And they lived Happily Ever After...

The whole reason we went out to Colorado was to see one of my best friends get married. The words cannot describe how beautiful this wedding was down to the very last detail. I'm only sorry that I didn't get to help more with everything because we live so far away. Here are a few pictures.

This is a box that the groom and best man made including the invitation on the cover. The invite was laser engraved onto a piece of wood. In the box all of the guest were asked to write a note to the bride and groom that they will read on their 1 year anniversary.

This is a picture of 1 place setting. The chargers were cut, planed, and polied by the bride and groom and their family and friends. They were beautiful. The bell that was the place card holder was also double purpose. When we wanted the bride and groom to kiss we rang our little jungle bells.

Here is a picture of the reception hall. Really there are no words for how beautiful it was. The setting was only rivaled by how happy the newly weds were that day and still are!

What is a wedding with out cake? This was the wedding cake.

And this is the grooms cake. I love it! The groom is an avid hunter. By avid I mean that his love for Jess is the only thing that rivals his love for hunting and the great outdoors! The cutest part of the cake is the groom aiming at the deer but watching his girl run by.

We had a wonderful time. Thank you Jessica & Justin for inviting us to share in your special day. It was BEAUTIFUL but it will pale in comparison to your lives together!

And We're Back!

We arrived back from our whirl wind trip on Saturday afternoon. It was amazing and wonderful. I think all of our bones thawed out while we were in Colorado because the weather was like late spring here in Wisconsin. 55 degrees, sunny and wonderful!

The 15 hour drive was not too bad. Those of us in the back seats napped a lot which was nice. We swam and played cards and just generally enjoyed every ones company. Our travel companions included my college roommate Marci and her husband Tim. They came out with us to visit Tim's brother in Fort Collin's Colorado for a couple days. Here are few quick photos- Sorry they are blurry, they are from my phone.

This is Isabelle Fighting taking a nap! She was so good on this trip!

Here we are at Cabela's in Omaha taking a crawling break. It was so nice for Isabelle to get out and stretch her legs. And for Marci and I as well... we might have done a little shopping. I think the boys were surprised that we found something at Cabela's. It also proves that Marci and I could find something to buy anywhere!

This last photo is of Isabelle on part of a sculpture in Fort Collins. The other part of the sculpture is a bear but when we tried to sit Isabelle underneath the bear she was not having it. Apparently bears are not her thing. We spent New Years eve day there just bumming around town. We also got a private tour of the New Belgium Brewery thanks to Tim's high school friend, Tyler, who works there.

Other Major events include Isabelle learning to walk proficiently, adding many new animal sounds to her vocabulary and she turned 1. I cannot believe it's been a year. (more on that later)

All told it was a great trip and we would definitely do it again.