Diamond Rio at the Candlelight

Last night (aka July 1st) the country band Diamond Rio was at the Candlelight Dinner Theater.  They will be doing one more show there tonight.

A couple weeks ago I was asked if I wanted to serve.  Neal and I talked about it, since it was on one of my days off (and I love my days off).  I decided that it was going to be the only way I would get to see the show, AND I would get paid to see the show instead of paying to see it.

So, I served last night, and I'm SO glad I did!  Pat, the food and beverage manager, sent me and 3 other servers up to the green room to serve the band drinks.  That was WAY cool!

I got to watch the show after taking care of my server duties.  I also got to see Neal on stage with them.  It was pretty cool!!

Neal on stage with the keyboard player.

Sound check

Neal's view from monitor world.

Graduation and the Candlelight

In May Neal officially graduated with his Associates of Arts degree from Front Range Community College.

The biggest piece of news for us though, is that Neal will no longer be running the nightly shows at the Candlelight.  He's been doing the nightly shows for over two years now, and he's learned the sound board and the space so well, that he's starting to get bored.  That combined with being promoted to stage manager at the Union Colony Civic Center, we've decided that he needs to open his schedule to be more available for calls at the Civic Center.  He's also hoping to be available a whole lot more for Point Source, the audio production company he works for.  He will still be doing the big shows like Diamond Rio this next week, Lee Greenwood, and Maureen McGovern later this year.

He's pretty excited to mix front of house for "Proud to Be an American" for Lee Greenwood.

It's a little bit of a leap of faith for us.  We're not going to have a "guaranteed" biweekly paycheck.  But both of us have felt very strongly that this is the right thing for us to do.  We know the Lord has taken care of us before, and He will do so now :)

May 13, 2011 - Part 4: Ring ceremony, reception, and leaving

So this is my last post of our wedding pictures.  I've kind of taken a break for the last few weeks as I've had other things to post about.

All photos are ©Kelsey Hansen photography.

To see family pictures, click here.

To see our individual photos at the temple, click here.

To see the photos of Neal and I at the temple, click here.

So in the LDS temple you don't exchange rings.  We had a small ceremony for our family before our reception where we exchanged rings.  Gary Hansen, who was the bishop for most of our time in the Single's Ward did the ceremony.

Angela and Melanie played our "walk up music" (catch the baseball term).  After the last couple of months I am so grateful we asked them to do this!!

 We had delicious "Qdoba-style" burritos for dinner

My gorgeous eating attire

 Cutting the cake :)

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Then we danced with the kiddos, which was super fun :)

THEN there was the daddy-daughter dance.  Mine and my dad's song has always been "There Goes My Life" by Kenny Chesney.  It was a very emotional and special moment for both of us.  

Then we had some more dancing, and while we were on the floor, someone very special showed up....

Me trying to figure out if I was seeing who I thought I was...

And then running when I figured out it was...

My best friend from high school, Morgan :)

Yup...red and puffy eyes from crying

While I was talking to Morgan, Neal was hanging out with his friend Greg, and his at the time girlfriend, Shelley.  They got married about a year ago and are now expecting their first kiddo :)

Then Neal and his mom danced

We were running short on time, so we decided to go ahead with the bouquet toss

 And then THIS happened....

I don't think words are needed.

Then I danced with Trent, who is my dad's best friend and has been like a second dad to me since my teenage years.

And last, but not least, our photographer, Kelsey Hansen, who is also one of our very good friends.  She helped SO much that day, including making sure we left the reception on time.

When we got outside, we found our car had been decorated, there was a root beer keg, and we got pelted with marshmallows!

It was the perfect closing to the perfect day :)