cinderella

so, saturday night was emily chapman's wedding...it was SO beautiful. definitely one of the nicest weddings we've been to. they had the ceremony in her front yard as the sun was setting. and then the reception was in their barn...they completely transformed it from a barn/gym to an amazing reception hall...it was so fancy. and, fyi, the food was INCREDIBLE.

2 major things that stood out about the crowd:
1. it was a who's who of the christian music industry...SO funny to see all the faces
2. there was a plethora of cute little chinese girls...and by plethora, i mean a LOT.

the (steven curtis) chapman's have started an organization called Shohannah's Hope that helps christian families adopt orphans, primarily girls from china (who have to be the cutest things in the world!) obviously their friends have all jumped on the bandwagon and adopted their own chinese kids because they were everywhere! we had a blast just watching them run around and laugh :)

as some of you might know, the chapman's tragically lost their youngest daughter, maria, a few months ago...needless to say, the wedding was bittersweet and definitely emotional. these pictures are of emily and her dad dancing. caleb, emily's brother, sang a song that their dad wrote about maria and stevey joy (the 2nd youngest daughter) called "cinderella"....this is the chorus:

"So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone..."

as you can imagine, it was a powerful moment. there were a lot of teary eyes in that barn by the time the song ended. the whole night was so special and i feel privileged that we got to share it with emily and tanner.