Kyle and Holly's Wedding

 Normal, IL (Hi 77  Lo 66)

I went with another couple women, Sherri and Connie,  to the wedding in Normal. Jim was advised highly not to travel and with an all day rain and the way he was feeling we went along with that idea of leaving him with my sister, Doris. I have to thank her publicly for staying the weekend and helping out. Doris came over on Friday afternoon to see what was needed to be done and how to handle all the pills and routine. I left Saturday morning about 9:30.

On the way to Normal we stopped for lunch then went antique shopping there's several shops along the way on I-55. I love those types of shops but didn't buy anything, no room in the apartment. We headed on to Normal to the Hyatt hotel and got dressed for picture taking. 

We did family pictures which is totally different then what I've heard of before. They do a "first look" with the groom and the bride before the family pictures. They meet and get reactions of each other in the gown and tux. They did a trick on Kyle. His brother, Kendall,  dressed in a wedding gown and tapped Kyle on the shoulder, when he turned around, SURPRISE!,   It was really great on video. Here's a few of the pictures before the wedding. There's a youtube.com video of the wedding also included. 

                                                             Holly and Kyle

                                            Grandkids,  Jack, Kendall, and Kyle

                                            Grandma's of Kyle, Sherri and Dee with Holly and Kyle

                                            Our Family: Rick, Jack, Kendall, Holly, Kyle, Angie, Frank, Dee

                                            Frank, Holly, Kyle and Angie  

                                                        Jack, (grandson),  Frank, Rick (our sons)

                                                Dee and Jack

                                                            Sherri, Kendall and Dee

                                                     I love a black and white photo, This is son Rick and his son Jack

                                               All the families gathering for the family photo. 

                                                        Holly and Kyle with cake

                                            Dancing was suppose to be outside but rain brought us inside. 

                                            Part of the wedding party showing the guys. 

                               Our family and the wedding party with the gals in the background.

                                        Cupcakes instead of a big cake. They were really good. 

                                            And we introduce you to Mr and Mrs Kyle Walter

The wedding was live on Youtube.com  Check it out here. 

We had a wonderful time and at 9:00 we headed back to the hotel. We stayed at the Hyatt and the room was so neat. I had four big windows which looked out toward the  Hyatt garage. 

I went back home with Frank and his family. It takes 2 1/2 hours to Normal from O'Fallon. It rained part of the time. I got home about noon and Doris went back to her home early afternoon. It was a perfect wedding.  Here's more photos.