A Wedding

Back in October we were invited to John's first grade teacher's wedding.  He loves Miss Georgis and was very excited to be invited.

John picked out what the three of them were going to wear.   

They were very cute and well behaved.  We loved sharing in Miss Georgis' special day.

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to my sweet, fun-loving husband.  Father of my children.  Pain in my neck.  Love of my life.  It has been a fantastic 6 years filled with many wonderful memories.  Today we celebrate by going to A Day Out With Thomas.  Yep, that's right.  This is what happens when you have a kid born three days after your anniversary.  Here's to many more years of matrimonial bliss.

Cousins

After we got back from vacation we had a few days to recoup and then we met family in Breckenridge, CO.  I was very excited to see my sister in-law, Andrina, and her family.  Her girls, Eva and Machara, are very close in age to my boys so it was great to have them all together.  The kids haven't seen each other since last year so they had lots of catching up to do.

Eva, Machara and John.  I'm not sure where Gus was.

Machara was having a good time outside.  Such a cutie.

Machara and Gus are three days apart.  Everyone thought they were twins.  Look at all that blond hair.

This is my sister in-law, Andrina, her husband, Mike, and their two adorable girls, Eva and Machara.

We had some wonderful scenery behind us so decided to take advantage of it.

Andrina wanted to take a picture of me and my boys...but Eva just had to be in the picture.  Hans says Eva is striking a pose just like Andrina would do.

It's hard enough to get two kids to stay still during a picture...four was just simply impossible.  Out of all the pictures I took this was one of the best since I at least have one kid from each family looking up and smiling.  There is no doubt these kids are related.

John and Eva are a little over 5 months apart and are the best of friends.  And sometimes the worst of enemies.  They had a wonderful time all weekend.

Andrina, John, Machara and I on the gondola ride up Keystone Mountain.

On Sunday we celebrated John's (Grandpa John's) birthday.  I made a cake that looked like a present and let the older kids decorate with special food markers.  John and Eva had a great time decorating.

The cake before decorating began.  It was a dark chocolate cake filled with chocolate ganache and strawberries.  Very chocolaty.

John and Eva's creation.

Jake and Ashley's Wedding

Hans and I (and the boys) started our vacation on the 17th of June to travel to Indianapolis for Hans' brother, Jake's, wedding. Ashley and Jake had been dating for about 7 years and got married on June 20th at Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church. The whole weekend was wonderful. We had a cocktail party on Thursday night to celebrate John's honorary doctorate from Concordia Theological Seminary. On Friday we went to the rehearsal and dinner at this lovely place called Plums in downtown Zionsville. Saturday was filled with the hustle and bustle of getting ready and the wedding in the evening followed by a wonderful reception at a place called The Sanctuary in downtown Zionsville. The Sanctuary is actually an old church and throughout the years has been many things and now serves as an art gallery and cafe. The wedding was beautiful and John had a wonderful sermon. Hans and I enjoyed two evenings out with out the kids and it was nice to get away.

I don't have many pictures from the weekend, but hope to get some professional ones ordered soon.

John and Solveig


Andrina and Christian


The wedding party


Gus and Christian...obviously Gus had no idea what Christian was talking about.


John wanted to hold my flowers, but I had to watch him closely because I was afraid he would through them across the sanctuary.


Mike, Andrina and me at the reception.


Hans and Beth


Jake (the groom) and Solveig


Solveig and Christian.


Jake and Ashley during the toasts. Ashley's sister was the maid of honor and Christian was the best man.


Newlyweds, Jake and Ashley Fiene!