The Open House
Stevens Point, WI November 15, 2008
The second (and final) party was significantly more laid back. It was also a little more hands-on. My family, and many people from their congregation, helped create, organize and orchestrate whole thing. A BIG thanks to everybody who had a hand in making it happen. It was awesome!
Long before the actual event, there was all sorts of creative energy that went into making my ideas for the Open House a reality.
Putting the lattice together(way back in October)
Measure twice ...
... cut once.Then came the big day. We got all the pieces to all the various elements all in the building. Then we began to plan the final layout.
Then came the assembling process:
And of course the food preparation:
And don't forget Relaxation Time:
even Mommys need time-outsSoon we were all ready and it was time for the party to begin.
To make things more interesting, we had another cake ...
... Which lead to another cake ceremony:
(we did better this time; less mangling of the cake)
The rest of the evening was spent visiting, and mingling, and all in all, having a grand ol' time.
We tried an experiment for this party: Having the guests assist as photographers. We put out several disposable cameras on the tables with little notes inviting people to help us capture the special moments of the evening.
... While there were some good ones, there were also some very interesting results :)
My favorites though, are from when The Nephew clearly had gotten hold of one of the cameras:
Though, by the end of the evening we were all pretty well partied out...
Some of use, even a little punchy:
To make things more interesting, we had another cake ...
... Which lead to another cake ceremony:(we did better this time; less mangling of the cake)
We tried an experiment for this party: Having the guests assist as photographers. We put out several disposable cameras on the tables with little notes inviting people to help us capture the special moments of the evening.... While there were some good ones, there were also some very interesting results :)
My favorites though, are from when The Nephew clearly had gotten hold of one of the cameras:
Though, by the end of the evening we were all pretty well partied out...
Some of use, even a little punchy:
But it was wonderful and we are glad that we were able to celebrate (both in Wisconsin and Chicago) with so many of our family and friends. Yay for weddings!
Now, if this and the last two posts haven't satisfied your craving for pictures of what has been lovingly referred to as the wedding of "NSIII's very own Brangelina" (thank you, Maria)... there are even more pictures available at my online album: click here
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