Mary & Nick were married on November 26th with a ceremony at Covenant United Reformed Church and a reception at the Kalamazoo Country Club. It was a gorgeous day, full with laughter and tears. We had a blast getting to know this couple and their close friends and family. My favorite part of the day was when Mary got choked up saying her vows during the ceremony. She didn’t think she would cry, but tucked a hanky in her dress just in case… There was quite a laugh when she went to fish it out! Here are a few of my favorite images. All the best to your happily ever after, Mary & Nick!
Here are the vendors that made the day:
Cake: Boonzaaijer Bakery
DJ: Wiser Productions
Click here to see a slideshow of the wedding day.
(you can see the entire image gallery by clicking on the shopping cart icon at the bottom right corner of the slideshow)
The newest member of our family: Clover is a black & tan shorthaired miniature dachshund. We brought her home the day before Thanksgiving. She was under 3 pounds, and slept most of the time the first few days. She’s come a long way in almost 6 weeks. She’s a few pounds heavier and her body is a lot longer. She’s more independent and loves to go outside and pick a stick to bring inside to chew to bits! She is a great snuggler, and tries our older doxy Stella’s patience with all of her puppy energy and tendency to tackle:) She’s added a lot of spunk to our life, that’s for sure!
Well, our Christmas decorations are stored and the presents put away for the most part. We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. A group of my girlfriends got together this week to catch up. Someone brought up that each year it doesn’t really feel like Christmas. That magic we all remember as kids just isn’t there like it used to be. Its easy for me to get caught up in one of my favorite things: making & giving gifts. Each year Dave and I come to realize it’s not about the presents, parties and Christmas movies (I like those, don’t get me wrong). It’s about celebrating the humble birth of our savior Jesus Christ.
I got a little crazy making gifts this year. I always tend to think projects will take a lot less time than they actually do….Thanks to my loving husband helping me everything got done. My favorite two projects were taking a pallet and making it into a fun photo display (thanks Dave for making the silhouettes and painting all of the frames) and making rag dolls that look like our 4 nieces (which would have been bald without Dave helping me!)
