Oh Happy Days.

Holy smokes if this is not the month of weddings, engagements, and babies. Every week there is some sort of gathering to commemorate such an event.

This week it was the wedding of some new friends of mine. John and Lauren. Or as you can now call them, Mr. and Mrs. Rosales. Their wedding was beautiful.

Bride and Groom.

Highlights:

Things kicked off pretty awesome. I told my friend Em I wanted to sit in the front. Moments before the ceremony we took our seats. I plopped down on my wooden chair only to hear a giant "crack!" followed by the sound of someone sighing, "Sara Beeber..." Emily was able to trade out the chairs while I giggled and snorted awkwardly.

The ceremony was gorgeous. Lauren was a beautiful bride and John was a sweet, doting groom. It was perfect.

As you can see John and Lauren have huge families. Pictures took a while.

We had some time to kill before dinner so the Hingepoint crew did what we do best. Let Jeri photo stalk us. She captured some sweet gems. Per usual.

L to R: Beeb, Rachel, Tara, Brandon

I believe this is what the kids are calling "Stank Face". And for some reason Brandon is on the receiving end of this one. Hard. The unfortunate part is that in my head I was probably thinking something along the lines of "wow, that is really interesting" or "I'm really enjoying this conversation right now". It's a bummer to find out your resting face looks like this. Such is life, I suppose.

L to R: Rachel, Tara, Me, Morgan, Elizabeth

Then we tried a ladies shot. This is always a struggle for me. You can clearly see my bra here. I guess pearls alone don't make you a lady. At least Jeri cropped out the weird pigeon toe thing I was doing.

Never a dull moment with these girls.

I did manage to take a decent shot with some of my favorite girls. I love these two.

We had fun. Lots of it. So much so that I had to assure everyone around me that I was not drunk just really really tired.

John and Lauren were so happy!

They're pretty cute.

I think this one is my favorite. You can't see her mouth, but those eyes tell you she's got a huge smile on her face!

The night ended with Tara and I aggressively losing the bouquet toss to a 16-year-old girl. We then hung out on the porch reflecting on the last few weeks.

You see, two months ago I couldn't tell you anything about John and Lauren. And here I was six weeks later...smiling, crying, laughing, dancing, and generally embarrassing myself at their wedding. It was such a beautiful night. I'm so thankful that they joined the small group Tara and I hosted and we were able to get to know them. I now consider them dear friends and am so excited about the life they get to share.

God is good. Marriage is beautiful. Friendship is so sweet. And If that isn't reason to celebrate I don't know what is.