Our Trip to Wisconsin for Lee and Sara's Wedding

Trent and I left last Wednesday and headed to Wisconsin to be there for our friends, Lee and Sara's, wedding. We had other friends come from all over and gather in Stevens Point in the days leading up to the main event, so it was great to be able to all hang out for several days.

We arrived on Wednesday evening and got together with a few people for supper and some ice cream. Then, on Thursday, Trent and I ventured out to visit the Dells of the Eau Claire Park to see what nature has developed in the Eau Claire River over many years. Trent (and Mattie too) had been there already before when they lived in Wisconsin, so I was happy to witness it for the first time too.

After our little excursion, we met up with people again and went to see the movie 22 Jump Street (quite funny) and then I went to Zumba and supper with the bride to be, Sara, and her Matron of Honor, Suzie, while the guys went out in the evening to celebrate Lee's bachelorhood one last time with supper and some drinks. 

Then came Friday, when the real celebrations started! In the evening, everyone gathered for the wedding rehearsal in Lee and Sara's backyard and then for some pizza and drinks at Mikey's.

Luke and Trent showed up wearing very similar outfits. We're not 100% convinced that they didn't plan it :)

And then came Saturday... the wedding day!

Trent was a groomsman in the wedding and he looked pretty good doing his thing! It was a beautiful wedding in a beautiful setting and everything went great!

The evolution of me a kiss for Trent!

The handsome groomsmen

After the ceremony, everyone celebrated with supper and dancing. We had a great meal, but Trent and Dustin felt the need to follow up supper with chicken strips and fries! All the more reason to dance off all that food, though, I guess!

We danced into the night, right up until midnight, which meant it was Trent's birthday! The bride and groom gave him a special piece of cheesecake to celebrate his special day, too!

On Sunday, we headed out in the morning back towards home. On the way, we stopped by Trent's parents' house to see his family and also to celebrate his birthday with them! We had an awesome supper and it was great to have a home cooked meal for the first time in quite a few days!

For dessert, Trent had requested Lemon Meringue Pie, and it was delicious! It was the perfect way to end our trip!

Molly and Derrick's Weddding

My cousin, Molly, and Derrick have been married for a week and a half now and it was great that we all got to share in the joyous festivities with them! 

Molly was a BEAUTIFUL bride and we had a lot of fun! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day!

I had to start with these fun pictures from the photo booth at the reception. We conveniently sat close to the booth, so when there wasn't a line, we'd hop right in!

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Mi madre playing the piano for the ceremony.

The beautiful bride after coming down the aisle! I loved her dress and veil so much, so I had to put this picture in here!!

Some pictures from when they were exiting the church. These pictures make me smile!!

After the wedding party took off in their limo to take some pictures, we had the opportunity to take some pictures with Grandma and Grandpa Jons too.

And then the reception started! They had a great popcorn bar and photobooth (as you saw above!). The DJ, food, and the cupcakes were wonderful as well!

Making their entrance into the reception

Jared and Kenzie at the reception

We took some pictures of all our family that was there too. Turned out pretty good! :)

It was a fun night full of dancing and pictures and food and fun! It's so awesome to see Molly and Derrick so happy and in love and I wish them all the best! 

I'll end with a few other random pictures from the event!

And THIS gem of a picture that will always make me smile! :)

Teddy and Katie's Wedding

Last weekend everyone traveled to Des Moines to help Teddy and Katie celebrate their wedding. The wedding was absolutely beautiful and it was tons of fun. Both Teddy and Katie looked so great and happy all day. I'm so happy for them!!

It was great to get to see everyone and hang out, but the reception was a loud party so we didn't get to have real great conversations. Luckily for all of us, we get to all get together again this coming weekend for the Bell Reunion - only, like, the best weekend of the summer!

I didn't do a good job at taking great pictures of the actual wedding because I figured I'd leave that up to the photographers :) But I did catch a few other random pictures and some good video of Teddy performing for everyone! Enjoy!

My one picture from the ceremony

Katie was absolutely gorgeous!

My one picture of one of the centerpieces

Uncle Paul, Aunt Jeane, and Grandma

High school friends (and Jocelyn)

Our family!

Teddy jammin' on stage with Rukkus

Below is just my little thing I put together of Teddy and Emi singing Picture by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow. They sang it at the very beginning of the reception and then again at the end. This video shows all of the first performance and about half of the second. Sorry it's not great quality, but you get the point :)

Click here to see the video on my blog or click here to see it on YouTube

 

And just for fun: Uncle Dan unknowingly performing the next day in our hotel room, attempting to get all the words to Enya's "Only Time" correct... I missed the best part where he really was singing, but you still can enjoy this! It makes me smile because that's exactly what my dad used to sing like. They must be related!

 Click here to see the video on my blog or click here to see it on YouTube