Party in the Country

After the reception at church we had a picnic supper at home. Nothing fancy (i.e. rented=$$) as the whole wedding was very thrifty.

Dancin' on the driveway slab

Nephews, aka, the ushers: Ryan and Zach

Allison wheeling Ali around for a spin.

Twirling

Watching and chatting.

Never did see these two guys up. Wally would have been right there beside Maxx and Ianne as he did not like to dance!

Time out!

Even mom (me) danced. That was the longest song I've ever heard. Sarah and Floyd are most likely laughing at me complaining about dancing forever.

We've been moving Sarah, Alex, Maxx, and Ali into the remodeled house this week, so we are looking forward to resting up before we move more boxes from here to Denver. She is her mother's daughter, after all!

More Wedding

My patience for loading lots of pictures is nil...I did get the dishwasher unloaded, filled, laundry sorted and started, trash bagged, and other daily chores finished. Faster internet is coming when it's cooler so the guys can work on the roof and attic(?) without melting up there.

Guests were "finger printed" and leaves were added to the wedding tree. Sarah loves owls and found this unique guest book on line!
Jade grabbed bunches of petals and threw them down the aisle. It cracked me up. Olivia is looking at the "mess" behind them, but she came all the way down to the front with Jade!
My brother, Sarah's godfather, walked her down to meet Alex.
I made the ring pillow with two of Wally's shirts and Sarah picked one of his bow ties to put around it.
Three beautiful "maids".
The aunts reading a piece from Madeleine L'Engle's The Irrational Season. You may click on the title and read it.

The maid of honor and best man

Already in high heels!

Sarah Josephine and Aura, Alex's sister-in-law. We missed having his parents, but they weren't able to come from the Philippines for the wedding.
Sarah and Alex exited to Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi. Their cake topper had magnets so they'd be kissing, but they were not matched correctly and wouldn't link together! Yummy cupcakes frosted and decorated by Solana, Joyce, and Aunt JoAnn. They did it at church before the wedding because it was too hot at home! Solana filled them Friday afternoon with rapsberry whipped cream. Oh. my. goodness! Divine!

My brother, me, Sarah, and Alex. I can't believe how short I am! (And can't stand the poor grammar of 'me' not coming at the end of the sentence. Much easier for ID, though).

Alex and the "maids"

Cousins!! (Olivia's mom)
My sweethearts!

Sarah and Sarah

Ali and Sarah

Julie and Sarah

I've just about caught up and recovered from a day of fever and flu-like body aches. On to the rest of the summer. Teachers go back AUGUST 10! Oh, MY!!

Celebration

My baby's beautiful!
We had lots of tears in the weeks before this day because we were missing her daddy. She carried him with her on her bouquet. I didn't know it until I saw the pictures, then cried once more.
The cousin's daughters were flower girls and this is probably the only moment they had their headbands and shoes on at the same time!
With thanks to Aunt JoAnn for making the tutus and Aunt Ginny for getting the matching shoes and leotards, our wee ones were too cute!
Sarah brought home flowers from Safeway in Denver and the "maids" made the bouquets. The one with the crystals in the middle of each rose was Sarah's and she included one red rose in memory of Wally.
Alex and Sarah had a small cake for cutting and the guests were served cupcakes that she baked. A former student and friend of mine filled them with the yummiest raspberry cream filling, frosted and decorated them with lavender sugar sprinkles.
Here are the guys and my dollie.
More later of the girls and family.

The Wedding

We had a beautiful day for the wedding. The bride was radiant, the girls beautiful and the men wore barongs from the Philippines and looked so handsome!
I was so tired on Sunday that I got up REALLY late, AND took an afternoon nap. More later.♥♫

Owls in Love

We are having cupcakes and punch at the church after the wedding and want everyone to have a small favor. I found these owls at Crafts 'n Things magazine and know Sarah loves owls.
Printed some on lavender paper and cut them out with one of my fancy punches to glue on seed packets we found on clearance at JoAnn Fabrics.
Used glue dots to stick them on and covered up the wording that won't be necessary. Now I need to either put something on the top or fold them over so they stand up on each table.
Also got the ribbons on the bubbles. We've always loved bubbles and I just may need to make a batch of solution for the wedding picnic. I have all sorts of huge wands from my last day of school celebrations. We always loved making bubbles as large as bowling balls. They're magical~☺!! Hmmm...will have to ask Sarah and Alex if they want to act like little kids.