Another Fun Bunch

Bro. Sheldon and Sis. Sharon (Justin's uncle and aunt from AZ) came to our house on Thursday morning. 

Justin and Kaitlyn came back from their honeymoon that afternoon.

 

We enjoyed watching them open their wedding presents. 



It was pretty cool how the Amish wrapped their presents.  They never give an empty container.  For instance if it is brand new Tupperware they will fill it with pretzels, party mix, cookies, etc.



A friend carved a wooden brainteaser game and Bro. Sheldon was trying to figure out!


Someone gave them money in the shape of a swan.  Pretty cool!

 

Hope and Shalom

 

Benjamin and David had fun wrestling Joseph 



Eunice is very good at crocheting.

 

 Sister Sharon and Brother Sheldon

 

 Their Wonderful Family

 

We are taking all of Kaitlyn's stuff out to Arizona by airplane.  However, there was a few things that wouldn't fly well that Sheldon's family was able to take on their journey home to AZ.

 When they left on Friday they were heading  to Indiana for Creations.

On Sunday Justin and Kaitlyn came to church with us and Kaitlyn said her good byes. 

 Monday afternoon they flew to Arizona to their new home together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Weekend Celebration Continues...

After the wedding we came back to our house and played games with our guests. 

 Unfortunately, on Sunday morning a lot had to leave to go home. 

 After church we had reserved a room at a restaurant for fellowship.

  Julianna was staying at our house over the wedding weekend.

We found out that it was her 17th birthday on Monday so we rented

 the volleyball barn for all the young people and their families as a surprise.

The volleyball barn was actually where we had Kaitlyn's bridal shower. 

Mary, Zoe, Julianna, Joanna, and Katrina

 

Benjamin had a very good babysitter. Thank you Uncle John!

 

 

I know this pic is blurry but the ball is going for the camera and everyone is like "OH NO!

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Reception

After the wedding everyone headed downstairs for the reception.  We did something a little  different...we put the guest book table at the bottom of the steps, so you signed it before you went in to the reception.  This allowed seating to go quickly for the wedding but slowed the rush to the reception while photos were being taken.  Sarah and Chantel were lovely guest book attendants.

 

 

As well as the guest book Justin and Kaitlyn had a Bible for everyone to highlight their favorite verse.  After they signed their name in the guest book guests wrote the verse location they had highlighted.

Our amish neighbor Chris helped cut the logs for the centerpieces.  Actually we had been invited to their house for breakfast and mentioned the idea.  After we were home a couple of hours we  heard a chainsaw running! I guess he liked the idea! 

When Kaitlyn printed out the table numbers she included a "LOVE" scripture. 

There was a fruit cup on everyones plate.

 

 

Our amish friend Sarah did an amazing job at the ICED COFFEE BAR with the help of her husband, and Benuel and Lillian.  As you can see there were 5 flavors.  It was a big hit...almost 30 gallons of milk, 18 cans of whipped cream topping, and gallons of coffee mixture helped make an estimate of 600 iced coffees!!!

 

This "PERFECT BLEND" banner hung from the ceiling over the iced coffee bar.

This was the self serve hot coffee bar made with Creations Coffee.

 

The dessert bar.....

 

 

Daddy was the MC.  He did a very good job keeping everyone entertained.

 

The introduction of the bridal party. 

Ha Ha  Luke!

 

The first table that you see was reserved for the immediate families of the bride and groom. 

 All the other tables in the front were reserved for the youth 13 and up.

 

 

 

 

 

We hired an amish man to cater the meat and potatoes.  All the other amish servers were our neighbors who generously volunteered their time.  We offered to pay them but they said they had too much fun to be paid.  One smiling amish lady requested they be asked to help at our other daughters weddings.  In amish culture it is an honor to be asked to serve at a wedding.  They are always asked to serve as a couple.  So one couple would be in charge of the mashed potatoes, one in charge of the drinks, etc.....

Jubilee looking cute!

 

Bro. Jared read a poem he had written for the Bride and Groom.

 

 

This was the kids corner!  Kaitlyn remembered attending a wedding when she was little that had coloring books for the children.  She thought that was so nice she wanted to do the same.  Kaitlyn customized coloring books about her and Justin.  Thanks Renee for overseeing the little people.

 

Kaitlyn woodburned these hearts.

 

Thank you everyone for your generosity!!!

These are the contestants for the SHOE GAME.  They had to remove their shoes, then trade with their spouse so they are holding one of each.   Daddy would ask  a question like...

Who wakes up first in the morning?

Who is the better driver?

Who snores the loudest?

and many more....

After each question they held up the shoe of the person they thought was the best answer. 

 His shoe or her shoe?  But they couldn't talk about it ....

It was HILARIOUS!!!  Some agreed and well.....some didn't!

 

And the bouquet toss...

 

  Kaitlyn had taken 3 little bouquets and made them look like one. 

 So when she tossed it there were 3 happy ladies!

  Congratulations!

 

Now we are following the bride and groom to their car...

 

But there was only 1 seat!  Thanks for returning it Jaylon and Luke.

 

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