Wedding Pictures

Long awaited, much anticipated - pictures from the wedding.

Yes, there was dancing and ol' Ev did a great job. I steered clear of the dance floor, but Maddie ended the evening as the Dancing Queen - she had moves that no Gottschalk has ever seen before.

Sistas, Sistas... We had our hair done professionally, which was a first for me, and Leslie and Emily showed up not only with the same outfit for dress rehearsal but also with the same hair cut. We all look the same now, well I don't have the hairdo, you can definitely tell we're sisters.

This is the rehearsal here. Maddie was out of control all weekend, simply overwhelmed with the fun and excitement of it all, combined with a pretty bad cold.

Here's the whole wedding party. It's not the greatest picture, but you can see how many of us there were, and maybe you can tell that the church was gorgeous, minus the harvest that's going on in at the bottom of the stairs. They wouldn't let us take it down for the ceremony, which is a bit tacky, in my opinion. Maddie is absent here because she was so sick and had a nervous breakdown that had been going on all day - though she sucked it up long enough to walk down the aisle. She was removed from the premises about ten minutes before the whole shebang was over. Bless her heart. Okay, here's one more picture of her as she was walking down the aisle with Ethan, the ringbearer. She had her eyes shut or was staring at the floor the entire length of the very long aisle.

All in all, it was fantastic. Nothing went wrong during the ceremony and the reception was the best celebration ever - just like Ev wanted it to be. Everyone had fun in the strange collection of people that was there. I don't think it could have gone better.

If you want better quality pictures, or more of them, email me. I can send them to you.