the Woodlands

Third stop: the Woodlands, TX.
Location: 1 hour north of Houston.
Purpose: Steven and Stephanie's wedding.

Josh and Bret
(We found out that some of the classmates like to call Josh 'Justin Beiber' because of his sweet hair-do.)

Bret was trying to get a picture that showed my face and the bride's chair behind me which reads, "Mrs. Always Right." I guess he thinks I'm right all the time. Sweet!

Stephen, the groom!

Stephanie and her father.

Brooklyn and Maddie
(both in Bret's class; Maddie has become a good friend of mine)

Boyfriend and Jenna

Girlfriend and Grant

Beautiful setting! That's Adeeb in the middle.

(top) Bret, Brandt, Adeeb, Luis, Chris (bottom) Grant, Josh
By the time I realized how dark the picture was it was too late to take it with a flash.
We still have a lot left to learn about our camera! 

Jenna, Me, Brooklyn, Maddie, Jenna

and Cesse, the doctor!

Stephanie is one of Bret's classmates and her now husband, Steven, is good buddies with all of them as well, so we were excited to be able to make it out to the Houston area to support them on their big day. This was by far the fanciest, most expensive wedding I've ever seen. They were married in a beautiful church and the ceremony was a lot like what you'd expect... think of the chick-flicks you've seen with the flower girls and the preacher. Then everyone drove a few miles over to the Marriott hotel's ballroom which was very fancy. There was "cocktail hour" in the lobby area (I can not imagine how expensive the alcohol alone was for this wedding!!!) Then we went in for dinner and dancing and cutting the cake and all of that. It was a beautiful wedding and we had a lot of fun dancing and chatting with friends. It was certainly different from most of the weddings we've attended... especially as the night wore on and the alcohol kicked in. We started seeing some new and interesting personalities come out and we knew when it was time to leave. But we do feel lucky that his classmates are so accepting of us and don't tease us (too much) about our different lifestyle choices. We love them and are glad we could celebrate with them before we all went our separate ways for summer internships.