Indiana Dunes

Summer is not complete without going to the dunes with my friends.

We are located about 2 miles from Lake Michigan and every year, at least one Sunday night after

church I like to make it over to the Lake to watch the sun go down...

This year we grabbed Chinese, in years past it has been McDonald's, subway, or Little Caesar's.

We did however, come across a problem once we picked a section of dunes to sit and enjoy our food...

We had forgotten silverware!

Note to self::eating Chinese without any form of silverware makes for difficult, messy, but

quite hilarious eating!

We had a great time despite our ditziness;

and came away with several great pictures to commemorate the end of summer with!

{Linking up over at Mary's for Mosaic Monday; stop over there to view more}

more in number than the sand...

Such a wonderful reminder...

...God thinks of ME!

{Giving God glory through our pictures over at Katie Lloyd Photography; stop on over to view more}

the rest of the pictures...

The bride and her parents

A request of the father...:)

My client & best friend...

the gorgeous bride was full of smiles!

The auditorium was decorated beautifully by the maid of honor's

mother who is a wedding coordinator.

The ceremony

My gift to the bride & groom was made by an past co-worker of

mine; she did an amazing job and the couple loved their prop that they got to keep!

Family photos:

The McNeilly family

The bride's side

The Hughes family

Cousins

Tab's "other" family...

the LaBate sisters

The Wedding Party

Unposed pictures make the best candid shots!

The props added some fun to the pictures!

David brought his most prized possession to the groomsmen's photoshoot and insisted it be used in a couple pics:

Loved the natural backdrop;

the country is so beautiful!

{Next up:::the ceremony!}

Pics leading up to the wedding

At the Nail Salon...

With her bridesmaids.

Rehearsal:

Could never get enough shots of Tab's adorable cousins!

EJ

Then there is Susan...

she loved the camera. ;)

The next morning I accompanied the bride to the Salon where she had her hair done...

Her something blue, was in her hair:

Getting ready at the McNeilly's:

{stay tuned for more!!}