Adam & Shandi's Wedding!!!

I just love weddings! So, luckily for me, a wedding just happened to be the main purpose of our visit to Colorado two weekends ago :) Getting to see my family in the mix was just a fabulous bonus!

That Wednesday, Bryce, Thelma, Austin and I loaded up our Escape and the pop-up, and headed west! Very covered wagon, don't you think, lol!


The trip itself was highly enjoyable because as much as I love my husband, it's fun to have some new faces along for a drive to which we have become frighteningly accustomed! Thelma (my mother-in-law) and I settled ourselves in the back seat and read and laughed and talked our way accross the country. Bryce (my father-in-law) and Austin occupied the front seats and enjoyed conversation and the luxury of the sattelite radio - which at any given time found its way between Christian, country, oldies, Beatles, and family-friendly comedy throughout the drive.

We stopped on Wednesday night at the Camp A Way campground in Lincoln, Nebraska.


This picture was taken the next morning, because it was pretty dark by the time we stopped!

We rose with the sunshine, well, not exactly with the sunshine, but not super late, either. Cleaned up at the VERY nice facilities, packed her all up and headed out again.


Homer & Sandra
We dropped the parents and the camper at Homer and Sandra's house in Akron, and as soon as we were settled and freshened up a bit we were on the road again to Denver to meet up with my family - but that's a whole other post in and of itself, so stay tuned, lol!

. . . but, back to the main topic (and title) of this post.
We got back into Akron pretty early in the day on Friday, and that day was spent in preparation for the rehearsal dinner and reception at the reception hall. (The hall was awesome, it had a neat little room on the back where we could have the rehearsal dinner tables set up for the smaller party on Friday evening, and not have to tear it down in the midst of the reception hall decor!)

Saturday, Austin went dirtbike-riding/semitruck-washing with the guys in the wedding party, and I spent the morning at the house chatting with the fam over cinnamon rolls and coffee :) Hoss came back in time to get cleaned up and head to the church for photos!



. . . but pics of us weren't really the point . . .

the beautiful bride

the groom and his parents

beautiful ladies . . . loved the bicep corsages :)


the whole wedding party

the happy couple

Hosser thought that the pics took a loooong time :)


waiting for the ceremony to start


exchanging of vows and rings


the kiss!

It was an absolutely beautiful wedding!!! Austin's Uncle Homer, the father of the groom, performed the ceremony!

It has taken me about three weeks to get all of these pics edited and this post composed, so this is where we're going to end for now :) maybe reception pics to follow at some point, but who knows :)

Thanks for reading!

Quick Update! :)

Hello everyone!!!

Yes, I am alive . . . and kicking! Imagine that! Austin and I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Colorado where we saw both his and my extended families (well, part of them at least)!

We left Wednesday night just as soon as we could get our butts in gear and get out the door after work, and pick up his parents (who went with us) at their house! We stopped in Lincoln at the CampAway campsite (which was very nice, and would have been cool to stay longer), then Thursday morning headed out to truck right along to Akron. Once there we set up our little pop-up buddy in Homer & Sandra's driveway, then Hoss and I flew out the door again heading to Denver.

We got into Denver around 4:15 in the afternoon (just as the Rockies game was ending, I know, we have impeccable timing), found a parking space that did not require our firstborn as collateral, and met up with my parents for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory :) mmmmm . . . Tom & Pam, and Steve & Bethany joined us for the first part of dinner, but they had to leave around six to go meet Pam's family at their house who were coming in for Steve's graduation. We enjoyed the enormous appetizer sampler while they ate their meal. After they left we waited around for Kindra & Arin (sp?) to get there, and when they arrived we ate the dinner portion of our meal with them. All in all a total of 4 1/2 hours (or somewhere thereabouts) was spent in that little table - I think that has to be some kind of record.

Steve & Bethany graciously put us up in their guest room on Thursday evening, so we did not have to drive back to Akron late, and the next morning, rested and refreshed, we headed back east for wedding setup.

Austin's cousin got married on Saturday in Akron, and a great time was had by all! :) Friday was spent setting up the reception hall, then at the rehearsal - followed by a yummy barbecue rehearsal dinner (my favorite kind :) - although our pizza version was very fun, and delicious as well . . . ) Saturday morning the boys went dirtbike riding and washed up the semi truck that was the bride and groom's getaway vehicle. The wedding was beautiful, with Austin's uncle Homer officiating, and we had a blast at the reception.

We took off bright and early Sunday morning in order to get back at a decent time last night because today was my first day at my new job!!!

Which is totally awesome!

I know I've left out a lot of detail, and there are no pictures (even though we took almost 200 this weekend) - I'm blogging via my ancient desktop which is very slow and laborious, and which will not accept our high-capacity SD card from the camera, so I am unable to upload any pics :S - such is life, I guess!

Hope you're all doing well!