Category Archives: Wedding

Enchanting…

…is how I’d describe the wedding we attended on Saturday at the bride’s family cabin in Mt. Hermon, California. We were nestled in amongst some very tall Redwood trees to witness the wedding vows of Ben and Kristin.

 

I’ll share all my photos soon. This was the wedding of my cousin Jim’s middle son.

Photobucket replaced all my photos with ugly black and grey boxes and they are holding my photos hostage until I pay them lots of money. I’m slowly going through all my posts and trying to clean them up and replacing some photos. Such a bother.

Jeff & Heather ~ June 27, 2009

 

On our road-trip to Seattle we stopped in Clovis for Jeff and Heather’s wedding. Jeff is my cousin Jim’s youngest son. It was a wonderful ceremony and reception. I appreciated how relaxed and unpretentious the whole event was. The couples youth and college pastor performed the ceremony and it made it very personal as he had many great experiences with the couple as they’ve grown and matured. We laughed  a lot, even during the ceremony. The recessional was to the Indiana Jones theme…

 

The colors the bride chose were vibrant summer colors. The reception hall was a gymnasium but the elaborate ceiling feature with the flowing fabric and string lights softened the room beautifully. Thank goodness for air conditioning because it was 102 degrees in Clovis during the wedding.

 

That’s a lot of yards of fabric! The centerpieces were individual mini cakes. Each table had a different flavor layered cake. Fun idea. After Jeff and Heather cut their cake and had a bite we all were able to serve ourselves at our individual tables.

 

My cousins with their spouses and kids. One of Jim and Jeanie’s sons isn’t in this photo.

 

The Father and Mother of the groom. My cousins and sister Kathy. The bottom left photo is of Jeanie, her sister Kathy, (who is Kathy B. from Count it All Joy) and me. The last photo is of my long time friends.

 

My parents. My cousin Katrina and her daughter Kristen. My long time friend Heidi and Ken. In the last photo we managed to get a shot of the Ben who was missing in the other family photo with my parents, the bride and groom and my sister Kathy.

Fun times. You should have seen the dance moves the groom and his brother Ben have…quite impressive! They were really cutting the rug! Congratulations Jeff and Heather! May God bless you richly and protect your marriage!

And in the world of the mundane… my time at the computer is limited these days. Today Dear and I are off to the hairdresser and then we have to buy a replacement oven and get it installed. I hope to get some free time soon to visit…

Photobucket is holding all my photos that I stored on their site from 2007-2015 hostage replacing them with ugly grey and black boxes and asking for a large ransom to retrieve them. It is a slow process to go through all my posts deleting the ugly boxes.

Our Niece’s Wedding…

I was able to pirate these photos off my niece Annie from the wedding in Orlando. The wedding was supposed to be in Cancun this last Saturday but because of the Swine flu it was cancelled in Cancun and within 24 hours rescheduled in Orlando for the same Saturday. Truly amazing what they were able to pull off  changing the venue in 24 hours time!!

Jenna is our oldest niece. She is the daughter of Dear’s brother Terry who is married to Christina. They have two other daughters. Annie was born the same year our first son Josh was born and Kacie just turned 18!

The bride, our beautiful niece Jenna…

 

The three sisters…

 

The parents of the bride, Dear’s brother Terry and Christina…

 

The new family…

 

 

Our son Josh and his beautiful wife Laura. They were the only ones in our family who could attend the wedding.

 

Cousins minus the bride…

 

Cousins Annie and Josh both born in 1979! Josh already had his birthday in January and Annie will be celebrating hers on May 16th!

Photobucket is holding all my photos that I stored on their site from 2007-2015 hostage replacing them with ugly grey and black boxes and asking for a large ransom to retrieve them. It is a slow process to go through all my posts deleting the ugly boxes.

Welcome Spring!

 

Ellen b. has been busy running here and there with her daughter Katie while she is visiting us in Southern California from Seattle. On Saturday we will be on the road for several hours to attend a wedding of Katie’s good friend in San Bernardino County. We are meeting my brother and SIL in Redlands for lunch before the 3:00 wedding. I attended the University of Redlands for my freshman year and I hope we can get in a quick drive by to see what the campus looks like today. I attended there in 1968-69. Wow 40 years ago!! I’m not participating in any of my regular weekly memes until Katie leaves because I do not have time to return comments and that really makes me feel bad.

Hope that Spring is showing much promise to you all! Blessings…

 

Christie and Aaron’s Wedding ~

 

Christie and Aaron were married last night oh eight, oh eight, oh eight! I wonder how many weddings there were last night. I was sorry that my camera had a tough time with the dark lighting. There were some fun unique moments during the evening. Aaron and Christie left the sanctuary after they were pronounced husband and wife to…

Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows
Lesley Gore

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
Everything that’s wonderful is what I feel when we’re together,
Brighter than a lucky penny,
When you’re near the rain cloud disappears, dear,
And I feel so fine just to know that you are mine.

My life is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
That’s how this refrain goes, so come on, join in everybody!

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
Everything that’s wonderful is sure to come your way
When you’re in love to stay.

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
Everything that’s wonderful is what I feel when we’re together,
Brighter than a lucky penny,
When you’re near the rain cloud disappears, dear,
And I feel so fine just to know that you are mine.

My life is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
That’s how this refrain goes, so come on, join in everybody!

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
Everything that’s wonderful is sure to come your way
‘Cause you’re in love, you’re in love,
And love is here to stay!

Then the Father-Daughter dance was quite memorable with Gregg and Christie doing a fun amount of choreography to “My Girl”.  Ha! They deserved a standing ovation for that one.

They had a fun Cupcake Cake and a Candy Bar with chocolates and sour candy. See the cute Pez dispenser Bride and Groom on top?

 

All the “Sunrise” girls together at Christie’s wedding. Everyone thought she’d be married first but Heidi beat her to the altar.

 

Ellen b, Katie and Abbey a fellow blogger decided we needed a photo together. Us bloggers need to stick together. Then there’s Katie and Jan waiting for the ceremony to begin. Katie with her friends Heidi and Kristen. Last but not least Dear and Me.

Aaron has a huge collection of Pez dispensers and someone got very creative with the get-away car…

 

Enjoy your new life together Christie and Aaron. It was fun to see you get married!

Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage on their site and have replaced my photos with black and grey boxes of ugliness. I’m slowly deleting those boxes from my blog and trying to update so many posts, very frustrating.