The petunias are happy in the heat, but the phlox would like it just a bit cooler than 95-100 for the past twelve days.
More pots of petunias that looked nice for last weekend's wedding picnic.
There are pots everywhere. The red impatience pots like the early morning sun on this side of the house.
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!
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)
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!!
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.
I was so tired on Sunday that I got up REALLY late, AND took an afternoon nap. More later.♥♫
We've had rain for about eight days now and yesterday I went outside and heard a motor. I thought it was from a four wheeler, but none was in sight. It was a pump to drain the neighbor's pond (aka field)! I've never seen this field flood in more than 14 years!
It did make for a damp morning with these tiny drops on my Black Hills pine, my favorite evergreen with short, short needles.
The third group of lilies is now blooming and luckily were protected from the winds that came with the storm.
They also had rain drops.
Special note for Sarah: I did sew all day...but am taking a wee break. My problem is that I sew like I did when I was in 4-H and earned champion ribbons. I need to just "let it go" and GET IT DONE.
For some reason I picked up two of the same small birdhouses last week when I went to Denver to fit Sarah's dress.
They are perfect accents that we decided to leave unfinished. Joyce is so creative and we had a nice visit while we played.
The white and pink lilies are gone, now the dark pink ones are showing off.
At the other end of the garden the red ones are also opening. Much darker than the picture below.
And my happy flower, the daisies are looking pretty!
This would be the one summer that I wish every thing would bloom at once on July 23, Sarah and Alex's wedding day. But I've worked hard to have blossoms from March to October, so that won't happen this year or any other. Family and friends will be helping me out in the next two weeks to complete all the details.I'm linking to Today's Flowers #151!
