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Family Photos at Liz & Killian’s Wedding

June 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments


Columbia Yacht Club, Chicago


Killian’s Family: Naoise, Brian, Killian, Liz, Clare, Malachy


Killian’s immediate family along with some of the many relatives visiting from Ireland.


Liz’s Family: Greg, Bill, Killian, Liz, Mary Beth, Bernie


Dallas & Rachelle

Just a couple photos I snagged while the professional wedding photographer was lining everyone up outside of the Columbia Yacht Club to take photos. Funny story about the last photo: One of Killian’s aunts from Ireland asked Dallas if he was the one from Hawaii. He said he was and then she asked if she could take a photo of him. And then after she did I made her take another one of us using my camera. It was so windy and hot and humid that day, I don’t feel like I’m lookin’ my best, but I really liked the color of my dress.. which the Irish auntie also commented on.

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Killian & Liz’s Wedding Ceremony

June 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments


Wedding Ceremony, Columbia Yacht Club, Chicago


Mary Beth


Bhante Sujatha


Liz, Bhante Sujatha, Killian


Bernie, Bill, Greg, Mary Beth


The Rings


Dallas, Wes, Clare


The Bracelets


Liz & Killian


Liz & Killian

Dallas spent the day of the wedding with Killian. They went out for brunch and then went to a hotel downtown where they got dressed and whatever else before going over to the Columbia Yacht Club. I wasn’t that much involved, but I did go to the club early to be with Liz and the other girls before it all began. I wasn’t technically in the wedding party, but since there were more men than women who were in the party, we ended up having a few women walk down the aisle with the men to balance it out. I was one of them along with Naoise’s girlfriend Elissa and Greg’s girlfriend Anna. So we were all there to help out and to be in photos as requested.

The wedding was to take place on the upper deck of the yacht club. The day of the wedding it was sunny, but windy all day. Same thing the day before when we rehearsed. We thought it might be too windy up there to have the wedding – skirts over heads is not a good look for the wedding party – but we didn’t think much about rain. Minutes before the wedding was to begin it started raining. Luckily, it didn’t last long. The seats were all wiped down and we fit the wedding ceremony in before it started to downpour again.

Bhante Sujatha, a Buddhist monk from the Blue Lotus Temple, officiated over the ceremony. I’ve never been to a Buddhist ceremony of any sort before and I found it really interesting. Bhante Sujatha was so calming and sweet. He kept throwing in little jokes that kind of relaxed people more. The ceremony was spiritual, but not religious, and there was even a little meditation portion where he asked everyone to shut their eyes and think about certain things. Killian and Liz symbolically got their fingers tied together as they were blessed and there was another cool part where Bhante Sujatha tied bracelets on their wrists.

Oh, and because we were on the lake and it’s just rained, the seagulls were going crazy squawking. There was even a bird fight right above the wedding. I heard that one of the guests got shat on too. And you could hear Blues Fest nearby. That’s ok, though. All adds to the experience.

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Killian & Liz’s Rehearsal Dinner

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments


View from The Batter’s Eye


The Batter’s Eye


Flowers at The Batter’s Eye


The Batter’s Eye


Marzipan Cake


Liz, Killian, Clare


Rob, Dallas


Killian


Rachelle


Rob, Colleen


Rachelle, Dallas

“The batter’s eye” is an area out in center field that is directly in the line of site of a batter waiting for the pitcher to pitch. At Wrigley Field they’ve turned this area into a private suite that you can rent out and appropriately it’s called “The Batter’s Eye.” I believe that the windows are tinted dark on the outside so that it doesn’t distract the batter during the game. On Friday night Killian and Liz had their rehearsal dinner at The Batter’s Eye. There wasn’t a game that night but it was still really neat to be in the stadium.

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Empty Wrigley Field

June 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment


Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Chicago


Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Chicago


Killian & Liz :: Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Chicago


Killian’s Family: Killian, Liz, Naoise, Malachy, Clare, Brian


Killian’s Family: Killian, Liz, Naoise, Elissa, Malachy, Molly, Brian, Clare


Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Chicago


Greg, Mary Beth, Bill, Liz, Killian, Dallas, Rachelle


Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Chicago


Wes & Imran


Colleen & Rob are getting married in August in Maine, where they live


Killian and Liz’s brothers Greg & Bill


Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Chicago

Killian and Liz had their wedding rehearsal dinner at The Batter’s Eye at Wrigley Field. Part of the deal was that we got to go into the stands and take photos. It was really super crazy to be in there when it was empty. Usually there are so many people you can’t walk. So weird to see so many empty seats.

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