Freedom Celebration 2008

We were in the Freedom Celebration at church this past weekend. Mom, Todd & I were in the choir and Evan spent the weekend and carried a flag again this year. It is a great celebration with music, drama, a special sermon & a Parade of Honor of all of the veterans & service men in attendance at each service.

Gabe & Faith's Wedding Reception--6/22/08

My cousin, Faith Rector married Gabe Angieri in Costa Rica on January 19,2008. We went to their wedding reception at the Nicollet Island Pavillion in Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon. It was fun to see our relatives and help Faith & Gabe celebrate their marriage. :)

The centerpieces for the tables were made up of pictures from the wedding in Costa Rica, so I took some pictures of the pictures.

Faith & Gabe's wedding in Costa Rica.

Faith & Gabe on the beach in Costa Rica.

Sonja & Todd

Cousins: Teresa, Maria, Faith, Wendell Lee, & Bert and Aunt Lila

Gabe & Faith

Sonja, Todd, Mom, Aunt Lila & Tyler (Bert's son)

Gabe & Faith cutting the cake.

Todd, Sonja, Faith & Gabe

A Picnic, A Bridal Shower & A Dinner Engagement.......Whew!

On Saturday, June 21st, we had a very busy day. It was the day of my friend, Janelle's bridal shower.......we had a family BBQ at my mom's house because Anthony, Heather & Andrew were in town.........and we had dinner at our friends, Dick & Cindy's house that night. We fit it all in and had a fun day!

I stopped at Mom's for about 15 minutes before leaving Todd there to get things set up for the shower. I was able to go back again for a little while before Todd & I went to dinner at our friends' house. So I got a few pictures of some of the kids. :)

Evan (5)

Nicholas (6)

Keith & Janelle at the bridal shower.

Janelle had Keith come to help open presents. Keith kept asking, "Where's Todd?" I told him that if I had known that he was going to be there, I would have brought Todd...........Todd like a good food spread. ;)

Janelle & Keith received a lot of nice things. It was a great shower!

Aunt Nana & Andrew (almost 6 months)

Andrew & Aunt Nana

Tyler (almost 2 years)

Maddie (almost 2 months)

DIck & Cindy's kids were very excited that we came to dinner. Matthew, Corey, Todd & Katie.