Wedding Number Two

A week after the Iowa wedding we celebrated the marriage of our granddaughter, Ashley. This time the setting was a beautiful little park in Neosho, MO. The day was perfect, the bride was beautiful, and her two young sons from a previous marriage were just as cute as they always are.

Instead of lighting a unity candle , Ashley, Bart, Jeramiah and Maison combined four vials of colored sand into a larger vase to represent the formation of a new family. The boys were thrilled with their participation (they also walked Mom down the aisle).

Maid of Honor was younger sister, Caitlin.

Proud parents, Stephanie and Mark (our middle son).

Masion & Jeramiah

Pics from the reception. Jeramiah insisted Great-Grandma Mary needed to dance with them, and he tried so hard to move very slowly so Grandma could keep up. Tom and I at the guest book.
Finally, Ashley and Bart's quilt..which I call with much originality, Wedding Stars.

A Season of Weddings-Part One

In late September we traveled home (for me) to Iowa to celebrate the marriage of our youngest son, Jeff, and his bride, Deb. It was an extremely low key wedding..they'd both done it before..so this time it was "just get the job done and have a party". So the ceremony was held in the bride's brother's garage believe it or not. Recognize that his garage is nicer than some homes I've lived in.

I didn't get a lot of formal pictures..actually I didn't get ANY formal pictures. The wedding cake topper was fun..check it out.

Jeff has long admired a quilt I made a few years ago based on one my grandmother made so the quilt I made for their wedding was similar.

Grandma's quilt, 1982

My quilt "Remembering Grandma" made 2006

Jeff & Deb's Quilt, 2008. This time I swapped plain squares for the four patches, which changed the look quite a bit. I call this version "Hidden Stars".

Jeff also gained two young God-children and I decided they needed quilts too. Bryce is really into trains so his quilt was an easy choice. Jaylee got a soft blue and yellow Disappearing Nine Patch.

Wish they all lived closer and not 7 hours away!