My Dad cried.
Mr. Gill "almost" cried.
We exchanged vows.
We took communion.
We danced.
And we partied!
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Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
Monday, December 5, 2011
That Happened
Two years ago today, this happened:
My Dad cried.
Mr. Gill "almost" cried.
We exchanged vows.
We took communion.
We danced.
And we partied!
!
My Dad cried.
Mr. Gill "almost" cried.
We exchanged vows.
We took communion.
We danced.
And we partied!
!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Traditions
Tomorrow is Dec. 1st.
Which means.....Christmas is just around the corner!
I feel like is was just labor day-I mean, for real.
But as a *relatively* newlywed, Mr. Gill and I have been trying to formulate what our Holiday Traditions will be.
Growing up my (Jenny) family would always do the tree and on christmas eve we'd come home from church and have a little buffet and watch silly christmas movies. We'd also get to open one present before we went to bed to hold us over until the next morning.
For Mr. Gill and I though we haven't had much time to start traditions. Our first year of being married we had a christmas tree that was filled w/teal and silver ornaments from our wedding only weeks earlier.
Our second christmas together we didn't have a tree because we packed up our little apartment to move across the country the morning after the holiday and decided that dealing w/a tree would be just too much work.
This year, we will probably put up a tree, but as we are in the process of purchasing our first home (!) we'll wait until we're all moved in. While waiting for that fun event, we have something that we've been participating in for a couple of days now that we think we'll keep as a tradition for our family-an Advent Wreath!
The wreath has been great because we get to take time right before dinner and light a candle, read the scripture for that day and remember the waiting of people for thousands of years and then we get to eat by candlelight! It's fun for us as a couple, and we've been inviting friends to join us! It makes for great conversation and who doesn't love eating around a tiny little table by candlelight with their friends!
It also kind of forces us to eat at the table together (which we don't normally do) and we really like it. We might even keep the candlelit dinners as a norm!
What are your Christmas Traditions? Are they new or have they been passed down in your family for a long time?
Happy start o' the holidays!!
*Jenny G
Which means.....Christmas is just around the corner!
I feel like is was just labor day-I mean, for real.
But as a *relatively* newlywed, Mr. Gill and I have been trying to formulate what our Holiday Traditions will be.
Growing up my (Jenny) family would always do the tree and on christmas eve we'd come home from church and have a little buffet and watch silly christmas movies. We'd also get to open one present before we went to bed to hold us over until the next morning.
For Mr. Gill and I though we haven't had much time to start traditions. Our first year of being married we had a christmas tree that was filled w/teal and silver ornaments from our wedding only weeks earlier.
Our second christmas together we didn't have a tree because we packed up our little apartment to move across the country the morning after the holiday and decided that dealing w/a tree would be just too much work.
This year, we will probably put up a tree, but as we are in the process of purchasing our first home (!) we'll wait until we're all moved in. While waiting for that fun event, we have something that we've been participating in for a couple of days now that we think we'll keep as a tradition for our family-an Advent Wreath!
The wreath has been great because we get to take time right before dinner and light a candle, read the scripture for that day and remember the waiting of people for thousands of years and then we get to eat by candlelight! It's fun for us as a couple, and we've been inviting friends to join us! It makes for great conversation and who doesn't love eating around a tiny little table by candlelight with their friends!
It also kind of forces us to eat at the table together (which we don't normally do) and we really like it. We might even keep the candlelit dinners as a norm!
What are your Christmas Traditions? Are they new or have they been passed down in your family for a long time?
Happy start o' the holidays!!
*Jenny G
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Celebrations
Happy Last Day of June!
Goes by so quickly :)
On sunday one of the girls that is part of church here in Boise is getting married!!
We had a shower for her a couple of weeks ago and I was assigned a dessert (my favorite) and decorations!
I made some paper flowers!! I love all the bright colors.
And Peach hand pies....using my Grandma Lentes' perfected pie crust recipe :)
Here are some of my fun pictures of Mr. Gill and I on our wedding day! It was seriously one of the best days of our lives....thanks again 1 1/2 years later to everyone that made that day special!
