Just Because. . .

I love this photo.  Here we are with our newly married son, in the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas with a gorgeous sky at our backs.  These are the moments of which memories are made.  *happy sigh*

Tough Choice!

I asked Ashlea to send me a photo of Tyler and Baillie that would be suitable for the newspaper, and she sent these two:

I'm leaning toward using the top one.  .  .what do you think?

Actually, I like Tyler better in the top photo and Baillie better in the bottom photo, so do you think I could do some cut and paste?   ;)

The Wedding

Ashlea sent me a small sample of the hundreds of photos she took for Tyler and Baillie's wedding (click on the photos to enlarge):

Beautiful smiles!

I love Baillie's expression and the rolling Flint Hills in the background.

Tender Moment

Joel captured this tender moment of Tyler and Baillie right after the wedding ceremony.  Each time I look at it, I can't help but say, "Ahhhh." 

They're Coming!

I've had a few inquiries as to when I'll be posting wedding pictures.  The answer is as soon as the official photographer (aka Ashlea) sends me a few to post!  I'm trying to be patient, knowing that she took around 1800 photos, and it does take time to mull them over and edit the keepers.  But I did manage to snag this one photo Ashlea took of Tyler and his groomsmen that's. . .uh. . .very special.  : )

Captions, anyone?

Wedding Rehearsal

Last Saturday, our son Tyler married Baillie in a lovely outdoor ceremony in Manhattan, Kansas. Being the mother of the groom was a great way to ease into parental wedding responsibilities. Other than shop for wedding clothes, all I really had to do was organize the rehearsal dinner and be available to help out as needed.  We held the rehearsal dinner at the wedding venue - Prairiewood Retreat Center. For a few short hours, I got to work in my dream kitchen, complete with a professional grade 3-minute cycle dishwasher, which was a huge blessing to my other dishwasher - Joel.  Don't worry; he had fun running the multiple cycles (kinda like a new toy). 

See my happy face!  I'm not usually that happy in my own kitchen.
Okay, I know I should be thankful I don't have to haul water and cook over a campfire. ; )

We ordered purple and white centerpieces and I made the place cards.

After dinner, Joel shared some words of wisdom with Tyler and Baillie.

We're a hugging kind of family. 

What's missing?  Pictures of the food! We had Coco Bolos cater the meal: salad, herb-crusted pork loin, Baton Rouge chicken (the sauce contained shrimp and lobster), roasted red potatoes, grilled mixed vegetables, and rolls.  All I had to make was the dessert - a blueberry angel food cake.  It was all very delicious!