100th Anniversary Celebration!!

 

This past weekend marked the 100th Anniversary of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church.  The elegant affair took place at the Hyatt Regency downtown.  As soon as we walked into the hotel we were greeted with several friendly faces from both the KS and MO church.  The food was delicious and the Greek band was SO FUN!

Since Brent and I have started house hunting we were originally not planning on going....trying to save every penny! But when my friend Katie said she had two extra tickets we decided last minute that this was something worth splurging for!

Katie and I met at camp back in middle school! It has been so wonderful to watch each other grow up.

Lately, Katie and I have been getting together on a weekly basis to go over details for her wedding, but last week we got side tracked over a bottle of wine and started planning Brent and Drew's friendship! Just as we expected, they hit it off right away!

A few of my favorite moments from the night:

Angelo always starts the party!

The soon-to-be bride and groom!

My Theo and Thea are so much fun!

I loved watching all the Maibs dance with their yiayia!

So this picture makes me laugh every time I look at it! Adam wanted to be as tall as Brent in the picture but he couldn't do it without laughing!! We love seeing you Adam!!

Brent and I are also proud to announce that we will be baptising baby Elias! Just call us Nouna and Nouno!!

Trick or Treat!

Last weekend Brent and I went to Louisburg Cider Mill with some more Drapers.  Originally our plan was to go to the pumpkin patch....but we skipped the patch and went straight for the apple cider doughnuts and pictures with pumpkins.  

 

Carly and Tyler always have a great time together!

 Cute family picture!

 Pumpkins mark the beginning of fall which is my favorite season! The weather is getting cooler, windows open, pumpkin candles, and the holidays are right around the corner! My sister Kristina and her boyfriend Taylor came to KC to enjoy the weather with us.  While Brent and Taylor threw the football around Kristina and I played with the puppies.

My husband is a natural!

Even Koukla wanted to get in on the football action!

 Introducing Kristina and Taylors new puppy!

 Koukla Time!

Love is a Beautiful Thing!

On of our favorite songs is Love is a Beautiful Thing by Phil Vasser.  In fact, that was the song played at our reception as we got introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Draper!  Steve Willis with Underpin Photography took these amazing photos.

 I had the greatest morning with my bridesmaids.  We woke up early, ordered room service and enjoyed getting pampered!

The wind was insane on our wedding day! Bobby pins were falling out of my hair left and right! Made for a great photo though!

Brent looked fantastic!  We waited to see each other until it was time to walk down the aisle.  Such a wonderful moment seeing my groom for the first time!

Yiayia and Papou were so proud of Brent and I....Yiayia even let me wear her garter.  It was my something old and something blue.

A special day for both our families.  Thank you for everything!

Our wonderful bridal party!

Thank you to everyone...families, bridal party, friends...etc for celebrating our love and commitment to one another.  It was an unforgettable day filled with thousands of special moments.  It surpassed all of our dreams and we are forever greatful.


 A few special photos

My girls made me feel like a princess the day of the wedding.  Thank you for taking such great care of me :o)

My dad giving me away

Our first kiss as husband and wife!

Our first dance 

We Are Official!

In the eyes of the government, we are official! On Friday October 1st I received my new social security card!

The Drapers!

Time is flying! Its hard to believe that we are a few days shy of being married for a month.  Why is it that when you are growing up time seems to be moving in slow motion; but once you have your life together, it goes too fast?

A few pictures of us enjoying our Saturday.  Koukla not so much....she is terrified of cameras but hopefully she will adapt.

Handsome hubs

Best Buds

So crazy about my Koukie

We meet with our photographer on Monday evening, can't wait to share our wedding pictures!