Reception Highlights

Highlight #3: Bouquet toss was decisively taken by my grandma. She made short work of the competition and I believe she actually got some air time while leaping for the bouquet. Good job Grandma. Garter toss was another story. No one was diving for that one. However after a second attempt my brother, Michael, did manage to snag the prize. On his left Jarrad looks just devastated, but dont worry Jarrad there will be other weddings.


Highlight #2: Air guitars. Yes, the music was loud, the dancing was fast, but the air guitars, they were ON FIRE! Everyone got involved in the air guitar contest, but I will give Buzz first place for not only playing a mean guitar, but also managing to smash the guitar on the ground without breaking a sweat.



Highlight #1: Shane surprised with a lovely seranade of "I wanna grow old with you" from the Wedding Singer. Shane did a wonderful job and make me cry instantly. My brother did not have quite the same reaction, hence the funny look he was shooting us during the song. We will hopefully be able to post some video of this and other reception highlights.

Our Wedding Party

More pictures of our lovely wedding party. I have to say they all clean up pretty good. Thank you to our closest family and friends who were in our wedding party and shared the stress of the day. BUT they also shared the most fun with us, from getting ready in the morning to dancing late into the evening. Let us introduce them:
Jillian Murphy...friend of the bride since gradeschool
Emily Homan...friend of the bride since college
Sarah Schiel...sister of the bride
Dale Brandel...brother of the groom
Todd Priest...friend of the groom since forever
Michael Schiel...brother of the bride

Family Photos

These are just a few of the great moments we captured on film with our families. From large to small we love you all very much and are excited to be joining two great families. Thank you.

Wedding Details

The cake was a marble 3-tier and then covered with peonies to keep up the garden/spring theme. The peonies were also used in the bouquets and the decorations. Peonies were accompanied by ranunculus, asters and hyperculum? (berries). Our initials made the cake table extra special and were hand crafted by our friend Jarrad.

Our Honeymoon

After the wedding we definitely needed time to ourselves and a place to escape to. St. Germain, WI was our destination for the next 5 days. Its still a bit cool up north, and the hot fishing and boating season has yet to hit so we had peace and quiet for the entire week. Shane & I fished morning, noon, and some nights, but most of our time was spent just relaxing and appreciating the undisturbed nature around us. We saw osprey, bald eagles, mallards, and a common loon! Several deer also walked through camp, but no moose or black bear.