Ryan & Jaclyn's World

Getting Pretty

Lindsey the makeup artist

Jaclyn the poodle

Getting our hair done by Jeanine & Callie, some more friends who helped in a time of need!

While we were getting ready, Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Joann, and Keli were putting the cake together.

Getting lip glossed

Carrie puts on the garter while Mom fixes Stephanie's belt. All of the girl's dresses were homemade, each by themselves, a mother, or friend. My mom made all of the sashes. I thought they looked wonderful! And they were my favorite color, BLUE.

Ryan came in for a few minutes - only very special men get admitted to a bridal room!

Seeing my daddy

Last sustenance before the ceremony started.
Little did I know how much that last drink of water would mean to me...

There's a kindergarten chair underneath all of that dress

The Gathering

There are so many pictures from the wedding weekend, its hard to choose which ones to share - but here are a few of my favorites!

The wedding couldn't have happened without help from so many family and friends. I can't say thank-you enough to all of you who pitched in and helped us. Your love and support was truly felt!
I owe you a thank-you bigger than words can express!

Louie & Nancy Parra lent their home to me and my bridesmaid's (and Ryan Heilman) for the weekend. It was such a big help to have that resource! Here's Ryan and I with some of their Mexican decor on Thursday before the wedding.

Tara & her Grandpa

Helping Hollie make the bouts and corsages

Assembly lines makes everything easier

Ironing tablecloths and more tablecloths for the reception in the MPA cafeteria... (Didn't we just do this two weeks ago?)

Rehearsal

Practicing the family circle for the prayer of blessing

What a lovely bouquet from my Charlotte shower... hmmm...

Almost Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Knight

Rehearsal Dinner

Ron & Sarah Wakeford with Mom & Dad
They drove all the way from Canada!

With our wedding coordinator and Southern Mom, Kari Shultz

The three Summer '08 Wedding Couples
L to R: July 13, June 15, June 1

Married and soon-to-be-marrieds
L to R: Justin and Stephanie McNeilus (married summer '06), Jonathan & Kelli (almost) Carlson, Jaclyn & Ryan (almost) Knight, Carrie & Ryan Heilman

Sundown Worship

Singing a quartet together for worship Sabbath evening

The name of the game was Bible Wedding Story Charades. The whole wedding party did the 10 Virgins story. This is Eleazar and his camels about to meet Rebecca

I wish you could see this skit on a video, it was awfully funny... This is Jacob asking Laban to marry Rachel.

And here's Leah & Rachel respectively.

And here's wedding day... to Leah... and not Rachel... If you enlarge the picture some of the faces in the audience are priceless.

She's not the right one! Jacob took off running while Laban sat down and counted his money and smirked to himself.

With our faculty parents, Ken & Roseanne Cook and their daughter Madison

Batchelorette Party

And that's all you're going to see of that because some things are not meant to be posted on the internet...

Maid of Honor for the first and last time

There is so much to blog about from the month of June! (And unfortunately, my computer is having some serious technical difficulties so it may take me awhile.) But one must always start at the beginning, so here's what happened June 1: Carrie and Ryan's wedding! Here's a look at it from the maid of honor's prospective.