Baby #1

Two of my good friends are having babies this week! They were both past their due dates and scheduled to be induced this week, so I thought I might only have one birthday to keep track of, but this one decided to come first. This here is Emma! Daughter of Erika and Tom, sister of Lena.Isn't she darling!

Stay tuned for this week's baby #2!

Wedding Portraits

Hahahaha...I had you all going there. You thought you were getting Costa Rica pictures next. Just kidding! You get the last wedding post...until I discover more awesome blog worthy pics of course. Here are the wedding portraits.

So here we go!

Me and my girls...

Kaelin wouldn't really stand still for a posed shot, but this is a great candid.

Wes and his boys...

Us and the gangsta boys...The whole crowd...

Our new gigantic family!

My high school & college friends from Oregon...

My sorority sisters :)Our amazing home group...

And last but not least, us at the end, and the beginning, of a very long journey with our mentors.

Ok, no fake outs this time. Honeymoon pics will be next. Unless life gets in the way of course. :)

Reception Part 4: Cake cutting, Tosses, and Farewell!

Cake cutting...Cake eating...Champagne drinking...Boquet tossing...(this was take 1...it took those silly single girls 3 tosses before they would catch it ;) )Garter getting...Garter tossing...(the single guys did caught it on one try)Our triumphant exiting...The very aptly decorated getaway Prius waiting...Into the car sitting...
Goodbye waving...And yes...you know what that means. Costa Rica pictures are coming right up!

Reception Part 3: Dancing!

Wes and I really wanted to have a wedding where everyone would dance. And dance we all did!

The first dance...Father-daughter dance...Mother-son dance...
The G Girls
The G'sGabe & JennySarah & Matthew
Bridget & Jeph

Time for a change

Here's me holding up the over 10 inches of hair I chopped off and mailed to Locks of Love. It's a very weird experience to hold that much of your hair...and then package it up and mail it ;).
And here's me sporting the new do in the kitchen.

Life is Fragile

Life is very very fragile...and full of change. I've been learning this a lot lately. But the fragility of it all has really hit home. We lost our beloved friend Marc yesterday due to some sudden complications from a past surgery. Words cannot express what we are all feeling. Someone has created a blog to remember him. If you knew him or didn't, I encourage you to read.

http://marcbrierleymemorial.blogspot.com/