Appropriate...just....appropriate.

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Suzanne and Kodi - Green Bay Cathedral Wedding

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Suzanne and Kodi
June 27, 2009
Green Bay Cathedral

Suzanne and Kodi are one of the most unique couples I've ever photographed. They met in Germany on World Youth Day, a Catholic youth festival. Of the 400,000 young people from over 200 countries they were able to meet and notice something special about one another. Suzanne was from Wisconsin and Kodi from Washington. They fell in love over the long distance and got engaged on their very first dinner date.

Their wedding was amazing - June 27 the day Catholics observe as Our Lady of Perpetual Hope. The high mass wedding at the Green Bay Cathedral was unlike anything I've witnessed. Everything except for the initial marriage rites were spoken and sung in Latin. The one and a half hour ceremony was filled with angelic hymns from the youth choir that Suzanne was a member of.

Their wedding party consisted of their large families and very close friends. All of the wedding party shots included everyone. It was a lot of fun despite the rain!

At the reception I was once again amazed with this couple! They, and all of their guests, were swing dancers! Every time I stepped near the dance floor I was worried about getting injured by a flying arm or leg from the guests dancing. The neatest part was not only where the adults swing dancing but even the kiddos! They had that dance floor packed the entire evening.

For Suzanne and Kodi's first dance (a waltz) they were silly-stringed by some little boys...

Shortly after their first dance all of the guests were treated to an Irish dance performance. The three Irish dancers came out in full costume and put on a great show!

Here are some of my favorites from the day...

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Dress: Blue Sky Bridal - Seattle
Cake: Alpha Delights European Bakery - De Pere
Disc Jockey: Gold Medal Sound
Floral: Sam's Club - arranged by bride
Choir: St. Joseph's Oratory Youth Choir
Reception: S.C. Grand - De Pere
Honeymoon: Whistling Swan - Door County
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Painful Day

It's own fault for drinking cool stuff for the past few days..and now suffer fr menstrual pain..
no cure even taken pain killer..
It's time to do assignment alr..but nt so in mood of doing it..Grrr!
Miss someone so much..alr 2 days din see him ..
Skipped a boring class today after she announced 10mins break..
Dunno how she gonna teach the whole class as more than half cabut..

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On the road...

We hopped in our car yesterday

& drove three hours to the beautiful

San Miguel de Allende
in the State of Guanajuato.

We saw this blooming tree full of white storks
that reminded me of my "Peacock Tree" piece.

Stayed at a little downtown hotel with a wonderful view
of the main square's pink neo-Gothic church.

But the best part was spending time with family.
We're back home now, full of inspiration.

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Soccer Camp 2009

Soccer Camp was way fun! It was my first year that I was able to go and it was a blast. The girls all bonded and it was just a great all around experience. We were at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, UT about 45 miles from St. George. The sun was hot!! But it was so much fun I can't wait till next year!

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CALIFORNIA!!

haha can you spot maddie?

Forever 21! huge store!

Six FLAGS!

California smog

playing on the beach

sand

Maddie riding King triton's carousel

This is what happens when you take a 3 month old baby on a road trip

Maddie in front of a chippendale poster! haha I couldn't resist

The lovely desert drive!

So randomly one day my mom decided that we were going to leave for California later that day. So we were off! we spent about 2 days in Las Vegas and the rest of the time was spent in the Anaheim area and Disneyland! It was a lot of fun and good family time.

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Graduation 2009

This year graduation was so much fun! Me and Chelsae kind of got a taste of what it is like to graduate. We got to help out and sort of attend the grad night party and wow it is going to be a blast when we can actually go haha I don't think I have ever laughed so hard watching people play laser tag it was so hilarious! Graduation is a happy time but also a sad time, it's been hard to see all the seniors go! I'm going to miss all of them so much!