Keila and Dan's Wedding

Last weekend we attended the wedding of a very dear friend of ours, Dan, and his fiance, Keila. We have known Dan for many years, and Keila for a few, and we were so excited to share their day. Evie was very special to both of them, as Dan does research and proposals to get grant money to fund advances in cardiac issues, and Keila is a pediatric cardiologist.

The wedding was held at a chapel on the campus of University of Chicago, where Keila did her residency. I had not been to U of C, or even to Hyde Park before and it was beautiful!






Dan and Keila lit this little pink candle (below, in the middle) for Evie. Evie was supposed to be one of the flower girls. Honestly, it was quite difficult for me to see the other two flower girls walk down the aisle (and they were so adorable)knowing that we had planned for Evie to be there as well. I had this image of her in my mind: in her little wagon which we were going to decorate, and with hair bows made by my neighbor to match her dress. I had hoped she would toss flowers on the floor just like she used to toss treats to Auntie Di's cats!





Francis and I were touched that Dan and Keila lit this candle and also mentioned Evie in the wedding program. The ceremony was wonderful, with some songs that all former Happening team members would know.

Here are two more of our dear friends: Beth, left, expecting a baby in October, and Robin, right, who just had baby Timothy 3 weeks ago! She is such a trooper!




I got to hold baby Timothy after the ceremony. He is SO adorable!



Our good friend Mark, Tim's daddy:




Beth and our friend Laura, who came in from Arizona:







Francis finaly got his chance to hold Timothy at the reception, which was held at Salvage One:




This was not the real wedding cake:
(Yes it was, they put the layers on apples and it started to tip over. It was the leaning tower of applecake. - Francis)




Salvage One is a real, working salvage company and resale shop, and has all kinds of crazy things for sale... that I decided are usually seen in rich, eccentric, or designer type of homes. For example, you can buy a stained glass window, an antique couch, or a red blinking light from railroad crossing signal!



The wedding party out back - I don't know if this was a courtyard, or the back entrance for deliveries, or extra parking... we were out there!





The next several pictures are from a Brazilian square dance, led by Keila's uncle.















The rest of these are from the reception:

























In case you were wondering, Gavin spent the day at home playing with Nana & Grandpa Cermak. He was a good boy for them!




This is a special "Super Hero Squad" version of Candy Land: