James & Natalie's Music Recitals

 We were so proud of our musicians!  

Two of them are students at Zion Springs and their recital was fantastic!! 

Introductions in the gorgeous Zion Springs Barn by Mrs. Tigges...

James up!!

He did fabulous playing his two pieces...

And then he surprised the whole crowd - totally off the program - 

with this little number...😁😎

He had the whole crowd clapping, it was hilarious and SO VERY JAMES!! 

 Natalie played beautifully!!

She is so multi-talented!! 

Her violin pieces were AWESOME!! 

 

Mrs. Tigges was so sweet to honor all the seniors and then all the students came up to be recognized!  Everyone did such a great job!!

And since we were in the wedding barn...😂😍...Just married 22 years!

So proud of our excellent musicians!! 

The dessert reception afterwards was so fun!  Lots of friends to catch up with (so I didn't take any pictures😕whoops!)...it's been another great year of music!! 

🩰Natalie's Ballet Recital, the story of DAVID!🩰

 The EARLY morning after the wedding we hurried home to get Natalie to her ballet recital...and arrived just in time to see the amazing production of....

In this scene, she's in 👇bright blue, right in the middle! 

🩰🩰 We were so proud of our lovely ballerina! 🩰🩰

She got to come out at intermission and visit with all the friends and family that came to the show!

 

Her biggest fans! 

We had lots of friends in the show, so it was super fun to see the girls perform after a year of hard work preparing! 

Natalie made a lovely, graceful dancer and warrior....that pretty much summarizes our vision for her as a woman and she totally, beautifully, nailed it!! 

North Carolina Wedding Extravaganza! Part 3, Wedding DAY...

We dropped Natalie at The Bridal House on the property of the wedding venue to get ready with all the girls for the day! 

They had a lovely day getting ready! 

The men all arrived just in time from a day on the road and we enjoyed a beautiful ceremony!! 

I could cry at the sweetness of this family.  They are so precious to us.

They have eleven adopted children and their story is one of such deep love, hope and redemption.  They have been such an encouragement to us for the last twenty years and we love them so dearly.   

The ceremony took place in the what the venue called The Enchanted Forest...it was lovely! 

Officially Mr. and Mrs.!!  

😍😍😍

 

Bridal party!

We had such a good time visiting with old friends! 

Everything was so beautiful! 

The bride and some of her sisters sang at the reception, it was so touching.  

Dessert time!

One of the bridesmaids actually made this wedding cake herself👇as a gift and drove it to NC from her family's home in Georgia!! 😲 

It was SO SPECIAL!! 

And delicious!😋

Abby was the loveliest bride!! 

It was very sad to say goodbye at the end of the night! 

 

It was a festive and fun sendoff!!  

Congratulations to our precious friends!! 

Such a wonderful celebration of a new family!