Saturday, July 11, 2009

wedding bells are ringing

Today my brother Stephen marries his fiance Jen at a beautiful resort in Panama.

Bummer is, Panama is conveniently located on the other side of the world - it's a 40 hour trip, one way! So we aren't there, and we hate to miss all the celebrations.

We made a little video to send our greetings to the bride and groom. It took about four tries, but we finally got one with most of us looking at the camera and most of us following our 'script' most of the time. You can watch it here.

The last time we saw Stephen and Jen was two years ago! Right before Lydia was born we took a little family beach vacation and Stephen joined us for a few days.

He was a big help with Julianna :)


and kept her smiling!

I'm sure there will be more smiles and laughs during our next visit too - Jen is really great with children!

Congratulations Stephen and Jen! We look forward to the next time we see you!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I LOVE THE BLOG, THE VIDEO AND EVVVVEEEERRRYTHING!!!! You all are so wonderful for sending the blog, the message and the love. We are thinking of you all lots!!!!

Love from Panama!

-Jen

Anonymous said...

You're children are beautiful, we wish you were here and we hope to meet you soon!

Lots of love,

The Bridesmaids

Paul said...

Laura, Matt, I too wish you guys were here, but we love you and are thinking of you - and such a beautiful message.

love
Dad and GrandDad

Mom/Grandmama said...

Less than 2 hours to the wedding! I've been doing mother of the groomish things today like ironing clothes and sewing on buttons! Got my hair done and just finished my makeup. We miss you all so much - we'll send photos and video as soon as possible! Thanks for the blog - a friend of Stephen and Jen's told a great watermelon story at the Welcome to Panama dinner so your watermelon photo is especially relevant!! Love you!

Anonymous said...

Laura,
Your and your family are missed, we are keeping yall in our prayers.
God Bless
U Mark and Marie

Anonymous said...

Laura & Matt,
Enjoy reading about your life, enjoyed the video message. You would have had a good time - hot, loud, jungle life all the works. Andrew could not come either, in his case it was about 30 hour flight from the other direction. When I am slow to comment on a picture or post from this site, your dad/GrandDad is quick to point out what I missed.
S&J were officially married, the pastors did a fine job, nice ceremony.
Play nice, have a good time.
Love
Uncle Eric