Wedding Pics Galore!

Okay! Well I think I've posted most of the wedding pics I'm going to, unless I come across one that I missed along the way... one or two that is. We had over 100 pics and so many of them turned out nicely. Below are many that will give you a hint of what a beautiful wedding we were able to celebrate, how blessed are we by our gracious Lord Jesus, and what a great time we had celebrating with our family. Enjoy!

libby flips and twirls her dress, like every good flower girl should

at the rehearsal dinner, the pizza place allowed "crayon art" on the walls

i LOVE this picture. don't they look so alike?! daddy and libby share a dance.

here we pose with the newlyweds on sunday afternoon at their second reception.

this is a silly pic taken at the ORD airport children's museum as we played away our 3 hour flight delay...

don't worry, libby is an incredibly safe backseat driver, so she waited until daddy stopped at a red light to ask him to smile for this picture.

as if a wedding weekend in chicago isn't enough, libby gets to go swimming too!

she's been preparing for this moment for weeks (in the bath) and now she finally gets to be a backfloater. pay no attention to the man with the arms under her back.

sending off the happy couple

she was feeling a little fiesty, weren't we all after the long weekend?, and decided to go pose for this one.

libby and uncle jon had lots of quality time together

in a tiny, whispery, sweet, and totally genuine voice libby said, "i like your dress lucy." this was the first time she'd been up close, or taken the time to look at how beautiful it was. it was a very sweet moment.

libby and teddy (ring bearer) are both on the shy side, so this was the best we could get. :)

uh-huh

a quick pick of the 3 (or 4) of us

some downtime in between photos (kind of)

being silly

smiling with grandma

grandpa prayed at the wedding and brought tears to the eyes of many. don't worry, i prayed too, but i happened to notice this moment and had to grab the camera. :)

i'm not real sure what dance involves the number 1, but it looks like a fun one.

time for post-wedding fun

mrs. w and groom

mama didn't capture the best photo, but libby had a great time on the dancing floor

here, you see, she even gets her arm into the swing of things

the ladies

uh-oh, i pulled off my slipper! (after the wedding, relaxing and having some silly time)

the parents stand to give their blessings

lovely ladies

the men

a break for lunch. libby's thirsty.

daddy escorts grandma to her seat.

grandpa brings his little girl to her groom

the happy couple. singing praises to the Lord.

Aunt Lucy's Wedding Weekend Extravaganza

Just a quick note to say that we are home from our long weekend extravaganza in Chicago, where we celebrated Aunt Lucy's marriage to new-Uncle Dan. We had a great time, especially Libby, who adored 4 days of devoted attention from numerous family members. She made her debut as flower girl and I have to say, she was stellar. I'll have footage of her first walk down the aisle hopefully in a few days. In the meantime, I'm posting photos little by little. I have a few of them below but there are more to come... it's late and I'm calling it a night but wanted to let you get a glimpse of what we were up to this past weekend -- and for those of you family members at the wedding as well, you can get a glimpse of how fabulous you all were looking day after day.

enjoy!

aunt wendy shows libby and aunt sarah how to play with soda at the rehearsal dinner.

uncle jon and aunt em pose with libby and em's new jewelry box (which is strikingly similar to the jewlery box libby received)

wedding morning, libby with the bridesmaid aunts

going up, up, up. look at libb's sleepy little eyes. poor thing, it was naptime.

she's such a good sport to pose and smile even though she's so exhausted. i couldn't resist taking this picture with her head in the clouds.

playing around with aunt wendy at the bridal tea on friday

posing with the bride at the bridal tea.

at the rehearsal, libby practices sprinkling the roses

Grandma Sends Pictures

Grandma took the following pics while in Kearney over Mother's Day. Below you'll see Libby tucked in to her tent, Uncle Mason and Tara posing with Libby in the new sunglasses they got for her, and the familiy minus Granddad and Daddy after lunch on Sunday.

Weekend Getaway

We spent the weekend in Kearney, meeting Grandma and Granddad in Aunt Brett and Uncle Mason's neighborhood. Libby was so excited and had such a great time with her family. She talks about them all the time (often calling them on one of her several phones) and was delighted to see each of them. When we first arrived in Kearney we went to a park to wait for Grandma and Granddad to get there, and Aunt Brett to become available. We had a lot of fun on the playground, running off to the water's edge, and walking through a gated garden.