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Nieka & Ken's Wedding Photographs
Saturday, 15 June 2002
Grinnell, Iowa

 
Chaplain Dennis Haas shows us the marriage certificate Chaplain Dennis Haas shows us the marriage certificate before the service.
Inside Herrick Chapel during the service A view from the balcony of Herrick Chapel. Rachel Bly is on the left, then Nieka and Ken, with John Kinzie on the right. Chaplain Dennis Haas is officiating.
Nieka and Ken leave Herrick We're married! We look a bit pleased by this, don't we?
Apell Family Apell Family after the wedding. (Left to right: Cheryl, Steve, Nieka, Ken)
Varnum Family Varnum family after the wedding. (Left to right: Susan, Cindy, Jim, Ken, Nieka)
Bride's bouquet Nieka's bouquet.
Rachel, Nieka, Ken, and John at the head table at the reception Rachel, Nieka, Ken, and John at the head table at the reception
Cutting the wedding cake Cutting the wedding cake.
Ken feeding Nieka cake Ken feeding Nieka cake at the reception.
A reception kiss At the reception, we made our guests do some work before we'd kiss (rather than clanging a spoon against a glass). If someone wanted us to kiss, they had to recite a poem or sing a song with the word "love" in it. The song that prompted this kiss was obviously an amusing one.
Reception Dinner in the rotunda of the Bucksbaum Center for the Fine Arts. The head table is way off in the back.
Grinnell Alumni in attendance There were 15 Grinnellians at our wedding. From left to right: Sean Wieser '93, Melissa Koch '90, Tessa Bergan '02, Chris Bair '96, Ellen Rostker '74, Shane Cook '56, Andrea Newman '89, Nancy Ying '95, Annica Carlstedt '93, Rachel Bly '93, John Kinzie '89, Nieka Apell '93, Kate Herold '01, Ken Varnum '89, and Craig Gibbens '93.