The Wedding

As I said in my earlier post, the main reason for our Missouri trip was the wedding of our friend, Craig.  We met Craig in Guatemala.  He has served there off and on for several years.  When we were there on our 7-month trip, he was also living there.  He kind of took Caleb under his wing.  He was a vital part of the ministry there and we had really enjoyed getting to know him.  Around the time we returned to the States, he also returned to finish up his schooling.  We were very excited when we learned that he had met a girl, Kelly. 

The wedding was held at Kelly's family's farm.  I loved this "doorway" to the ceremony.  The scripture across the top is "Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain." Psalm 127:1.  Very cool! 

These cute jars of flowers were hanging from the aisle chairs.  (We drank out of "Ball" canning jars at the reception as well.)

This is our friend, David.  He was the best man.  It was fun to see him and the few others that we knew at the wedding.  Our friend, Rachael, was also in the wedding.

Here are Kelly and Craig!  Such a cute couple.

The wedding pictures of the whole bridal party and the couple were taken between the wedding and the reception.  The guests were served "h'orderves" while we waited.  The sun was just setting as they finished up and then dinner was served.  Bethany took these shots while we were waiting.

We left at about 9 pm to drive back to KC.  Everyone was in bed by 1 am and then we were up and headed home by 9 am the next morning.  The kids had to be back for a choir concert in the afternoon.  It was a lot of driving but it was good to get away as a family and we were so glad we were able to share in Craig and Kelly's day.  May the Lord bless them and their marriage.