Joel and I before the party
The cake
The smiling, standing up straight and tall, small talk, answering the same questions over and over again, etc starts... :)
To us!
Family...
Jon and Courtney and old friends of the Smedes....
That guy was from Texas and she liked my shoes- this I remember. :)
Jamin, Luka and Julie enjoying the party.
Lovely people...
Jon and Courtney talk to one of Jon and Joel's cousins
Joel: "Yeah, Angola is good... I teach year 4, and Mara teaches 4 year olds..."
Mara: smile and nod, smile and nod...
Grandpa's and their grandkids...
Cousins and an uncle...
Oma Oma, an uncle, and the guy from Texas ;)
Aunties and Oma Oma
Luka!
One of Joel's friend's dad
Good friends of the to-be in-laws
Cutting the cake
Joel and an old friend
One of Joel's friends and his former boss
The lady in white reminded me a lot of my Aunt J- I liked her immediately. :)
Talking with K's mom and the ex's dad
Jon catching up...
Cousins... possibly discussing when the one in the middle of the picture might deliver- she was VERY pregnant and 5 days past her due date. :)
Joel's and his ex's father. Well, it's true.
People started saying their goodbyes, as K's mother is doing here...my cheeks hurt so badly by this point- I'd been smiling non-stop for three hours.
Courtney's dad talking to that old friend of the Smedes...
Smiley, happy people
Guys Joel used to play soccer with
Center of attention...he did well...
We were talking about running into old students, because the guy standing next to me is a teacher, I'm sure...
The kids had lots of fun. :)
I'm sure no one got hurt...
Whew. There you go. Mook, that was mostly for you, because, who else that reads my blog wasn't there AND knows anyone of those people? :) I think you have to admit that I did fairly well remembering who almost all of those people were. I will admit that some of the older folks, who all had subtle, or not so subtle Dutch accents blended together, but even them, at least some of em, I can name, just obviously, not here on the world wide web. :)
It was a really nice party- and now I really can't wait for the real thing! Whoohooo!!!!! I loved being the center of attention, I loved the heart-felt messages that people gave us, and the whole fact that they were congratulating us on getting married (soon)! It was great. Thanks again Maria and Gerry! :)
6 comments:
Hello dear, thankyou, the photos are excellent ;) A nice round-up of events! And I totally sympathise about not knowing who everyone was - has taken me a good ten years to remember most of them :)) As for the smiling and nodding - Joel's turn next in K'zoo I guess... This wedding will be well and truly celebrated by the time we finish up in Mexico!
Great talking to you guys today :))
YOu look really good in that dress and your cheeks look funny after smiling for so many hours.
Laimigu jauno gadu.
Milu,
Martins
It looks like a wonderful party, and you look absolutely fantastic!!
Ditto - you look beautiful and radiant! The dress is fantastic and you have got a lovely tan going. :) But mostly you just look smiley and happy from the inside!! The hours of smiling was great practice for Mexico - can't wait! :)
Freaking gorgeous. 'nuff said.
was fantastic to spend time with you mara.. and it's a little k, big Z :)
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