Have a great 4th of July!
Goes by so quickly :)
On sunday one of the girls that is part of church here in Boise is getting married!!
We had a shower for her a couple of weeks ago and I was assigned a dessert (my favorite) and decorations!
I made some paper flowers!! I love all the bright colors.
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| bright and happy |
And Peach hand pies....using my Grandma Lentes' perfected pie crust recipe :)
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| See that beautiful crust? Thank you Grandma |
Here are some of my fun pictures of Mr. Gill and I on our wedding day! It was seriously one of the best days of our lives....thanks again 1 1/2 years later to everyone that made that day special!
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| Yes he REALLY is jumping over me! |
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| Right after we kissed!!! |
Have a great 4th of July!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Marching Band
So this past weekend Michael and I went to the District Marching Band competition for some of the Indianapolis high school bands.
I LOVED IT! Seriously I almost started crying it reminded me so much of all that was good and beautiful for me in high school.
Yes, I was a band geek. I wasn't any good-for real-I think I pretended to know what was going on most of the time, but I made beautiful friendships there that continue on today. AND I learned what is was like to work hard for a common goal-what teamwork and community looks like, if only in baby-form because we were after all only high schoolers.
It was freezing!
We would both tell you though, that Avon had the best show of the bands we saw....which we were late to the Class A competition because Michael was applying for a job in Boise-(YAY!!!) and, well we are late for almost everything in our lives that doesn't result in a direct punishment-like being fired.
Anyway-Avon was great. The show was a mix of Beethoven, Led Zeppelin and REM. It was fun and exciting and moving.
Michael specifically was really impressed by the xylophones, and how many there were-and told me if he was ever in marching band he would have played those. Um-right....have you ever seen Michael play on the drum kit? No way-he might be off the field for one season...you could bet your bottom dollar he'd want to be in the line asap! He is -for those of you who know marching band-a line drummer through and through. He wouldn't want to miss out on all that loud sound making.
lol. ok-maybe I'm going over the top a little bit here BUT we had fun talking about all that and watching the show. Next up for us-a month of a million weddings :)
ok-not a million but 5. That's more than I went to the last 2 years combined! We have good luck at weddings though-Michael and I met was at Richard and Feanne's wedding. Now-we're looking for jobs in Boise people-invite all your friends who leave west of the mississippi and introduce us! :) Just kidding.
But really.....
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| Avon High School Marching Band |
I LOVED IT! Seriously I almost started crying it reminded me so much of all that was good and beautiful for me in high school.
Yes, I was a band geek. I wasn't any good-for real-I think I pretended to know what was going on most of the time, but I made beautiful friendships there that continue on today. AND I learned what is was like to work hard for a common goal-what teamwork and community looks like, if only in baby-form because we were after all only high schoolers.
It was freezing!
We would both tell you though, that Avon had the best show of the bands we saw....which we were late to the Class A competition because Michael was applying for a job in Boise-(YAY!!!) and, well we are late for almost everything in our lives that doesn't result in a direct punishment-like being fired.
Anyway-Avon was great. The show was a mix of Beethoven, Led Zeppelin and REM. It was fun and exciting and moving.
Michael specifically was really impressed by the xylophones, and how many there were-and told me if he was ever in marching band he would have played those. Um-right....have you ever seen Michael play on the drum kit? No way-he might be off the field for one season...you could bet your bottom dollar he'd want to be in the line asap! He is -for those of you who know marching band-a line drummer through and through. He wouldn't want to miss out on all that loud sound making.
lol. ok-maybe I'm going over the top a little bit here BUT we had fun talking about all that and watching the show. Next up for us-a month of a million weddings :)
ok-not a million but 5. That's more than I went to the last 2 years combined! We have good luck at weddings though-Michael and I met was at Richard and Feanne's wedding. Now-we're looking for jobs in Boise people-invite all your friends who leave west of the mississippi and introduce us! :) Just kidding.
But really.....
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