Danny and Paige's Wedding

Danny and Paige's wedding was a very wonderful and blessed event.  

My favorite wedding picture of the newlyweds :0)

Father and son the morning of the wedding

Sisters

Paige and Aunt Lulu

Mom and her two daughters

Stacy "quarding" Brandon's energy drink :)

Eric and Jessica...5 happy years together this July!!

Aunt Lulu and three of her nieces

Gorgeous bouquets...

Paige just "chilling"

The flower girl playing on the iPad before the ceremony

Brittany

Paige cut all these parchment hearts to use in the flower girl baskets.  

Such a cute idea!!

"Practicing" her job

     Paige's mom wasn't too happy about the hot dog tie, but Paige loved it as she and her sisters gave it to him as a gift when they were little.  He did bring his beautiful pink tie as a back up, but the bride gave him the thumbs up to wear the hot dog tie instead.

Paige's mom, Lisa, putting the veil on her daughter before the ceremony.

Danny and his grandparents before the ceremony

Danny, his parents, sisters, and grandparents

Danny's side of the family (the Kawuloks)

Levi and Brittany...the next couple to marry???

Dan with Rachel, Aunt Debbie, Uncle Bob, Jessica, and Eric

A great picture of Rachel, Debbie, Bob, Jessica, and Eric

Displayed on the altar were each parents' wedding photos

Danny escorting his parents down the aisle...

A touching moment...

So cute...

The excited bride being escorted down the aisle by her proud father...

Each mother had a part in the reading of the Celtic ring tying ceremony.

Here is Aunt Lulu reading from A.A. Milne's Pooh at the Corner.

Listening to Pedro's words of wisdom

The Celtic ring tying

Their first kiss as husband and wife

The fist pump when they were introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bealer...

Dan, Paige, Grandpa John, and Grandma Esther

The Kawulok Clan (with both the bride and groom this time)

Danny & Paige with their proud parents

Uncle D and Aunt Lulu with the bride and groom :)

David, Dan's Filipino buddy & ring bearer

Mr. and Mrs. Danny Bealer

The wedding party

Celebratory wedding party

The newlyweds, their siblings, and some of their cousins

Blessings for a wonderful future as husband and wife, Danny and Paige!!  We love you!!

Wedding Rehearsal & Family BBQ

So many pictures to share from the weekend's wedding festivities!!!!!

I LOVED their awesome wedding programs.  Each chair had one placed on it.

 Danny with his mom and dad

 Paige and her dad

 Danny doing what he does best...goofing around!!

 In all seriousness, in this picture they were practicing the Celtic tying of the hands/unity rings.

 The ring bearer, David, is a Filipino boy that Danny got close to when he lived in the Philippines with David's family for six months.

 Practicing the kiss :0)

  I just happened to catch this touching moment between father and son.

Greg was giving Danny his grandfather's pocket watch to wear for his wedding day.

 I am so glad I happened to witness this moment on camera!!

 Fuddrucker's catered the BBQ...YUM!!

 Dad, Debbie, and Rachel

 Cooling off in the pool...

 Paige

 Danny

 Paige and Aunt Lulu

 Paige and Grandpa

 Aunt Lulu and Danny

 After dinner, it was time for games by the pool.

The Kawulok/Bealer clan

 Cathy, Stacy, and Me

Rache and Aunt Lulu

Catching Up...

     A week ago I had a chance to have breakfast and catch up with Sara and her son, Cooper.  I haven't seen her much since she teaches at a different school now, and I haven't had a chance to see her since she turned the BIG 40!!  We had an awesome chat, and it was great to see how much Cooper has grown up.  Her other son, Cameron, was at sandlot baseball; it would have been great to see him too.  Maybe next time!

Later that same day, I hooked up with Jessalyn, Dallas, and Stacie.  

Jessalyn has cut her first two teeth already and has started to crawl.  

She still has those gorgeous big blue eyes!!

Then she had a chance to take her first dip in her baby pool. 

 

She was quite enamored with the whole experience!!  

So cute...

Murder Mystery Theater

     What a fabulous time we had at the Murder Mystery Theater recently.  "'Til Death Do Us Part" was the name of the performance.  I've always heard that mystery theaters were a lot of fun, so I was really excited to try it out.  It was an especially fitting title since it was Sara's wedding week!! It was held at The Spaghetti Factory in the Cities, and it was an interactive dinner party.  Our table was the bachelorette party (that had been going on for three days), which was very funny since we were there with our special bride.  Each table was given a binder of information as well as money to bribe others with for additional information, and there were two "interrogation" sessions throughout the dinner and play. 

     Part of the deal was that we had to wear attire opposite of what we would normally wear to a wedding.  These bikinis were definitely not appropriate wedding wear!! It was fun to see all of the other inappropriate wedding attire worn by the other theater guests too. :0)

     Margo made Sara, the bride-to-be, a special veil and bridal bouquet, and she added tulle to our goofy animal hats (shown in the first picture).  Such a talented lady!! :)

At least Sara got to wear a white crown with colored rhinestones!!

     Here's Jill giving directions to the bride-to-be in her sexy bikini!  LOL!!  This was an awesome adventure.  Thanks for planning it, Jill!! :)