The Neubauer Family: Once Upon a Time...

(*Please excuse these horrible images! I couldn't get the scanner to work and my resident computer tech is out working! I had to resort to taking pictures of pictures with my phone!*)

Once upon a time, there was a couple of crazy college kids that shared similar majors and a love for live music. Although the athletic mountain biker pursued the silly sorority girl, she didn't come to her senses until eight years after their initial meeting! Once she realized the error of her ways, the two became inseperable and they knew this was "IT!"

So, on June 11, 2001, after spending a summer day watching their 3 month-old puppy, Elkee, play in a creek and sipping cold beverages, they cleaned up (very nicely, I might add) and went to eat at their favorite spot for special occassions. They were supposed to be celebrating the young man's 20-something birthday. It wasn't until the charming old house was almost empty that the nervous suitor dropped to his knee and asked the fair-skinned flight attendant to marry him!

They decided on a wedding in the mountain town of Red River, New Mexico. The guests would ride the chairlift to 10,000 feet for a beautiful mountain-top ceremony. Mother Nature had other plans, and the wedding had to be relocated due to nearby wildfires. The young couple didn't fret or let it ruin their day, and a magical ceremony was scheduled at the home of dear friends. The view of the mountains was perfect and guests wouldn't have to be transported back and forth via a red, swinging pendulum. Mother Nature's new plan was starting to sound pretty good! The couple gathered their friends and family for a rehearsal.

On June 22, 2002, the day of the wedding, the weather could not have been more perfect! Storms the night before brought beautiful blue skies and filled the air with the incredible smell of much-needed rain, freshly watered Earth and LOVE! All who witnessed the event could feel the emotion as the young couple promised to share their new life together!