Emily's Wedding

Congrats to Aunt Emily and Beef! They are officially married! We all had a great time. I think this may be the world record for how many pictures there are in one blog but i have to share them. As for this first pictures....well, i forgot to download it. I guess that's not too bad. Out of all these photos, i just forgot one! And it's my favorite....my three boys on the beach. So here we go...the story begins.


Scott, Ryan, and Owen after the wedding ceremony
Ryan enjoying his dvd on the plane

Owen sitting next to papa Les. We lucked out....there were open seats on both flights so we got to bring owen's carseat on and he sat in it for most of the time. He did have to get out, though, and visit a few people on the flight down.

Yes, we successfully survived the flight down. Kids in stroller....waiting for our luggage.

Chatting with everyone while we wait at Tampa Airport to catch their tram to take us to baggage claim.

Ahhhhhh, the beach! As soon as we checked in, we got our suits on and to the beach we went. Both boys loved the beach....the water, sand, etc. It was a great time and just confirmed to Scott and I that there will be many more beach vacations ahead of us. I am thinking Destin next!

All the ladies!

The Wolpers sisters!

The guys organizing their beach football game.

Ryan, Owen, and Kenna Bixler enjoying the sand.

Thursday evening....a happy hour at The Sloppy Pelican, hosted by Beef's parents.

Beef and his dad.

Mom and Dad

Emily and Katie

Kenna and Ryan down by the dock. Don't you love the beer in the picture. Aunt Katie swears she didn't let the kids drink any.

Another one of my favorite pictures.....Ryan and Daddy.

Friday October 16, 2009....It's wedding day!

Dad seeing Em for the first time. Ahhhhh, so sweet.

The sisters.

Oooppppps. forgot to turn the pic. The Kreisel's, right before our enterance into the indoor wedding! Yes, it poured rain at 5:30 so wedding was moved inside. It was still beautiful!

After the ceremony, waiting for family pics with the bride and groom.

One of my favorite pics of ryan and i.

All the girls with the bride

A few of beef's close friends....Lefty, Andy, Jimmy, and Scott

Yes, another one of my favorite pics! Trying to get Ryan and Kenna to pose for a pic. Kenna did great. Lord knows what Ryan was doing!!!!!

The rain did stop shortly after the ceremony so beef and em were able to get some beach photos.

While they were taking their photos, many people went down to the beach for pics of their own...or they stayed up at the cocktail hour, enjoying the free alcohol! Thanks dad!!

Aunt Katie got this great picture!

The Kreisel Family....think this might be a framer!

Owen enjoyed walking around at the cocktail hour. He was just being little Ow-ie. That expression is totally him!

The centerpieces.

Their first dance

Father daughter dance

Ryan, Kenna, and Owen had the best time running on the dance floor. They wore themselves out! Lisa caught these great pics of them running. Hummm, think i need a new camera! She captures such great pictures! Maybe for christmas!!!!

Owen running on the dance floor

Ryan dancing!!!!!! (after he had been playing in a water fountain, hense the wet shorts!)

Midway thru the reception, the kids were completely exhausted. So glad we had Cari's best friend, who lives in St. Pete, come to the hotel to stay with the kids while the adults were able to enjoy the rest of the reception.

After the reception, we all made our way down to the beach. This is one of my favorite pics of Emily and Beef minus the beer can!

Em changed into her "second dress" and enjoyed a more relaxed feel down on the beach.

Some of the guys being crazy....yes, scott is in the blue swim shorts. he and a few guys went swimming at 1am. were they trying to get eaten by a shark??? why would you swim at 1am, when you can't see what's beneath you? blame it on the alcohol!

We were all super tired the next day. Here is owen and mommy taking a nap on our deck. Thanks, Katie, for capturing this one!

Emily and Natalie Saturday night at a local beach bar.....everyone gathered to watch the MU game.

But for the Kreisel's, it was off to Orlando and to Mickey's house! That will be left for the next post....whenever i find time to download pics!

Again, congrats to Emily and Beef! We all had a wonderul time. Everything was beautiful. Em, you were a beautiful bride. I am so happy for you and Beef....two best friends that deserve only the best! Cheers to you! And feel free to start having kids anytime!!! Ryan and Owen would love some cousins to play with, ha ha :)