wedding website is up!

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Our Wedding Website

I've put a few things up so far, so poke around and check it out! Then save it to your favorites and check back everyone once in a while.

Getting Married!

Well, all of you should have heard the news by now...especially those of you who were in on it.
Eric flew out this weekend and surprised me on Navy Pier with a gorgeous, big diamond ring.
We went on a dinner cruise off of Navy Pier on The Odyssey afterwards...without the relatives who helped keep it a surprise.
We had a busy, busy weekend. Got engagement pictures done on Saturday (check them out at: http://littlehandsphotography.typepad.com) and went out to dinner with about 10 friends. Sunday we have all the family that was in town over to celebrate. Eric left yesterday, until Thanksgiving...just 5 weeks away.

Here are some pictures of the event and ring.



We have tentatively set a date of June 19th, 2009, and are shopping for reception halls this coming weekend (Kelsey and I are)

I'll have a website up soon!

Tiemens-Wessels-Tidd bunch Favorite Photo(s)

Here's our favorite! The whole crew together. We had fun at the photo shoot, the surroundings were very nice and the photographers made it fun too, very creative.

The kids liked the one of Ron & I on the road at the "Deer/Dear Crossing"

And Grandma like the one with Anna.

Wessels favorite

Here is our favorite picture from the shoot.




We liked that they took suggestions from all of us for different creative poses. Flexibility like that makes it much more personal instead of a cookie-cutter photo shoot.

Looking forward to seeing others!

family picture challenge.

Alright, you should all have your family pictures by now. (side note: when you are printing, if you get an 8x10, be careful because these pictures were made for 4x6. Proportionately, it will have to crop some off of the sides. If there is a picture that you really want in 8x10 that crops people out, let Chris and Sara know @ littlehandsphotography@gmail.com to see if they cropped that photo to begin with.)

I know it will be hard to pick, but everyone is required to post up their absolute favorite pictures of their family...as well as make one comment about the shoot (because Chris and Sara want a lot of feedback--positive or negative)

I won't share my comments on here because I've already sent a ton of them, but here is one of the top three favorite pictures of our family (and my personal favorite)

PICTURES!!

Family,

Check out: http://www.littlehandsphotography.typepad.com/
for a sneak preview photos from our shoot on the 16th.

UPDATE (9/5/08): there is now at least one picture from each of the respective families. Apparently Kara, Anna and Ryan/Angela are the most photogenic :-)

The cds of pictures are in the mail. You'll have them soon!!

Kara's first volleyball games

The volleyball team that Kara plays for, Calumet/Calvary Christian School, opened its season Saturday with a quad tournament at Grace Baptist Academy in Kankakee. They played Covenant Christian High from Demotte, Kankakee Trinity Academy and the host school. You can get the details from the team blog, but they did win all their games, two out of three against Covenant and two straight against the other two schools. Kara played well, with a couple of big blocks, a couple of nice hits and solid defense.

New posts!

I know most of your read my blog so it seems pointless to reiterate everything, when I can just tell you to go visit our blog. I've posted a bunch of videos, a new blog post with pictures and a links to full albums!

Pictures went well on Saturday and we should have a bunch of a really good ones! Can't wait to see them. Katie, tell them they were awesome to work with!

I've been meaning to post this for awhile, but we have grandpa's old red metal tool box at our house. We took it thinking we had some use for it, but we don't. I wanted to keep it in the family if someone else would be interested in taking it. Let me know and we'll bring it home next time we're in town.

I hope most of us can make it to Uncle Wayne's race in September! Should we make a banner or shirts or something? Just a thought.

We're still discussing what we're doing for Anna's first birthday party. Whether to have everyone to our house or have one in GR and one in Chicago. We'll keep you posted, but wanted to put that in your head. Her birthday is October 18 and we may have it that day (Saturday).

I hope everyone's week goes well. Continue to pray for Martha's mom and dad as they make Grandma comfortable and also pray for peace for the whole family. Also pray for Gary's Grandpa Hall as we await more news on what kind of cancer he has and what treatment will be. Gary and I are also doing the Light the Night walk this year for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. If you'd like to donate, please send me a check or you can donate online at: http://www.active.com/donate/ltnMadiso/2363_Christabelle81

Love to you all!

GCA

p.s.

I was in Escondido last week, visiting eric for the first of many times.

This is at Catalina Island off the coast. We spent a day here; biked, hiked and snorkeled. In the picture we are at the Wrigley Memorial.

Anniversary Pictures update

Hey Folks,

Some more details for the big photo shoot on August 16th, and some clarifications of previously released details.
First, Grandma would like everyone to wear WHITE, COLLARED TOPS AND KHAKI BOTTOMS. Bottoms for guys= pants. Bottoms for ladies = pants, capris, or knee-length skirts.

Most of you should have gotten an email From Sara Mannino--half of the photography team for the big anniversary shoot on August 16th. Here are the basics, in case you missed it.

Chris and Sara are doing pictures of G & G, them with the kids, with the grandkids, and then the whole group. Grandpa will get all of those pictures on a CD so that everyone in the family can make as many copies as they want. (This shoot will probably take at least an hour...starting at 2pm)

THEN, Sara and Chris will be available to do 20-minute, individual family shoots. There will be no base fee, you'll just order prints.
However, if a family wants an individual family shoot, they need to LET SARA KNOW ASAP. (littlehandsphotography@gmail.com) so she can plan it time-wise. I will plan on getting in touch with you all to find out if you are interested in the family pictures, just to make sure she knows.

Hopefully, we'll be done with the whole thing by 5pm!

Here is their website so you can check it out: www.littlehandsphotography.typepad.com