jason and Zach having some Cheerios. How cute! :)

Us...at the end of our vacation! :)

I'll post some pictures of the island tomorrow!

By the way, only 2 more days at The Woo! :)