Kevin & Shelly's Wedding

The wedding was beautiful!  Great weather and a good time!  Shelly is officially in the family so now we can share our secrets with her.  (wink)  We traveled over two days before the wedding.  Thursday was my birthday but also a day we celebrated lunch with Shelly and got our nails done.  She surprised me with a cake at a restaurant.

 The Rehearsal

They say they weren't stressed.

After rehearsal we had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown Portland.  We had great views of the river and Maylee loved watching the boats and kissing the window.  She also had a good time flirting with Grandpa!

The Wedding

The wedding took place at the gorgeous Pomeroy Farms located north of Battle Ground, Washington. We took wedding pictures prior to the ceremony, which there were many neat settings on the farm for the pictures.  They were very relaxed during the photo session and had fun with a pitch fork found in the barn.

Shelly's "something borrowed" was the same handkerchief of my great-grandma's that I used for my wedding.

The Reception

The reception was set up not too far from the ceremony site.  After dinner we took more fun wedding photos on the farm.

 The "Spangler Cousins" - I should have had someone else take the picture so I could be in it.

She partied pretty hard and then crashed!

The Hotel & Pool

The closest hotel was in Battle Ground, but it was new and had a pool.  Maylee loved the pool!  Once when we were getting ready to go down to the pool, I asked her where her boat was (thinking she didn't know what I was talking about).  But, then she crawled to the other side of our hotel room, grabbed her boat, sat up, and then said "Aaaaaa" while shaking it! She amazes us everyday!!

 The morning of the wedding...the groom looks happy and relaxed!

Gift Opening the Next Day

They really liked the personalized mirror from family friend Mona.

After Grandma June passed away in January, the family found an afghan that she made for Kevin & Shelly.  Mom wrapped it up and they were both teary eyed after opening it.

Family friend, Kathy W., was a reader at the wedding and gave them a neat cross with the verse she read.

They also really liked the personalized stockings that I made them. Kevin's is a hunting Santa - Santa is packing heat!  Shelly's has Mrs. Clause wearing soccer cleats while riding a moose because she likes moose and plays for the semi-pro soccer team called Portland Rain.

Look out! (I think Shelly handling knives is making her husband nervous! Wedding cake, gifts, yikes!!!)

All in all, we had a great trip over to the Portland-Vancouver area and enjoyed all the wedding events!