Friday, January 9, 2015

Visit from the Szathmary's in October 2014

Hi!

Here is our awesome recap of October. Uncle Alex, Auntie Colleen, Benny and Squirt came to visit us!J was Sheriff Callie for Halloween, and Benny was a Wild Wild West Skunk :) Ryan, myself, Baby and the Szathmary's were cowboys/girls to match. This month we were really into spiders, especially the spider from "The very busy spider" book by Eric Carle.

Auntie Colleen has a great post on Halloween, and most all these pictures are from her. Thank you!

Finding some pumpkins at our local garden.






Treat-or-treating and costumes :)























and some lovely indoor time...







more crafts with cousin Benny!









Spending time with Uncle Ry, Auntie Col and Auntie Alisha




Taking a wee stroll in our local park. Benny is the leaf whisperer!











And the whole McSzathmary gang together :)











And look what we found in the baby's room!  Now and then picture of J in her first Halloween costume :)





Happy (Belated) Halloween to all! 

<3 McKeown's

We're back! Throw back to the Rohr's wedding September 2014

Hallo (German for informal hello!),

Well hi after so many months!! We were adjusting to our new puppy Ariel in October and celebrating lots of fun over the fall and winter holidays. 

Here is a throw back to September to a very, very fun celebration at the Rohr's wedding. 

(Travel back 3 months...)

So we had the funnest weekend. Congrats to Eric and Alli for tying the knot! We traveled to Glencoe, PA for a magical event to see those two love birds celebrate their wedding on their incredible farm. I've known Alli for 12 years, so it has been amazing seeing her find the love of her life, make a beautiful home, and seek out her passions in life like becoming a wind turbine technician (how she met hubby Eric) and is now a director at the Institute of Energy at St. Francis University! Jocelyn was an exquisite flower girl :) More later on that!

Let's take a little tour of the Rohrs farm. As you come in you will see this amazing display of signs saying "welcome", "getting hitched", etc with pumpkins and local flowers. This was a truly impressive DIY wedding. They are professionals! Compliments to Julia and Nicole for some of these photos. 



Here are the horses just right of the house. Jocelyn of course wanted to see them straight away! I didn't get a photo of the goats, but they are also a favorite. 


I wish I had a photo of the entire barn that is just opposite of the horses. It's exquisite. They repainted it and lit it up with beautiful lights and new flowers. Here is the backside that leads to the corn fields and more room for the horses to roam.






Well, the wedding ceremony and reception were too good for words. Eric, Alli, and the Rohrs and Boehm families and friends created a memorable wedding that definitely brought so much happiness, romance, love, tears, hugs, and some boot-stomping dancing that will go down in history!  

Here is some prep for the decorations. Nicole (pink/purple) and Julia (glasses) were also bridesmaids. They are the other 2 fantastic women that make up our fantastic four that met in the dorms 12 years ago. 






The rehearsal dinner was really yummy and took place near the farm out in these beautiful hills. Here are some orchard trees and the wind turbines are in the back :)


Eric and Alli :) T-1 one day...



Marriage license!!!!



On the day of the wedding, we did yoga with our awesome friend Doug from State College. It was magical doing yoga in the grass atop the hills where Eric proposed to Alli.




Bride looking fabulous and peaceful :)


It's always good to chill out



Baby loved doing yoga too!!

Here we are on our way to the church!! A little blurry but still beautiful. 


Someone just wanted to read "A wocket in my pocket". Her fav book in English right now!


The college bridesmaids!!



We got a lovely family photo of us 4


Here we are again all dressed up :)





Getting the bride ready :) After this my photos stop since J and I were in the ceremony. But the ceremony was magical. 












Jocelyn was also VERY excited to be the flower girl and own her very first, official cowgirl boots.



And they are hitched!! 

Here are some photos of the wedding party. I wish I had more of the men, but we were on a tractor so I didn't get a chance to snap any. Such an awesome shot below of the ladies!



Wish you two lots of love and happiness!! PS: the barn looks awesome. 

<3 McKeown's