Nicole and Andy's Wedding
August 20, 2005
Webster, Wisconsin

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Joel (Andy's cousin) and Athen (Andy's brother)

Melodie (Andy's sister)

Billie (Andy's cousin and page-turner extraordinaire!)

Natalie (Nicole's sister) and Melodie

Noelle and Naomi (Nicole's sisters), Amelia (Andy's cousin), Melodie and Billie

Amelia and Noelle at the piano


Walt (Andy's Dad) and Gabe (Andy's brother) and his wife Amy fix lunch on Friday

Brenda (Andy's Aunt), Nancy and John (Nicole's parents), Billie, Mark (Andy's Uncle) and Amelia wait outside for the rehearsal to begin

The fire pit where the "rehearsal dinner" was held Friday night


Nadine (Nicole's sister) cuts Mariha's (Andy's sister) hair

Nancy, Nicole, Joey (Nicole's brother) and Andy on the back patio

John waits patiently for things to get underway

Nicole and Andy work on details of the set-up on the back patio

Andy instructs his (Walt and Terrie) and Nicole's (John and Nancy) parents as the rehearsal begins

Jennifer Neef, a dear friend of Nicole's, was the official wedding photographer - ably assisted by her husband, Doug

Nicole, Mark and Andy talk through the ceremony

Curious onlookers observe the rehearsal proceedings below

The parents practice how they will be arranged when they offer a prayer for the couple during the ceremony

Rehearsing the vows

The parents are positioned where they will be seated during the ceremony

Gus (Andy's brother) enjoys a treat

The morning of the big day!

John Cranston (Nicole's Grandpa) is ready to go

The Wickham family walks to a café down the street to enjoy breakfast together

Jim and Susan Meyer (Nicole's Uncle and Aunt) join the breakfast bunch

John and Eileen Cranston join up also as the group nears the café

Waiting for the food to arrive

Still waiting...

Noelle (Nicole's sister) is assisted by Nadine as the girls get ready for the wedding

Nicole is calm and purposeful as she gets ready for this day she's been planning for for several months

John and Joey make a run to the grocery store to get cold drinks for everyone

Nancy and Joey help get the drinks ready

Susan is the self-appointed flower girl for the wedding

Joey and Jim enjoy drinking their cream soda

Yum!

Just can't get enough cream soda!

John and Susan join the cream soda drinkers with some snacks

The big moment draws ever nearer

Grandpa helps Joey get his tie on correctly

Good thing for Grandpa's who know these kind of things...

Nicole and Natalie just before leaving for the wedding

Nicole and Naomi just before leaving for the wedding

It's Time!

The chairs are set up for all the family who will be present at the wedding

Nicole and Andy enjoy spending a few moments alone together before the official picture taking begins

The sun shone brightly and the sky was clear - an answer to many prayers!

Nicole gets Andy's boutonnière pinned on to his tux

Nancy pins on Terrie's corsage

Doug and Jennifer begin the official picture taking prior to the ceremony

The Wickham girls with Grandma and Grandpa

Some of the younger ones wait patiently for their turn to be in the pictures

Joey and Naomi

Grant (Andy's brother), Joey and Gus are already great friends!

Now joined also by Athen and Gideon (Andy's brother)

Important work on the honeymoon car begins as soon as the ceremony ends

Shell (Andy's cousin) adds some oreo cookies to the decor

Nadine examines the work thus far

Mission accomplished!

The car crew

Family members enjoy a reception of sandwiches and salads

The back patio provides the perfect reception location

One cake down, two to go!

Nicole and Andy mingle for a few moments after they return from the boat ride around the lake

Nicole and Andy enjoy some of the delicious food

Nicole pretends to drink from the root beer keg supplied by Andy's Grandpa

Not to be outdone, Andy goes for a real mouthful of root beer!

Andy and Nicole with Jennifer and Doug

Nciole's Grandparents, Orlin Anderson (Andy's Grandpa), Mark and Brenda enjoy meeting and getting to know one another

Andy and Nicole with Nadine

The men get to work right away loading up the chairs from the ceremony

Off they go!

The lake

Joey and Naomi have fun with the water trampoline after things are picked up from the wedding

A beautiful end to a beautiful day!

God is good.