Sunday, August 30, 2009

Surprise...Amy!!

On Friday night, 13 of us gathered at 'The Dessert Lady' to celebrate our dear friend Amy! Here are a few pictures from the night...

Devin & I the sneaky party planners

Waiting for the birthday girl...


Everyone looking festive!

SURPRISE!!!

Amy with her husband Michael and his parents

Blessed to have such great friends!
We love our girl Amy!!


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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

update

So this is following up from my previous post about the adoption story (see post on August 18th)...

I recently was updated that the mom chose to keep her little girl. I am so thrilled as this was my prayer for this family. I am so grateful we were able to say "this is not our child" and she was able to say "this is my little girl" Here's an excerpt from the updated I received...

"Long story short, she decided to keep the baby. This was a very hard decision after so much effort she has put into this process but it is what she felt she needed to do. There were many opportunities/families but none of them seemed to work out. And this is ok b/c I do believe the Lord is moving in her heart which might have been difficult if she had to give her child up. Not that I know that, it just seems that things are working out and we are really seeing God's hand. She seems stronger than ever and feels the love of people around her, which is new for her. She'll definitely have some work ahead but she's fighting. The baby is doing very well too. Very healthy and seems happy. Her other boys have fallen in love with their little sister and are doing great. All in all it's moving forward."

Thank you Lord for letting us be apart of her story. Please pray for this mom and her children. (names are not mentioned due to confidentiality)
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Friday, August 21, 2009

The Reception

Richard & Katie's Wedding
August 15, 2009

the reception

the beautiful bride

gorgeous cake!!

brothers

ashley & matthew

gary & sue

will and me

the happy couple


jill & nate (nice moves you two)

adam steals a dance with the bride
(actually he had to pay $$)

let's dance...


off to their honeymoon!!



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***several new posts below***

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Family Photos

After the ceremony we decided to have a few family photos taken. It was such a beautiful time of day and perfect for pictures on the lawn.

My love

Jenny and the boys

handsome men all around

the Mikkelson gang (minus the lovely becca)

Handsome men!!


Grandbeeb and her girls!



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Wedding Highlights!

Richard & Katie's Wedding
August 15, 2009

Sawyer & Grandbeeb!

Richard waiting for his bride!

Gorgeous arrangements!
Aunt Ali (aka: mother of the groom) did all the flowers!

Waiting for the ceremony to begin!





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photo opp

Jill and I attempt to take a 'blog worthy' photo...sorry Jill they were all keepers to me!

Take 1
call me?? blue tongue..ooh??

Take 2
cheesy smiles??

Take 3
hip pose??

Take 4
Wait totally not ready...is that a beaver I see?

Take 5
artistic??

Take 6
just right!


From the looks of it, I did get a shot of the beaver!!





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Welcome to the family!

Our cousin Spencer is pretty talented with the video camera and at the rehearsal dinner the boys gave their soon to be sister a little warning! Enjoy!



Don't forget to pause my music at the bottom....

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Rehearsal Dinner Recap

Last weekend the Mikkelson Gang packed up and headed to the East coast to Albany, Oregon. The occasion: Katie & Richard's wedding! Here are some highlights in photos b/c let's be honest, you'd rather look at pictures then read!!

Lessons from a Bachelor Party

Elle & Jenny (beautiful mom/daughter)

me and my hubs!

Adam's cousin Dave
(who was solo-we missed Adrienne & the girls!)

Audrey & Jeff (next in line January 2010)


DANCIN MACHINES!!

Check out those moves!


WORD!




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