Here comes the bride...

On Saturday, Nick saw his little sister marry a great guy. That means all 4 kids are married off now. It brought to a close a week of family, stress, planning details, schedules and a bit more stress. The ceremony was lovely. The reception was great. Seeing family and meeting some I've never met was fun. Several of Nick's family came up from Nebraska. It was the first time I had met his paternal grandma, his aunt and uncle and a few cousins. I also got to meet an uncle and family from his mom's side. It was a lot of fun talking to them and getting to know them. I did however feel very short. Nick comes from a family of tall people. Me, not so much. below is just one of many pictures that illustrates this:this is Nicholas, me and cousin David (I just met him this weekend...he is in the Airforce)

Dancing with my wonderful husband to "our song." Steph had the DJ play all the songs of her brothers throughout the night. It was really cool.

Micah's job was to walk down the aisle, assisted by Uncle Nathan, and look cute. She did both very well, though the latter seemed easier for her.
And, of course, the bride and groom. Corey and Stephanie just hours before the big moment.

For any of you that know the Schutz family, you know we are a picture taking group. From Friday-Sunday, there were 1009 pictures taken. Yup, thats a lot of memories.

Today, July 4th the big plans have pretty much been to clean up the house and just relax for a while. So far we have done both. Rollie is about 30 minutes out from the cities. We will be picking him from the airport. He will be staying with us for a few days. Tomorrow Sue will join us. Saturday until sometime next week they hope to get in some good Micah time. We plan to grill steaks and hang out tonight. Tomorrow its off to the German restaurant in Hudson. This is the same place we discovered for my birthday. We took Nathan and April (my in-laws) there on Sunday. They really liked it so we figured we will keep taking people there.

Its just 9 days until the Relay for Life. We are about $200 short of our goal. If you would like to donate, its not too late!

"Happy Birthday America!"