3rd wedding of 2008

My cousin Britt and her fiance's wedding this past weekend was absolutely beautiful. He's from England and she is from right here in ND. Their jobs in England recently transfered them to the East coast... and we were happy to have the wedding back in Bismarck. It was also nice to see his immediate family and a handful of friends from England join us here for the wonderful celebration.

Friday night consisted of a bridal shower, saturday was full of wedding preparations/flower arrangements, rehearsal, groom's dinner, and girl's night in with the bride, bridesmaids, and muah the personal attendant. The wind was horrible Saturday and the temps were in the triple digits. Sunday was the big wedding and thank goodness the weather was a bit cooler, a whopping 95 degrees and some wind.

Here is a recap... in pics....

Baby Sylvia sleeping under the roses...
Beautiful flower arrangements!

Setting aside the flower arrangements that were done Saturday.

The bride and her niece, Sylvia

The bride and her bridesmaids
The bride and flower girl, our cousin's little girl.
Waiting for the ceremony to start.
The wedding party ... minus the flower girl, who left her flowers and ran........she's kind of independent at 2 and 1/2 years.
I... and two of my cousins (I was sporting the aviators that belonged to the groom)

Wedding #2 of 3

My sister and brother-in-law rolled into Fargo Friday afternoon to pick up me up their way to the Bis. We got home that evening and enjoyed a couple drinks with the family at a bar just off the Missouri River. It was a nice night, but a thunder cloud was definitely rolling in. Saturday morning we slept in a bit, grabbed some coffee and lunch, and were on our way to my Dad's hometown.

The wedding was at Mouse River Park in a large gazebo. The weather was nice; sunny but very warm. Something to be thankful for with an outdoor wedding.From there the wedding reception and dance took place at the fair grounds in a quanset about 15 miles away. It was a great night for a beautiful wedding. Here are a handful of photos from the rest of the night.

....family photo

Very much a country wedding: outdoors, brown suits, quonsets, barbed-wire decorations, a lot of bud light/coors light/keystone and red-eye (everclear concoction) consumed, country music, and yes, the bride did wear her cowboy boots all day long.

Wedding number 3 won't take place until labor day weekend. I look forward to that one, but for right now, I am looking forward to next weekend... first weekend home in 5 weeks!

Wedding #1 of 3

The quick trip, but long drive to a small town in MN for a couple of friends wedding was well worth it. The bride and groom were friends from college. My sister and brother-in-law met me there, and we were pleasantly surprised to see our friend from Cedar Rapids, IA, with his girlfriend as well. There were a few others that we knew as well, and it was wonderful to catch up with them. The wedding was beautiful, the food was good, and the dancing was necessary! It was a great time.
1 wedding down... 2 more left this summer!

It was nice to sleep in a little bit this morning, as summer school is officially over. However, I went into school today to start cleaning things out. I don't know if I have stated before, but I have moved into my own classroom, one that belonged to a teacher that retired and left everything. I was there for a little over 2 hours today and got through most of 1 filing cabinet (of 4). I am glad I have 3 weeks to shovel through things, rearrange furniture, and get organized before school starts!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

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