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About
Lauren |
I'm currently
working as a chemist at Baxter Pharmaceuticals in Deerfield, Illinois
and have a wonderful 12 minute commute to work. I am 22 years old and
enjoy all kinds of outdoor activities like camping, backpacking, skiing,
and bicycling. Up until meeting Jason, the highlight of my life was hiking
100 miles along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia with Riley, my chocolate
lab. |
About
Jason |
Jason lives
back in Michigan as he is finishing up his Master's degree at Michigan
State in mechanical engineering. He's been interviewing in the Chicago
area and has had several promising contacts. Jason also loves the great
outdoors and prefers participating in rather than watching sports. He
played lacrosse, hockey, and tennis in high school. Now he has turned
more toward the stuff he can do with me such as kayaking, bicycling, and
hiking. |
How
We Met |
Although
I wasn't going for my "MRS" degree at Michigan State, fate intervened
in organic chemistry lab during the fall semester of 1998. We both started
out with different lab partners but by the third week, our partners had
both dropped the class. So Jason and I hooked up. Talk about immediate
chemistry!! We muddled through synthesis, spectroscopy, and chromatography
together. We often spent the evenings studying for classes, writing lab
reports, and sharing midnight Dominos pizzas. We both graduated in 2000
and by then were already making plans to be together "for better
or worse" (see below). |
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| On Friday February 20, Jason casually invited me to go to the Golden Dragon, our favorite Chinese restaurant. We ordered our normal sweet and sour pork (No. B12) and Kung Pao chicken (No. A4) and just kicked back enjoying the start of the weekend. At the end of dinner, Han, our favorite waiter brought over the bill with 2 fortune cookies. Jason immediately snatched his up (but left the bill on the table). I cracked mine open and inside was a beautiful diamond ring and a pink fortune with the words "Will you marry me?" Unbeknownst to me, Jason had snuck over to Windsor's Chinatown and bought a big 3 pounds of fortune cookies. He had then spent the next 2 hours trying to find a cookie with an opening big enough to fit the ring. He meticulously extracted the old furtune out with tweezers to replace it with his hand written one! | ||
| With the "I do's" just around the corner, we thought you might want a sneak preview of the Event, the Music, the Mugshots, and the Moment. We have included directions to the church and reception, accommodations in the area, links of things to do in the Detroit area for our out of town visitors, and a gift registry sponsored by Lauren's Aunt Cynthia. We will post some wedding pictures on this site after our honeymoon, so check back as often as you wish. | ||
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| Maid
of Honor - Kristi Shields, Lauren's younger sister Bridesmaid- Susan Kott, Jason's older sister Bridesmaid- Julia Wayne, Lauren's best friend from 2nd grade Bridesmaid- Jackie Harrison, Lauren's college roommate Bridesmaid- Caroline Moore, Lauren's cousin Flower Girl -Samantha Kott, Jason's niece Best Man - John Bell, Jason's younger (and still available!) brother Groomsman - Brian Ranes, Jason's best friend from Jr. High School Groomsman - Scott Headley, Jason's college roommate Groomsman - Jeff Stickney, Rick's high school tennis partner Groomsman - Chris Muench, Jason's cousin Ring Bearer - Daniel Britton, Lauren's nephew |
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Kirk in the Hills is located at 1340 W. Long Lake Road in Bloomfield Hills, between Middlebelt and Telegraph roads. From I-75 take the Square Lake Road exit Take Square Lake Road west to Telegraph Road (US 24). Telegraph Road south to Long Lake Road and turn west on Long Lake Road. The church will be on your right. Telephone: (248) 626-2515 |
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| Please join us at the El Dorado Country Club directly after the wedding ceremony for dining and dancing to the big band swing sound of the Saline Big Band. | ||
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Driving
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| We will be serving your choice of medallions of beef tenderloin, chicken piccata, and charbroiled swordfish along with spinach salad, fresh fruit salad, baby red potatoes,green beans almondine, and Italian wedding soup. For children 10 and under, a child's meal of chicken fingers, fries, and fresh fruit salad is available. Please RSVP in the form below and then click on the envelope to send. | ||
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| We have rooms reserved for Friday and Saturday nights at the following hotels. Be sure to identify yourself as a Shields/Bell wedding guest. | ||
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The Courtyard Marriott Directions to church: |
Novi Hilton
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The Hotel
Baronette Directions to church: |
Holiday Inn Express Directions to church:
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| Things
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| The wedding will be held in Bloomfield Hills, about 30 miles north of Detroit. For those who like to gamble, Detroit has two newly opened casinos, the Motor City and MGM Casinos. Detroit just completed its new baseball stadium in 2000 called Comerica Park so if you're a Tigers or baseball fan, drive on down. Motor town has the best automobile museum in Dearborn called Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum which is a full days event. An hour and a half north in Frankenmuth has a huge outlet shopping mall, a Bavarian town, and Bronner's Christmas Store, the largest in the Midwest, if not in the world. A little closer is Great Lakes Crossing Mall (Bass Pro Shop, designers outlet stores, 20 cinemas), Canterbury Village, and Oakland County parks. | ||
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DESCRIPTION |
STORE |
PRICE |
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Honeymoon package to Maui Hawaii, managed by Suburban Travel (suburban-travel.com) | Suburban Travel (800) 447-4454 | ||
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1 |
Any | Cat sitting for two cats while away on honeymoon | ||
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Mr. Coffee | 4 cup coffee maker | Any | $19.99 |
| 1 |
1 |
Oster | Toaster oven 6 slice black/chrome | Any | $59.99 |
| 1 |
1 |
Venture | 5 piece navy luggage set | Target | $89.99 |
| 1 |
1 |
Any | Metric impact socket set for 1/2" drive | Any | |
| 1 |
1 |
Any | SAE impact socket set for 1/2" drive | Any | |
| 1 |
1 |
Sit down laminated maple fixed height workbench 9054T86. | mcmaster.com | $276.00 | |
| 1 |
1 |
Sit down laminated maple fixed height workbench 9054T86. | mcmaster.com | $276.00 | |
| 1 |
1 |
Delta | Platinum Edition 10" contractor saw | Electric Tool & Equip | $869.00 |
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HH09012527 | 90 degree vise | MSC Industrial Supply, 1-800-645-7270 | $65.99 |
| 1 |
1 |
Vision | Vision Celeron 1.7GHz/256MB DDR/30GB/CD-ROM computer V133-2226 | Tigerdirect.com | $699.99 |
| 1 |
0 |
Gigafast | 4 port 10/100 DSL/Cable router G300-1064 | Tigerdirect.com | $49.99 |
| 1 |
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Belkin | 1000 VA 75 minute battery backup B20-7074 | Tigerdirect.com | $99.99 |
| 1 |
1 |
Toro | 15" Electric Trimmer and Edger 805491 | Homedepot.com | $39 |
1 |
1 |
Black & Decker | 14.4 Volt cordless drill PS3625K | Homedepot.com | $39.97 |
| 1 |
1 |
Zircon | Triscanner Pro 440-787 | Homedepot.com | $29.95 |
| 1 |
1 |
Black & Decker | Workmate 550 | Homedepot.com | $89.00 |
| 1 |
1 |
Alltrade | 2 drawer wood work bench 309-614 | Homedepot.com | $120.00 |
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2 |
Duotrack | 5-Light track kit 440774 | Homedepot.com | $139 |
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2 |
Hampton Bay | Oval twin pull table lamp 125575` | Homedepot.com | $34.77 |
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