jim and i flew back to new england for a wedding this past weekend, and it felt oh-so-good to be back home.
it feels good to be back home {in chicago} too. :)
Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
gobble gobble.
this thanksgiving i am thankful for my new husband.
his limitless kindness and patience astounds me every single day.
i also like how he picks up clothes that i leave forget on the bathroom floor.
wedding photos taken by the fabulously talented Jennifer Davis.
wedding portraits :: part two
more wedding portraits.
all taken by the fabulous NYC photographer, Jennifer Davis.
1. the notorious bff, jillian
2. groomsman, elio & lady friend
3. my little brother, sam
4. john & lady friend
5. jim's cousin, katie
6. fellow gameloft alumna, kelley
7. girl hug. (maaaaaayyyeee swaying to 10,000 maniacs, these are the days.)
8. mr. & mrs. vaandrager
9. jim & co. (jamie, sam, elio, matt, mike)
10. me smiling so hard it hurts
wedding portraits
i'm in the processes of buying lots and lots of fun vintage frames so i can fulfill my life long dream of creating a giant photo collage on a wall of our apartment.
(if i could, i would live in a house with walls covered in books, photos and busy-patterned wallpaper and all my guests would be wrapped in cozy afghans upon entering and offered a cup of hot chocolate. also, my house would always smell like christmas.)
anyway! here are some of my favorite pictures, all taken by our amazingly talented photographer, Jennifer Davis. these will all be hanging up as part of my photo collage. probably next to lots of polaroids of me eating Forever Yogurt.
p.s. i'm at "the big whole foods" (as i like to call it) and their WiFi is free, but slooooow. so i have more wedding portraits to share, but i've had too much prosecco and i might be drunk and i'm full of pumpkin gelato and the newborn baby at the table next to me (who i am pretty sure just emerged from his mama five minutes ago) is screaming bloody murder and i don't have the patience to wait for more pics to upload and i must leave. bye bye!
wedding photos:
1. jim's uncle bob (i dig his style. i think our wedding photographer did too -- we have lots of pics.)
2. my dad laughing with jim's dad
3. jamie (my brother) & matt
details
1. welcome sign. this board embraces the delicious worn-in feel of our reception venue that i loved.
2. heart shaped escort cards. these bad boys were made in my hotel room the day before the wedding.
3. our fiji film instax camera made it's debut at our wedding. my little brother captured some awesome shots.
4. brooklyn bridge themed table numbers. (love that bridge!)
5. champagne and lip gloss. basically my life story. the bubbly was delivered by the lovely lori (hi, lori!)
P.S. i'm too impatient to wait for a CD of all our proofs so once again, these are screenshots taken from our online gallery.
{wedding photos by jennifer davis.}
{wedding photos by jennifer davis.}
our exit
since we were married in the Catholic church, we were only allowed to play non-secular music during our wedding ceremony.
this was sort of tough because, um, i don't really know a lot of non-secular tunes?
one song i do remember from church when i was little was a Celtic christian song called "Lord of the Dance." it's catchy and up beat and i've always just sort of liked it. so we decided to use it as our exit music.
it was joyful and perfect for the moment, and i kid you not, i skipped down the aisle.
here are the lyrics:
I danced in the morning when the world was begun
I danced in the Moon & the Stars & the Sun
I came down from Heaven & I danced on Earth
At Bethlehem I had my birth:
Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
I danced for the scribe & the pharisee
But they would not dance & they wouldn't follow me
I danced for fishermen, for James & John
They came with me & the Dance went on:
Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
I danced on the Sabbath & I cured the lame
The holy people said it was a shame!
They whipped & they stripped & they hung me high
And they left me there on a cross to die!
I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back
They buried my body & they thought I'd gone
But I am the Dance & I still go on!
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the Life that'll never, never die!
I'll live in you if you'll live in Me -
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
this was sort of tough because, um, i don't really know a lot of non-secular tunes?
one song i do remember from church when i was little was a Celtic christian song called "Lord of the Dance." it's catchy and up beat and i've always just sort of liked it. so we decided to use it as our exit music.
it was joyful and perfect for the moment, and i kid you not, i skipped down the aisle.
here are the lyrics:
I danced in the morning when the world was begun
I danced in the Moon & the Stars & the Sun
I came down from Heaven & I danced on Earth
At Bethlehem I had my birth:
Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
I danced for the scribe & the pharisee
But they would not dance & they wouldn't follow me
I danced for fishermen, for James & John
They came with me & the Dance went on:
Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
I danced on the Sabbath & I cured the lame
The holy people said it was a shame!
