Our Song

Before Elliot and I walked "down the aisle" together at the start of our wedding last year, we played "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time" by the Andrews Sisters. We happened upon the song while we were trying to plan music for our wedding. Even though Elliot isn't in the military and I didn't change my last name to his, its a beautiful song and it seemed so perfect for our May wedding that we decided to play it first thing.

Here's a clip from the movie "Buck Privates" which features the Andrews Sisters singing the song. It's not the version we played, but the clip is fun to watch.

Once upon a time in Texas...

Texas Reception Pictures

... Mary and I had our final wedding reception including many of her extended family. It was held at the Excelsior House Hotel in Jefferson, TX. Many other great people have visited this hotel such as Ulysses S. Grant, Oscar Wilde, Rutheford B. Hayes and "Lady Bird" Johnson. Sure those guys were good at some things maybe even important things but we've got something they didn't have: digital cameras! (Or at least digital versions of real pictures as is the case with the photo album linked above.) Consider us the Rutheford B. Hayeses of taking pictures of meaningful events from our own life. Actually all these pictures were taken by Mary's Aunt Liz. Our camera sort of broke but is fine now. So consider her the Rutheford B Hayes of...

Reception Camera #24!!!

What with all of our home repairs and the other fun and exciting things going on in our lives, we completely forgot to get camera #24 developed. Oops!

Here are the pictures:

Reception Camera 24

Camera #13!

Yay! The c.d. for camera #13 has turned up. To view the pictures, click on the image below:

Reception Camera 13

Cameras #20, #21, #22, #23

Reception Camera 20

Reception Camera 21

Reception Camera 22

Reception Camera 23

State of the cameras:
I still need to develop cameras #18, #19, and #24. Camera #10 was taken from the party, #13 is somehow missing, and #17 had no pictures on it.

Camera #14

The c.d. for camera #14 has been found! So here are those pictures I promised...

Reception Camera 14

Cameras #15 and #16 (and #17, sort of)

The c.d.'s I had made for cameras #13 and #14 are currently M.I.A., but rather than keep the next set of photos from you all, I'm posting the pics from cameras #15 and #16 and I'll post the pics from #13 and #14 when they turn up.

Also, camera #17 didn't have any pictures on it at all, so there is no camera #17.

Here are the pictures from camera #15 (click to enlarge):









And here is the web album for camera #16:

Reception Camera 16

Camera #12

Click on the picture to view the web album:

Reception Camera 12

Camera #11

Here are the pictures from camera #11. No album this time. Just click on the picture to enlarge it. You can copy it to your computer once you click on it.

Cameras #9 and #10

Here are the pics from camera #9:

Reception Camera 9

We do not have camera #10. Hopefully, the pictures will be sent to us once they are developed.

Camera #8

Here are the pics from camera #8:

Reception Camera 8

Camera #7

Here are the pictures from camera #7:

Reception Camera 7

Cameras #4, #5, and #6

Click on the image to view the album:

Reception Camera 4

Reception Camera 5

Reception Camera 6

Camera #3

Here are the pictures from camera #3:

Reception Camera 3

Reception Cameras #1 and #2

I got the first two cameras developed this morning. Click on the image to view the albums.

Reception Camera 1

Reception Camera 2

Last 468 of Laura's Pictures

Here are the rest of Laura's pictures. Click on the image to view the web album.

Last 468 Wedding Reception Photos

Reception Photos From Laura

My sister Laura did a wonderful job of documenting the wedding reception last night using her new camera. She has shared all 568 photos with me. Yay!

I have included a web album, below, of the first 100 photos. Just click on the picture and it will allow you to access the web album. Once you open up the web album, you should be able to store the pictures on your own computer. If you have any trouble, please email or call us and we will help you to save the pictures that you want. (Elliot is a computer programmer, so PLEASE don't hesitate to ask... he loves to do anything that involves a computer!)

The film from the disposable cameras will be developed soon, and I'll post the pictues ASAP.

Thank you again, Laura. If you ever want to start a career in wedding photography, you can use these photos for you first portfolio!

First 100 Reception Photos

The Rest of the Wedding Party Photos...

There are almost 200 pictures, so I hope you have a few minutes to look through them.

These are all the rest of the photos that were taken of the wedding party before the wedding. Some of me and my sisters, some of Elliot and Katie, some group photos. I left the pictures of just Elliot and Brendan out, since I posted those yesterday. (Click on the picture below to view the web album.)

Wedding Party

And here's a How-To article that has nothing to do with weddings:

Learn how to make a grilled cheese sandwich with an iron (and some aluminum foil).

Happy 4th of July!

Elliot and I celebrated America's birthday by watching the movie Transformers, which was quite good. We both grew up watching the Transformer cartoons, so it was great fun to see them in a live action/computer graphic movie.

We've been posting so many wedding photos that we haven't really been able to update you on what's been going on in our lives since the wedding. I'm participating in an externship this summer, and working part-time at a pre-school. I took all of the necessary tests and I've been certified by the state as a pre-school instructor! Yay! Elliot has been working and playing video games and reading interesting books.

If you click on the web album, below, you'll see all of the pictures of Elliot and Brendan that were taken before the wedding.

Brendan and Elliot

My Sisters

Kelli took this picture of my pretty sisters the night before my wedding. Thank you, Kelli!

(PS~ The wedding photos start on May 8th, or click on the "wedding" link below.)