Parres-Todd

Lesley Parres and Nicholas Todd were married Oct. 7, 2006, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. Monsignor Ed Eftink and the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer performed the ceremony. Pianist was Jerry Ganiel, and vocalist was Ron Hitt.

Parents of the couple are Thomas and Debora Parres and Dennis and Virginia Todd of Jackson.

Maid of honor was Ashley Parres of Springfield, Mo., and matron of honor was Jennifer Shelton of Cordova, Tenn., sisters of the bride. Bridesmaids were Kelly and Whitney Parres of Jackson, sisters of the bride.

Daniel Rath of St. Peters, Mo., cousin of the groom, was best man. Groomsmen were A.P. Woods, Jonathan Compas and Seth Bollinger of Jackson. Ushers were Ryan Shelton of Cordova, brother-in-law of the bride, and Josh Birk of Jackson.

Flower girl was Megan Brown of Perryville, Mo., cousin of the bride. Ringbearer was Tanner Slinkard of Jackson, cousin of the groom.

Miranda Brown of Perryville handed out programs. Michelle Otte of Cape Girardeau handed out flowers.

Leah Lappe of Jackson attended the guest book.

The reception was held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson.

The rehearsal dinner was held at Emmanuel United Church of Christ fellowship hall in Jackson.

Mrs. Todd is a 2000 graduate of Jackson High School, and received a bachelor of science in elementary education from Southeast Missouri State University in 2005. She is a first grade teacher with Jackson School District at North Elementary.

The groom is a 2001 graduate of Jackson High School. He received a bachelor of science degree in technical graphics from Southeast. He is a graphic designer with Jansco Outdoor.

After a wedding trip to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, the couple resides in Jackson.

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Wedding and Jamaica

We got married on the 7th. Everything went smooth. It was a great ceremony. The only real hiccup was the D.J. Everyone left by 10 p.m. All in all, it was a good time though. On our honeymoon, we went to a Sandals in Jamaica. I miss laying on the beach when it's now 60s and cloudy.

Tux

It's been a mess. A.P. got a lime green tie & vest instead of red [he got it switched out]. They tried to give Seth my gold tie & vest. Some people might not get to get their tuxes till tomorrow. I just hope everyone gets theirs, gets the right one, and has them in time. Tomorrow is the rehearsal.

I am the KING!

I think we've got most of our stuff unpacked and put away. Now we've just got our wedding stuff to finish worring about. [It's saturday you know] Friday and saturday nights we had my bachelor party. We went out to the bars. I wore a Burger King crown. My cousin kept saying that I was the KING! I drank shots. It was a good time.

Parres-Todd

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parres Jr. of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Lesley Nicole Parres, to Nicholas James Todd. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Todd of Jackson.
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Engagement Pictures

Yesterday Lesley and I got our engagement pictures done. The clouds were out and it was a little bit chilly but they turned out nice I think.

Look at them yourself

Jeff City

This weekend we went to Jefferson City for Amy and Brian's wedding. We had time to see the capitol. It was a pretty okay weekend. I didn't like sitting in a car for 4 hours though.

Vacation & Engagement

Our vacation was pretty good. We went to the Crown Valley Winery. We took a Crown Ridge Tiger Tour. We stayed at Miss L's House- Bed & Continental Breakfast. We got some good wines: 2 Blackberry wine and another from Cave Winery.

The best news is that Lesley and I got engaged on the 23rd when we got back.