yet another milestone

I walked in to see her standing up in her crib. She was so proud of herself!

more wedding pictures

Mom, Dad & Steve

The Hemple Family

The Bride and Groom right before the first kiss (I think)

Presentation of the couple

The Bride's family

Sisters of the bride and one cute flower girl


Our family

Debbie reading I Corinthians 13

Me playing during communion

dedication day...again

Kylie was dedicated by Pastor Jim at CC Vero Beach a few months ago, but it meant a lot to the family to have her dedicated by Pastor Chuck as well. He dedicated me and all our kids and Golden's kids, so it was special. Afterwards, we went to Fashion Island with family and friends to eat some good food. Gotta stock up while we're in California :)




Auntie Debbie with Kylie

The kids playing on the carousel at Fashion Island

Donathan's Grandmother was here visiting from the Philippines. So glad we got to see her and she got to meet Kylie for the first time.

wedding day

Here's just a few pics of the wedding. Still waiting for more to come.

Uncle Steve with the Ring Bearer and Flower Girl

Bride and Groom's first dance

Daddy and Mackenzie tearing it up on the dance floor. That girl would have danced all night if she could have!

Daddy helping Brendan get ready for the big day.


Brendan and Kenzie waiting for their big entrance.


Brendan, Mackenzie and Daddy right after the ceremony

rehearsal dinner

The dinner was at a Mexican restaurant in Solana Beach. We didn't last too long seeing as the kids were getting tired and we had a long drive back to Golden's house.

The bride and groom

Daddy & Kylie

Isn't she just too cute?

It was mostly Allie's family there since they all live in the San Diego area. Our family flew in from all over and weren't able to make it that day.

Uncle Steve with Mackenzie and Brendan

wedding rehearsal

Here's a few pics of the rehearsal. It was a beautiful venue, but blazing hot that day-I felt like we were in Florida!

san diego

Our flight left in the evening on Monday, so we went down to San Diego early and spent the afternoon at Harbor Island looking at the historical ships. Donathan was in heaven. For those of you who don't know, he is a sailor and has grown up with yachts and looooooves tall ships, so we have hundreds of pictures of riggings and all that fun stuff, which I won't bore you with.

This ship is the Star of India. It is the world's oldest active ship, built in 1863.

Brendan and Kenzie learning to shorten sail.

Manning the capstan

This ship is the HMS Surprise, used in the movie "Master and Commander"-of course, a favorite of Donathan's.




Brendan aboard a B-39 Soviet Attack Submarine.

We had such a good time-perfect weather too. Wish we could've stayed a little longer.