Wedding pics...finally!!!! Friday - Part 1

The pew bows all neatly lined up outside - i didn't want big fussy ornate pew decorations, just a bit of something to bring some of the outside in!  And the ladies of the Mothers Street Flower Arranging Society (?M.S.F.A.S.?) delivered!

So, a while back, oh, say, maybe five weeks ago, a certain event of some historical and personal significance began to be unfolding - well, truth be told, it was unfolding for much longer beforehand and was in the plans since eternity, as is our comfort.  But the time had come for all the planning and preparations for our wedding to come to fruition and manifest themselves!  And we definitely couldn't have done it all without an army of volunteers and helpers, hugs and encouragement. 
Timothy and I were looking forward to this big day and to being surrounded by friends and family and yes, all the little details here and there played parts in making the big day a success and sometimes the story is in the little details as well - so hopefully these pictures capture a bit of the feel of the days and leave stories left to be told and reminsced over.  

\Tante Willy, Tanan and Tante Tineke all hard at work composing table centerpieces for the reception - it was so neat to see everyone working together, having fun, freezing their poor little fingers off and getting their creative juices flowing!  Tante Willy and Oom Klaas arrived on Thursday afternoon already and she was out there creating almost within a few hours!  What a dedicated lady!

The table outside at Mom and Dad's with all the flower arranging paraphernalia littered about - I was amazed to see that even tomatoes made their way onto the table - i suppose they were green and we were interested in anything green!

Okay, now somehow, my computer won't let me do captions so we'll just have to do with text. 

Rachel is getting very into the decorating spirit at the reception and Timothy is quite amused! 

What kind of family is he getting himself into??

Angela and Josh came with us as well and helped set up tables and rearrange rocks for place settings

and score free coffee and lots of other helpful things!

Carina is busy trying to get those pesky little lights to stay on the front of the headtable -

 it was a challenge to be sure but it was eventually done and looked wonderful!!!