Our New House!

Wow, it's been SOOO long...

So, marriage is good. I love being a Wood and we love being married. :) Ben has been hunting a lot lately, but he's not having a good year. :( No deer yet. His report from opening weekend "I scared a lot of deer." That's why he's out today for the 4-day doe season... his last chance (unless he wants to bow hunt some more). Apparently "taking doe is good deer management." Whatever? :)

So, WE BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE!! We moved in the weekend of Thanksgiving and we love it! We're doing a lot of painting lately, so I don't really want to show you any pictures yet because the previous owner's style was very dated and it's kind of embarrassing. :) We'll be done with our living room on Monday or Tuesday, so at least I'll pictures of that. Unfortunately, colors always look different on the wall than in the samples, so I'm a little bit disappointed with how our living room turned out. I might be doing a little RE-painting next spring or summer??

Here's a picture I took just yesterday of our new house! Ben shoveled the sidewalk again yesterday for the 3rd time in like 5 days. He even did a little bit on Wednesday, even though we both gave blood! He takes good care of us. :)

The Post Hanging Over My Head

So, you probably want to see some more wedding pictures, huh?


http://www.mkirk.fotki.com/weddings

password: YMCA


I think I'll write something this weekend. =D That's if there's anyone still visiting this page out there?

WE'RE MARRIED!!

Ben and Kelli Wood

July 7, 2007

Ben and I couldn't have been more happy with our wedding! Although it was a hot 92 degrees, it was a beautiful day. The details all fell into place so nicely and we received many nice compliments on everything. Our ceremony was touching and the Lord's presence was very strong. We couldn't have asked for anything better. :)

Some things that were cool for me were the way the little things worked out, as I was saying. For instance, I ended up not having time to run down to the florist to see our bouquets and other arrangements before the wedding and they turned out perfect! Wow! I also wasn't prepared for the way the bright colors would "pop" against the periwinkle bridesmaid dresses. It was so pretty! Definitely exceeded my expectations. :)

One of the biggest blessings for us, besides being joined together by God, was that everyone seemed to have a wonderful time! I think every bride thinks at one time or another "will people dance? Will they have a good time? Will they stay or leave? etc." I couldn't have been happier. People loved the food, they said everything was beautiful, and they DANCED!! Boy, did they DANCE! =D It was awesome! People seemed to be having so much fun and it didn't start to clear out really till after 10:30. We were so pleased.

We've been home in Milwaukee now for two weeks after our lovely honeymoon in Bayfield, WI (put your left hand on the table or desk in front of you. Put the pointer finger of your right hand at the top right of the middle finger on your left hand. You've basically found Bayfield. ;-) ). We still have a sea of boxes from moving and wedding gifts to sort through, but it's coming along.

Please be praying for us as we transition and as we begin our lives together!

**Correction** Please be praying for us as we begin our life together! (thanks Jenny!) :)

Ben and Kelli sitting in a tree...

We had so much fun taking our engagement portraits last week!

rANdoM nEWs

Herein are the minute newsly details and my random thoughts of the week thus far.

Some people post nothing and get 15 comments, other people post nice things often and no one cares to comment. I never post, so I'm sure that's why I fall in neither category, really.

Being a bride can be NUTS. I'm having fun most of the time, though.

I don't like mean people. There's this mean girl at work who is almost always just so mean! Mean people usually don't look you in the eyes. Neither does she. If she did, she'd feel bad and then maybe she couldn't be so stinking MEAN all the time.





Blake got baptized on Sunday and Ben and I got to be there. That was boss. :)

I've got more to do at work than I can do.




Ben is pretty much amazing. <3 (Here's a picture of him doing a somersault at the St. Louis Arch on New Year's Day! Do you think he was getting excited about something?!) ;^)... )

Ben taught Sammy (my cat) to climb the dresser. Ahh!

So, it's been a year since my friend Katie Hartke died. :( There was an auction and a dance in her memory to raise money for music scholarships. It was pretty fun. That was just on Saturday. I should post some pics. It was great to see so many of my SAI friends.

I'm going dress shopping Saturday. Woot! (I mean, honestly... what does that mean anyway?) Pray that I find the dress of my dreams at a price I can afford. I think the dress shopping is the thing I'm most overwhelmed about. There are just SO MANY dresses to chose from. What do you do? I mean, how do you know? Oy!

Peace out!


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I added some pics for your viewing pleasure.

Yes, It's true.

Hello all,

I'm so sorry it has been so long since I have updated all of you lovely people. I wanted to write when Ben and I had our amazing 6th month anniversary date, etc. but life was so busy trying to complete my basic statistics class!! I was in class two nights a week and studying like mad every other night. Weekends are always busy, too but I think if I really wanted to, I guess I could have, eh? At any rate, occasions like this come along once in a lifetime, so I suppose I better post it. In case you haven't heard...

BEN AND I ARE ENGAGED!!

Yes, it's true. He proposed late at night on a walk out at my parents house while the moon was almost full and very high in the sky. It was very romantic and I didn't see it coming that night AT ALL!! It was just Monday, January 1st, a very special and sentimental day for us. I'm beaming all the time and I have the most beautiful ring ever (of course, I'm probably biased)! Check out these pics and ask me sometime why the ring is so special:





We're looking to get married in July and I'll let you know when we set the date!

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. - Ephesians 1:3