They whipped & they stripped & they hung me high
And they left me there on a cross to die!
I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back
They buried my body & they thought I'd gone
But I am the Dance & I still go on!
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the Life that'll never, never die!
I'll live in you if you'll live in Me -
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
{wedding photos by Jennifer Davis.}
i heart shoes
because life is just way too short for boring shoes...
i chose these pink ruffly bad boys for my wedding.
they were TALL, but i was flying high on adrenaline so they didn't hurt at all. even as i walked down the cobble stone streets of brooklyn heights!
of course, by the time the reception rolled around my shoes were off and i was dancing barefoot.
brooklyn lurve
our wedding photos went up online this weekend!
i grabbed this photo as a screenshot from our online gallery since i can't download them yet.
the best part of having 1,000+ pics is that i can see parts of the wedding day that i missed (my hubs and his groomsmen getting ready, guests greeting each other at the church, etc.)
so fun! i can't wait to order prints and put together a little album.
{wedding photos by Jennifer Davis.}
i love love
congrats to one of my besties (and the maid of honor in my wedding), Jacqueline, who just got engaged!
i'm so happy for the future Mrs. Jacqueline Adrian Vaandrager-Steponavich!
(i'm not sure if she'll hyphenate the last name, but i like to do it because KICK ASS NAME, don't you think?)
63 days...
...until the day.
jim and i have pretty much nailed down all the important wedding details. we're just tying up loose ends at this point.
one loose end i'm working on?
pink or gray shoes? (because lawd knows, i'm not wearing boring old white ones!)
which should i pick?
jim and i have pretty much nailed down all the important wedding details. we're just tying up loose ends at this point.
one loose end i'm working on?
pink or gray shoes? (because lawd knows, i'm not wearing boring old white ones!)
which should i pick?
put a ring on it
three of my friends have become engaged in April, and we're not even half way through the month yet!
first up is amy.
these pics were taken at the giraffe sanctuary outside of nairobi, kenya. it was on our africa trip that amy finnnnalllly confirmed that she was indeed dating john. we already knew they were an item because we all worked together, but it was so fun to finally talk about it. they're a super cute couple!
next up, caroline. or whacko sacko. or carlo suck. she'll answer to any of those names.
caroline and i both love chili's. i used to only order their black bean burger, but then carlo introduced me to the fajitas and now i dream about them! other fun facts about caroline: she was *thisclose* to getting her hand chopped off by a fruit vendor in bangkok's chinatown (i was there, it was scary), we've been skydiving in chicago and we rode an elephant in thailand. also i think we both took turns siting on a water buffalo? not sure what that was about. she has a rockin' shoe collection, and she "started" Louboutin (just ask her, she'll tell you.)
and now for...caroline v!
jacqueline (behind), caroline
becca, caroline
i met caroline back in...2001? maybe? i met her through jacqueline, my pledge sister. jacqueline is caroline's biological sister and also her sorority sister. they're both my sorority sisters. follow?
when jacqueline and i were sophomores and juniors in college, caroline was still in high school. even though she wasn't technically eligible to participate in our sorority events, we'd recruit caroline to play in philanthropy soccer games. we knew she'd be ONE OF US soon anyway so it wasn't really cheating. she was fast and athletic and she knew how to play soccer so those were all pluses. also she was still too young to wake up up with a debilitating hangover on saturday morning so we knew she wouldn't back out.
anyway! caroline eventually did come to purdue for college (boiler up!) and pledged the sorority. i heart her and her whole family. they're pretty much my second family.
i am so excited for all three of you! please send ring pictures!
first up is amy.
these pics were taken at the giraffe sanctuary outside of nairobi, kenya. it was on our africa trip that amy finnnnalllly confirmed that she was indeed dating john. we already knew they were an item because we all worked together, but it was so fun to finally talk about it. they're a super cute couple!
next up, caroline. or whacko sacko. or carlo suck. she'll answer to any of those names.
caroline and i both love chili's. i used to only order their black bean burger, but then carlo introduced me to the fajitas and now i dream about them! other fun facts about caroline: she was *thisclose* to getting her hand chopped off by a fruit vendor in bangkok's chinatown (i was there, it was scary), we've been skydiving in chicago and we rode an elephant in thailand. also i think we both took turns siting on a water buffalo? not sure what that was about. she has a rockin' shoe collection, and she "started" Louboutin (just ask her, she'll tell you.)
and now for...caroline v!
jacqueline (behind), caroline
becca, caroline
i met caroline back in...2001? maybe? i met her through jacqueline, my pledge sister. jacqueline is caroline's biological sister and also her sorority sister. they're both my sorority sisters. follow?
when jacqueline and i were sophomores and juniors in college, caroline was still in high school. even though she wasn't technically eligible to participate in our sorority events, we'd recruit caroline to play in philanthropy soccer games. we knew she'd be ONE OF US soon anyway so it wasn't really cheating. she was fast and athletic and she knew how to play soccer so those were all pluses. also she was still too young to wake up up with a debilitating hangover on saturday morning so we knew she wouldn't back out.
anyway! caroline eventually did come to purdue for college (boiler up!) and pledged the sorority. i heart her and her whole family. they're pretty much my second family.
i am so excited for all three of you! please send ring pictures!
happy (belated) new year!
