Labor Day Weekend Wedding!

CONGRATS SHANNON AND BOGI ON YOUR WEDDING! 

(photo: Erin Tabone Bell) 

Apparently, if you attend a service or wedding at St. Ambrose's Church, it must be followed up with donuts at Donuts Delite (http://www.SalvatoresDonutsDelite.com/).

PARTY!

Sorry

Sorry

Sorry

We tried...

Bogi: "Look at what Mike can do with his face!"  

Years of practice, my friend

Bogi, from now on, Dick will be asking to drink wine out of you crunk cup...

Closing out summer at Marge's (http://margeslakesideinn.com/) in Irondequoit.  

Jumbo Shrimp (http://www.jumboshrimpmusic.com/) putting on one hell of a show

Next stop, the Manistee National Forest for Rose and Mike's wedding!  It will be a great time and hope you see you in Muskegon!

HAVE A GREAT LABOR DAY!

WE'RE MARRIED: Family

Here's the family!  Thanks to everyone for everything once again.  Especially to James Schuck Photography for these images below.  



Richard Bell Sr. with his daughter, Megan



Luanne still trying to fix up her son, Mike



Mike Nummerdor (best man) and Sarah Marche (maid of honor)



Grandma Marlyn Kraus and father of the groom, Ken Kraus



MAKE UP!!!



with Father Jack



Rachel (Tachel) Bell, the flower girl and niece



Marlyn Kraus with Ken Kraus



The wedding party






Richard Bell Jr., Richard Bell Sr., Megan, and David Bell



Richard Bell Jr., Richard Bell Sr., Megan, and David Bell



Richard Bell Jr., Megan and David Bell



Richard Bell Jr., Megan and David Bell



Luanne, mother of the groom, and Lisa Kraus, sister of groom



That's it for this batch.  Megan and I would like to thank everyone again for being a part of our special day.  

WE'RE MARRIED: Bridal Party!

Again, these are all great photos from James Schuck Photography.  And, thanks to all who made it such a great day!



Rachel Bell, the flower girl, with Megan, the bride...



Sarah Marche, Maid of Honor.  (thanks for the Rochester hiking book!  I've already planned many future blogs.  Have you guys slept since you got the Price Is Right?


  
Lisa Kraus



Katie Hammond



Marisa Marquez



Liz Donnelly



Angela Lewonczyk



All together now!



Rich and Rachel



Mike Nummerdor, the best man (in or out of a wedding)



Rodd Moon.  Ask him about his passport!  



Phil Konczyk.  Ask him about Rodd's passport



Rich Bell, Jr.  can't wait to recreate this moment during Christmas



Dave Bell.  In the full shot, it looks like we're wearing one giant pair of pants.  



Ronan Carroll won the "Greatest Distance Travelled Award" coming in from Ireland.  And a hit with all the guests, wedding planners, and the bartender.  



All the dudes



All the dudes with dads



At the Rochester Civic Garden Center's Warner Castle in Highland Park.  Apparently, I'm discussing with my new wife my moderate tax plan and government restructuring program that would modernize the economy, protect the environment, and improve social services at a lower cost.  I'll save the drawbacks of the plan for after the honeymoon...



And what wedding isn't complete without kids playing Dungeons and Dragons?








See Marisa to the left of the bride and groom?  See her leg in the air?  She just stepped in the biggest pile of dog poop ever.  A memory that will last forever...











That's it for this batch.  More to come for sure.  Thanks again to everyone for everything and making our wedding such a special day!!!

So Much Snow. So Very Much Snow...

Last I saw, we've received 41.7 inches of snow so far in 2010 in Rochester.  That's just 10 inches away from the record snowfall in December with expectations near 60 inches total for the month.  As for the "Golden Snowball Trophy" Syracuse is in the lead with 55 inches.  "What is this trophy?" you ask.  Well, it's a nature driven competition between Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Binghamton, and Albany to see who gets the most snow.  Go to http://www.goldensnowball.blogspot.com/ for more information/



Oh bike.  How I won't see you until June.



It's been a long time since I've lived in a snowy climate.  Chicago gets snow, but not like Rochester or Muskegon.  What makes winter awful there is the bone chilling wind off the plains or Lake Michigan and the complete lack of wintertime activities because they have flat land as far as you can drive.  Maybe my wife will get me a sled for christmas...






So, I had 4 job interviews in a week.  All seemed to go well and were interesting in their own ways.  Certainly won't hear anything about them until after the holidays and the 2010 budgets are done.  Megan is out shopping tonight for gifts.  She'll be done by Modern Family is on.  Buffalo this weekend for dinner and It's A Wonderful Life on the big screen.  


I'm off to draw some pictures or something...