:: Jody and Lucas ::

On Saturday, October 25, 2008 my friend Jody married the love of her life, Lucas . The weather was PERFECT, a beautiful Fall day, the sun shone and the leaves were stunning... not as stunning as the bride of course!

The day started off with some drama when there was a fire at the chapel! They got married at a local church, which has the main building in the back, and a pretty chapel at the front, near that road. The chapel caught on fire during the night! Luckily their wedding was in the main church. Lucas got a call at 5:30am, finding out that there was no power at the church! They didn’t have candles but they had to go and put a bunch of candles everywhere. The power ended up coming back on in time for the ceremony, but the candles looked really pretty :) And Jody wanted them all along, so it was perfect! The decorations were really nice, ALL leaves! The only flowers were in the girls’ bouquets. And curling willow too, very fall-like and looked awesome. Jody looked SO pretty! Up-do, and she wore the blusher on her veil when she walked down the aisle - so dramatic! The girls wore red, really pretty dresses! Long and flowy. The guys were in black with red vests/ties, except Lucas wore a black vest/tie. We had to sit on Lucas’ side for the ceremony because Jody’s side was full, but it was nice because we saw her face more! All the music was live, and mostly worship music, and was done so nicely. Her brother and sister sang “Jesus be the Centre” as Jody walked down the aisle – so special!

Jody and Lucas stayed at Le Soliel then the Fairmont, they flew out early Monday morning to honeymoon in Cuba! So fun! I think they had a really good day, they both said it couldn’t’ve gone any better. So great to hear!

:: The happy couple ::

:: Listening to the speeches ::

:: First Dance ::

:: Icing War! ::

:: Fall Cupcakes made by the Incredible Shawna ::

:: Amber and Mike Karwat! ::

On Saturday, September 20th, my dear friend Amber became the wife to the love of her life, Mike. Many of us remember Amber saying "I just love a man in a uniform" for years! And well, God granted her the desire of her heart and brought a firefighter into her life! A firefighter she fell in love with and said "yes" when he proposed last Fall. I was asked to be a Bridesmaid for Amber, along with her sister Shanna and friends Kim and Jessi. Halle was the flower girl along with Kim's daughter Morgan, so us girls had so much fun! The weather didn't shine on us that day but we hear it's good luck to have rain on your wedding day... so we're going with that one :) It was a fun day, the ceremony was in White Rock, we had pictures by the beach (along with some umbrellas!) and the reception was at Grouse Mtn. I wish I had taken pictures of the reception room, it was stunning. Amber and Mike were so happy, their special day was all that they hoped for. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Karwat!

:: Jessi getting Halle ready - cutest little flower girl! ::

:: Josh and I after the Ceremony ::

:: Jessi and I - hair done by the fabulous Shawna :) ::

:: Trying to re-create one of our wedding pictures - and laughing quite hard in the process! ::

:: This picture of our beautiful bride comes with a story ::

We were so hungry during pictures... so the guys called their fellow firefighters and within minutes we had 40 McDonald's cheeseburgers delivered to the limo! A cheeseburger... or 2, or 3, maybe 4... never tasted so good! ;)

:: They brought Starbucks too! ::

:: All us girls in the limo - me, Jessi, Amber, Kim and Shanna ::

:: First dance as Husband and Wife *love* ::

:: So fun to be with great friends!! Josh, me, Troy, Dean and Jessi ::

Chris and Leanne Guiel

On Saturday, September 6, 2008 Chris Guiel and Leanne Krussel were joined together as husband and wife!! Chris is my brother-in-law Wes' brother. We all went to high school together and have known each other for years. Chris and Leanne have been together for about 8 years now and we were all very happy to celebrate their marriage! Wes was the best man and Ethan and Brandon were the ring bearers. They're becoming pro's! I didn't have a great seat to get pictures of the ceremony, so when I get copies from my Dad I will add some. The boys were both totally posing on the bench during the whole ceremony - priceless!! Leanne looked beautiful in her gown and Chris was a handsome groom - both were super happy! We saw them this past Wednesday and they said that their special day was exactly what they wanted - what more could you ask for! They're heading off on a Caribbean Cruise on the 27th - doesn't that sound nice? :)

The wedding was held at the Macaroni Grill in Vancouver - the ceremony was outside and the reception was inside. In between while the wedding party had pictures, appy's were served and drinks were offered... yay for Bellinis! :) We had this great idea to walk up to Robson and get in some shopping (typical of the Eddy girls, I know!) ... and what a regretful decision that turned out to be! My feet have never been so sore - I didn't know if I was going to be able to make it back! The good news is that I got some cute sunglasses on sale for $6.47 - so there's a bright side :)

Here are a couple pictures of the day - Again, I'll try and post more once I get them!

:: The Guiel's, with Nana and Grandad::

:: My Mom and Dad, posing under the archway ::
:: Corban!! ::

:: We were playing peek-a-boo with the barrels - what fun! ::

:: Brandon making his silly face ::

:: Our table at the Reception ::

:: Josh and I ::

Picture Cube!

Thanks to my dear friend Amanda I now know how to put pictures in a cube! Thanks Amanda!Much easier to post pics that way :) Since I'm at work the only pics I have here to play with are my wedding pics and Summerland ones which I already posted! So here is my first experiment with picture cubes... and a way to share pictures of one of the happiest days of my life!! There was turquoise, flowers, diamonds, snow, candles and of course, LOVE!! :)


(top left) Crystal and Dave, Josh and I took that same picture on Crystal and Dave's wedding day! (top right) 3 of my closest girlfriends - Shawna, Amanda and Crystal (Makena is there too, but we hadn't met her yet ;) They stuck around and helped with picture-taking! Thanks girls!



(top left) Ethan and Brandon are my oldest 2 nephews and Isabella is their friend - so sweet! (bottom left) My beautiful sisters and I! (bottom middle) The Eddy's and Neufeld's combined - there are a lot of us! (bottom right) Josh and his groomsmen, Matt and Chad.

I think I cut some people out of pictures while making the cubes... sorry!

Getting ready the morning of! Such fun :) Don't you just love Ethan's little grin? ;) And Shawna did my hair - she is so talented and fantastic! I was thankful she shared the morning with us.