Victoria and Jacob's Wedding

We went to South Bend this weekend for a wedding for Victoria and Jacob. Sharis lived with Victoria for a year or two when she first moved back to Chicago and we have been able to get to know Jacob very well.

They had a beautiful ceremony in the church that is on St. Mary's campus. I had never been in there before but it is a beautiful church.



Sharis had a reading ...


... so we were lucky enough to be invited to the Rehearsal Dinner. Sharis with Page, Victoria and Katie ...


The reception was at a golf course which was a gorgeous setting ...




Sharis with her friends Genevieve and Natalie ...


Katie, Natalie, Page and Sharis ...






If you want to see more from this wedding, you can check out Katie's Flickr photos.

Sharis' parents were nice enough to come into town and take care of Ryan all weekend (since Sharis had a luncheon and Rehearsal Dinner on Friday as well as the wedding on Saturday). Stay tuned for photos with them and Ryan ...

Year of Weddings - Part 2

2005 was the "Year of Weddings" due to the fact that a lot of my friends were married that year. We were flying all over the country going to weddings. It was exhausting but so much fun.

2008 is another Year of Weddings but on Sharis' side this time.



We showed you pictures from Leslie and JB's wedding earlier and were able to attend Robin's (and Brian's) wedding last weekend in Grand Rapids, MI. Robin is another good friend of Sharis' from St. Mary's.



I sat with Brian (and Robin's Mom and Dad) at Leslie's wedding while our wives were busy with that wedding. He is a fantastic guy who is really down to earth. Her parents are very nice as well. I told Robin's Mom that I didn't know if I was going to be able to make it to Robin's wedding because of work so she worked on me all night at Leslie's wedding to get me to go.



We brought Little Man to the ceremony but he was Captain Crabs so we didn't stay after Communion and took him back to the hotel for a nap. That means we don't have any pictures of him from this wedding (because he didn't go to the reception). He had his tie on again though.

Penelope's (she is the one on the right in the left picture and in the center in the right picture) sister babysat Ryan for us during the ceremony which was really nice.



The reception was at a very cool museum which had a skeleton of a massive whale hanging above our heads as we ate. They also had a bunch of cool old signs and there was a ton of natural light pouring in (which I love for taking photos). The church was also great for taking photos because of all the natural light. It was a great wedding - sorry no Ryan photos.

Leslie and JB's Wedding

We spent this past weekend in South Bend at Sharis' dear friend Leslie's wedding - Leslie was in our wedding. She married JB who is a fantastic guy. Sharis was in the wedding so Sharis had duties all weekend. Luckily Sharis' Mom came down to help with Ryan (twist her arm). You are probably all thinking what my problem was - Why couldn't I take care of him? I didn't go down until Saturday morning because I stayed back to work. And she took care of him during the reception for us. It was very nice of her.
This was the first time we had Ryan to wear a tie. He wasn't as uncomfortable in one as I am - I guess I will have to teach him that.