Will & Kerri Get Hitched - Wedding

June 23rd

Will is very pensive this morning. (Dan took these photos.)

Josh is...glowing.

The guys had a game room to hang out in.

Dan and Josh are ready for the wedding.  Who knows about anyone else.

Here is Rory's glorious mane of hair.

Artsy limo shot.

I did not take many photos at the wedding.  I didn't want to be in the way. 

Will is looking very stone-faced.

Anxiously awaiting the bridal couple to exit the church.  Hi Danielle!  

Ron looking very dapper.

And the best photo from the formal photo shoot.

Wedding party!

They got to make a speech from a balcony!

Hi Danielle and Kevin!

I spent most of the evening having fun with J so Josh and Courtney could enjoy themselves.  Hence...not so many photos.

Cake cutting!  This wedding was amazing, and also full of food.  SOOOO much food.  There were like 5 desserts alone.  One of them was covered in gold leaf.  Also they had champagne jello shots, which were delicious and maybe the fanciest trashy thing ever. 

The reception venue was this beautiful house and grounds at the Pleasantdale Chateau.

Photobooth!

Congratulations Will & Kerri!!! We wish you all the best.  The wedding was amazing!

This concludes our adventures for today.

Will & Kerri Get Hitched - Rehearsal

June 22nd

 Our friends Will & Kerri are getting married!  Hurray!

 We flew from San Francisco to Newark. 

 A very serious mother-daughter conversation.

 The guys had a lot of waiting around to do (Henry, Will, Josh, Rory, Ron, Dan, and Sean).

 Woo processional starting!

 There's a loooooooong aisle.

 Enhance.

 Enhance.

 J thinks keycards are delicious. 

 Courtney and J.

 Married!  But only pretend., for now.

 Maybe...don't look down the entire way guys.  Practice Congrats!

 So...I'm not 100% sure on the bridesmaids' names.  Sorry ladies!  I think Kat and Henry.

Taryn and Josh. 

 Beth and Rory.

 Lady with the best facial expression and Ron.

 Kim? and Dan.

 Kelly? and Sean.

 Will's parents.

 And then we practiced eating!  But we actually ate too.

 J got a lot of attention.

 Renaissance dining. 

 J was not happy about me keeping her from the beer.

 This table didn't have as much fun as we did.

 We had yummy Italian foods. 

 And also many beverages.

And we close this evening with a candid photo of Will and his dad.

It was really great to get to see everyone tonight.

This concludes our adventures for today.

Winchester Mystery House

June 21st

Byron and Karen and kids were in San Francisco for a week.  We met up and went to San Jose to go to the Winchester Mystery House.  I was super excited.

 We had a little bit of time to kill before our tour, so we wandered the grounds.

To the left is the Fruit Drying shed and to the right is the Foreman's house.

The Central Gardens.  Did I mention it was really hot?  Like...in the 90's hot.

We got someone to take our photo.  Aren't we cute?

More of the Central Gardens. 

 The grand property is totally surrounded by city.  

There's a huge shopping center across from the front door.

 A second floor door that goes nowhere.

A guide to Victorian Architecture.

These front doors cost $3,000.

The front of the Mystery House.  I enjoy Dan's and the kids' poses.

I was trying to see if anything was in the bowl.  There wasn't.

It was about time for our tour, so we headed back to the entrance.  No photos were allowed inside.  The house was interesting, but it was hot and stuffy.  Also, many of the things that the staff tell you about the house aren't exactly true.  Surprise, surprise.  One of the biggest is that Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, built the house to have stairways and doorways that lead to nowhere to keep the ghosts of those killed by the Winchester rifle from getting to her.  What's more likely, is that the house used to be seven stories tall, but when the earthquake hit in 1906, much of the massive house toppled and was never rebuilt.  Hence stairs and doors going nowhere.  They used to go somewhere, but now they don't.  Anyway, I have now been to the Winchester Mystery House.

This concludes our adventures for today.