I usually ring in the New Year with a long post of highlights from each month of the previous year, but I wanted to keep my re-cap of 2008 short and sweet. Because I’m lazy. So here it is.
2008 was the year of…
Moves. From Chicago to Queens. From Queens to Brooklyn.
Weddings. Amy’s wedding in July, Nikki’s in September, Molly’s (Jim’s sister) in December.
Firsts. First time voting for a President who went on to win the election (third time’s a charm). First time living with my boyfriend (loving every second of it).
Delicious treats. Cupcakes and more cupcakes. Cookies. Ice cream. Pancakes.
Love. I met the love of my life in 2008 and what could be more awesome than that? How about the names we’ve chosen for our future babbys: Moo, Pickles, and Noodle? Pretty awesome, right?
I hope 2009 brings more love, weddings, firsts, and desserts! Happy 2009, friends!
2008 was the year of…
Moves. From Chicago to Queens. From Queens to Brooklyn.
Weddings. Amy’s wedding in July, Nikki’s in September, Molly’s (Jim’s sister) in December.
Firsts. First time voting for a President who went on to win the election (third time’s a charm). First time living with my boyfriend (loving every second of it).
Delicious treats. Cupcakes and more cupcakes. Cookies. Ice cream. Pancakes.
Love. I met the love of my life in 2008 and what could be more awesome than that? How about the names we’ve chosen for our future babbys: Moo, Pickles, and Noodle? Pretty awesome, right?
I hope 2009 brings more love, weddings, firsts, and desserts! Happy 2009, friends!
mad ad
another picture of me with my mouth WIDE OPEN. i love how stephanie, caroline, and shalah all look pretty and smiley and happy and you know normal in this picture and i look INSANE...
switching gears...has anyone seen the new commercials defending high fructose corn syrup?
now if you'll excuse me i'm off to create a commerical that basically says, "COCAINE! It's from the Coca plant so it's natural! and like high fructose corn syrup, it's fine in moderation!"
switching gears...has anyone seen the new commercials defending high fructose corn syrup?
now if you'll excuse me i'm off to create a commerical that basically says, "COCAINE! It's from the Coca plant so it's natural! and like high fructose corn syrup, it's fine in moderation!"
married
you know what's weird? seeing your newlywed friend's new last name in print for the first time. WEIRD. but awesome. congrats and best wishes to amy and clay who tied the knot on saturday! i love love.
the bride looked fabulous. or as sharon and i kept saying to each other, "perfect. she's just perfect".
i would like to marry her dress.
the other NYC bridespeople...
the three of us spent several hours riding around the boston area (lost) in this red 'stang (GO AMERICAN) discussing the pro's and con's of klonopin.
and now i'm back in new york. trying to sell mobile games. but obviously, not right now. right now i am "homing from work" because i'm in denial about this whole "monday" thing.
where's my klonopin?
the bride looked fabulous. or as sharon and i kept saying to each other, "perfect. she's just perfect".
i would like to marry her dress.
the other NYC bridespeople...
the three of us spent several hours riding around the boston area (lost) in this red 'stang (GO AMERICAN) discussing the pro's and con's of klonopin.
and now i'm back in new york. trying to sell mobile games. but obviously, not right now. right now i am "homing from work" because i'm in denial about this whole "monday" thing.
where's my klonopin?
pre partying for the reception
cover songs. they usually make me cringe. but this one, Franz Ferdinand doing All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem, is. just. so. good.
and it's totally getting me excited to dance my face off with all my friends at Amy's wedding. WHICH IS THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!
i'm so excited for amy that there just aren't enough exclamation points out there to really drive my point home. exclamation points to the infinity power!
pre-party at my desk. starts now.
and it's totally getting me excited to dance my face off with all my friends at Amy's wedding. WHICH IS THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!
i'm so excited for amy that there just aren't enough exclamation points out there to really drive my point home. exclamation points to the infinity power!
pre-party at my desk. starts now.
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