Wedding continued...

It was so beautiful, and we do have it all on film, but we need to translate/put subtitles for all of those who can't understand Dutch. Dinner and the reception were so fun and very beautifully decorated! Thanks to all who came to the wedding and/or reception! We are so happy to have been able to see you all and thank you for your wishes and support. The day wouldn't have been the same without you!

Here are some pictures of the grand event and then some...ENJOY!

The day begins. Me at the Keuter's house and Richard at the Staal home getting ready. Richard has the flowers brought to him and gets ready to bring them to me when he heads to pick me up.

And... when Richard is nervous about something he acts even more goofy than normal...(i.e. here wearing his sister's sun glasses)

Meanwhile, I am up early (not having slept much), took a hot bath, got breakfast in bed from Sylvia, and got straight to the hair and make-up business.

Richard ready to pick me up with flowers and his favorite of all things with 4 wheels.. a BMW.

Waiting.... breathing... approaching the door....

I came down the stairs and we saw each other for the first time on our wedding day. It was so sweet. One thing for sure, I am glad I doubled my mascara with waterproof over the top... and a good thing Richard wasn't wearing make-up :P

It was such a great moment though!

And there we are...

Posing while Richard opens the door for me

Here we are sitting on the wedding chairs listenting to our love story presented by our ambtenaar/justice who is also a friend of ours from church, Mirjam. She was AWESOME!

You may kiss the bride! Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. & Mrs. Staal!

Here we are exchanging rings. Also our cute little ring barers Calvin, Anouk, and Jesse.

It was hard to put fitted rings onto our sweaty fingers, but we got it.

Some of the wedding pictures taken where we first took a walk together 2 years ago.

Our friend Yeagi and a friend of hers play wedding march as we exit the room. It was so nice to have them play for us!

Just married and waiting outside for everyone to...

congratulate us!

This looks familiar... this one was a brownie cake made by a cousin, Zippora.

Now we have been married for 3 months and as soon as we got back it was back to BUSYness. For the first couple weeks we had to shower at Richard's parents house because the bathroom tiles needed to be grouted, and we have been organizing, packing and unpacking etc. Now the house is "done" and it is down to finishing touches, and then just adding things here and there as we go to make it home... but we can already see now that in being married, we have one big adventure ahead of us! FUN TIMES! Coming soon... some pictures of our home!