May 20th-24th Jack and I were able to enjoy a vacation to Chicago to attend our friend Tom's wedding to his beautiful bride, Rachel, from Britain. It was a sweet time to spend celebrating and enjoying their union. Jack was honored to be a groomsman and it was fun to get to participate in all the activities. It was also neat to get to experience a wedding that was cross-cultural in a way. The Brits brought over many fun traditions that were incorporated in everything from the rehearsal and Pudding Party afterwards to tea and cakes for a pre-reception dinner treat. We enjoyed an amazing Scottish bad and learned traditional Scottish dances which was a BLAST!!! We also took advantage of the wedding festivities to catch up with our sweet friends Alinna and Daniel. It was a special time of reconnecting, hanging out, laughing together and touring around Chicago. What a great vacation! I'll throw some pictures up here and a couple of videos to highlight our time. I also have more pictures on Facebook so I'll connect that link as well. Enjoy!
hotel lobby
waiting to head to the rehearsal dinner
the lady Brits :)
rehearsal dinner at the Copper Fox
The fun wedding party
off to the rehearsal!
contrasting :)
the band. they sounded so good.
Alinna girl :) Sweet friends.
you RAT...you TRICKED me! Rach's dad with Jack and D.
St. Charles, IL...fun, quaint town.
hotel enterance
Rachel's beautiful hair
hotel, again. we loved it there.
D ready for the wedding.
Alinna's so pretty :)
the drums
program!
Tom can't wait to see his Bride!
stunning
Radiant, as her dad described her.
the groomsmen.
Praising Jesus throughout the whole thing. One of the sweetest weddings we've ever been to.
cleaving
They saved their first kiss for their wedding day. Precious.
praying over the new couple
Introducing: Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt!!
Jack and "Jill" (Gillian)
Tea and cakes pre-reception fun :)
yuuuum.
personalized cupcakes
sweet paper flowers and they had a paper flag banner with scripture all over it.
post wedding pictures, happy to be married!
Mr. Cool.
wedding party, brits on the right, yanks on the left :)
so sweet at the reception, it was beautiful.
Tom and Rachel.
Daniel and Alinna.
Jack and Becky.
The beautiful and delicious cake.
Tom's Russian dad :)
Gettin' geared up for some dancing fun, high heels must come off :)
I was totally into it.
Scottish Traditional dances...most fun reception ever.
doing our Scottish jig
sweet love :)
so fun...we were all sweaty from all the dancing :)
Oh Ashlee, it was so much fun! The dancing was hysterical. I think every reception should have instructors so everyone could join in and learn :) Love you!
2 comments:
I want to get married like that. The reception and all the dances looked awesome!
So fun!
Oh Ashlee, it was so much fun! The dancing was hysterical. I think every reception should have instructors so everyone could join in and learn :) Love you!
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