We'd like to thank:

Our God and Savior Jesus Christ for bringing us together
Our friends and family at Church of the Living Water
Our parents Tom & Marcia Lee and B. Mark & Kari Anderson

Wedding coordination assistance by Denise Wright
Engagement photography by Anna
Wedding photography by Elijah & Jackie
Invitations and website by Big Imprint Design

The Long List

Marcia made bridesmaids' dresses, helped with reception meal planning & decorating, made maps to the reception, and was Bethany's personal assistant for just about every wedding detail!
Tom played the prelude & postlude music for ceremony, played special accordion music for reception, helped set up/tear down, and provided wedding financing :)
Kari designed & made the jewelry for bride & bridesmaids, hosted the rehearsal dinner, sewed tablecloths for the reception & helped with decorating
Mark did the pre marital counseling & ceremony and rounded up enough chairs for everyone
Marcia, Kari, Anna, Samantha & Desiree helped address invitations
Anna threw the bridal shower, helped with decorating and the rehearsal dinner, and wrote a wonderful story/slideshow for the reception
Andrew threw the bachelor party & returned tuxes
Sarah helped with decorating and with the rehearsal dinner
Ben put up wires for church decorations and helped set up/tear down
Channing manned the guest book and helped set up/tear down
Sofia & Susanna threw the bachelorette party and helped with decorating
Sofia emceed the reception
David & Sofia picked up the tables (with Ben's truck & Uncle Gary's trailer!)
Aunt Andrea helped plan the reception meal, made desserts, helped set up/tear down, and kept Marcia sane the week before the wedding!
Uncle Jim helped set up/tear down & took pictures
Uncle Gary helped set up/tear down & took pictures
Aunt Ruth made desserts and helped tear down
Karen & Gauntt washed the "get-away car"
Karen took pictures & manned the gift table
Lynsay helped with set up & manned the gift table
Uncle Roger videotaped the ceremony
Aunt Jeannette helped with decorating
Uncle Gordy & Aunt Diane helped cure Ethan of the wedding jitters on the morning of the big day
Denise was our fearless wedding coordinator
Elijah & Jackie took our beautiful wedding photos
Bruno & Adriana built the stairs for church
Delorus sewed Bethany's dress
Irma sewed the flower girls' dresses
Sue, Deb, Kari & Patty sewed the tablecloths for the reception
Frank, Javier, and Brad directed the parking
Rachel played guitar & sang for processionals
Selina sang the special solo
Culley, Erik, Hans, Bruno, Ajit, and Aaron were the ushers. After Tara tied Culley's tie, they sure looked smashing
Caleb & Cody did a great job rolling out the runner
Emily & Saraina were our adorable flower girls
Brian ran the sound for the ceremony
Deb, Jenny, Adriana, Irma, Samantha, Rani, Pramila, Cathy, Shelly, Lisa B., Sheila, Sue, Connie, Desiree, Socorro, Toni, Kathy & Lisa A. baked desserts for the reception
Jeannette coordinated food preparation & servers
Jeannette & a big crew of willing workers put together sandwiches the morning of the wedding
Leisa, Barb & Linda helped set up for the reception
Aaron, Chris, Erik, Hans, and Loren helped with the tarps
J.J., Jeannette, Michael, Sarah, Bernard, Faith, Jacob, Sarah, Jay, Ruth, Jeremy & Christiana served food at the reception
Rachel, Marcela, Laura, Samantha & Selina hosted the reception
B helped with the rehearsal dinner and burned the reception music CDs
Chris managed the reception activities & sang at the reception
Mark J. played the background music for the reception
Jared took pictures
1st Baptist Church and Mulford Church loaned us chairs
Mark, Bob, Don, Denise, Javier, Irma, and Jay transported the chairs
David, John & Jane at Muscatine Community Schools coordinated the reception location
The great custodial staff of Muscatine Community Schools facilitated our use of the reception room

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped set up or tear down, both at the church and the reception!! It's impossible for us to even know everyone who helped.

Thanks to those who came from far away places like Seattle, Cincinnati, Henning, Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Louis, Aurora, Peoria & Puerto Rico, as well as everyone who came from places closer to Muscatine. It made us so happy you could celebrate with us!

We couldn't have done it without you (unless we eloped:) Thank you!