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!

Brent is the birthday boy!

Brent turned 25 on September 17th and we celebrated at our favorite mexican restaurant in KC, Chapalas! Chapalas is filled with bright colors, delicious margaritas, authentic queso and the loudest birthday whistle you can imagine.  (My dad and brent literally jumped out of their seats.)

Please take notice to the man behind Brent plugging his own ear as he is screaming 

My husband does not care for shots

Happy Birthday Brent!

We are on our moon!

 Normally I wont be posting every day, but so many exciting events have been taking place for us and I want to get everyone caught up!  I recently started a new job at Kansas University Medical Center and I love it! But seeing as how I am new, I do not have much time off built up and was convinced that we wouldn't be able to take a honeymoon.  My wonderful fiance (at the time) had a great surprise in store for me!  The morning after the wedding Brent and I left for a "mini moon" to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and it was GREAT! The weather was perfect and the water was warm enough to catch some waves.

Catching our connecting flight to Florida!

Beach time!

A romantic dinner for the newlyweds!

Here we go!

Welcome to our blog! This is our first post so bare with us.  The past two years has been very exciting for Brent and I.  We met, got engaged and were married barely three weeks ago! We figure that our lives will only get more exciting so this would be the perfect way to keep our family and friends up to date. 

Keep checking back in for wedding photos as we are anticipating them within the next week or two.