“Life’s a dance you learn as you go, sometimes you lead sometimes you follow, don’t worry about what you don’t know.” —John Michael Montgomery
My granddaughter got married this weekend. I didn’t get a good picture of her and her groom on the wedding day, but here’s one at the rehearsal. The photographer took scads of pictures. I’ve seen some of them. They are lovely, but it will be a while before I have any copies. The picture below is with her parents. Her parents gave her the wedding of her dreams. 
Even son, things didn’t turn out exactly as she’d planned. She wanted an outdoor wedding. If you are in Kentucky or West Virginia where the wedding was, you’ll know how the weather has been this summer. You think things are fine and then you hear a boom and the sky starts leaking. The first shower was before the wedding. It quit. We had hopes of it staying quit. The staff dried off the chairs. Everything was go, but then the rain came again. The wedding was moved indoors, and while it wasn’t what she’d envisioned, it was just as lovely indoors and much, much drier. The service was especially nice. Pastor Ron, the minister at my son’s church, led them through a lovely ceremony, They had written their own vows and their words showed how in love they are.
They are one of those “the girl next door” stories. They have known each other since they were in the fourth grade when Ty moved in across the street from Ash. He fell hard as a little boy, but she was a teen before they looked at him with favor. They have been together ever since. They were a couple meant to be together. Ash is enthusiastic ready to cheer everything and everyone. Ty is a little more laid back and always thinking ahead.
“You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” —Oscar Wilde
I love this Oscar Wilde quote, and it feels more than true for these two happy newlyweds. They do sing songs that are only heard by the other. I predict a long and happy marriage for them. Maybe as long as their parents. Maybe even as long as their grandparents. 🙂
Weddings can be great times for family to grab those special pictures while the photographer is getting the bride pictures. Here those long time married, her parents and my husband and me, are bookended by my son’s twin boys. They were part of the wedding party and looked pretty snazzy in their groomsmen suits.
And did a great job of escorting their mother down the aisle both in the rehearsal here and in the actual ceremony the next day. As you can see, the rehearsal had beautiful weather with no need for umbrellas.
Ty and Ash have a dog that was a stray when Ty found her. That was Maggie’s lucky day. She’s a very sweet dog and they wanted her to be part of the wedding. So, she was the ringbearer. A young friend of the family took care of Maggie while the rains were falling and while they were moving the wedding inside. Eventually she let Maggie loose at the end of the aisle, and Maggie acted like a pro. She ran to the couple, carrying the ring case on her collar. Then she promptly went to stand with the best man and got bored. In two minutes, she was stretched out on the floor sound asleep. But the rings got placed on the proper fingers. The couple were announced as Mr. and Mrs.
“Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: You have to start over again every morning.” —H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
And so they are embarking on that married life and starting out every morning together.
If you are married, what kind of wedding did you have?
I didn’t have any dogs in mine. It was a very simple affair of standing up before the preacher in the little country church where my husband was a member. A few family and friends were there. But we said the “I dos” and have been together ever since. Just went to church together to that same little country church this morning.
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Our wedding was very simple. I wanted to BE married but didn’t want to GET married. I’ve just never been into formal situations. We were married in our small country church with just our immediate families and a couple friends. Our daughters were the opposite, though and both had fancy, formal weddings.
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That’s the kind of wedding I had too, Lee. Just a few family members there at my husband’s little country church. My daughter had the fancy dress and did all the pictures, but all on a beach. no rental fees there. 🙂
My husband and I eloped, so to speak. My parents knew about it because they had to feed my horse while I was gone- and we told everyone that’s what we were going to do all along. Just us, on a rainy Thur in Hocking Hills. In 1 week I bought the dress, shoes, made reservations and had a bouquet of fake flowers made. 23 years this Sept
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Sounds like it went perfectly for you, Kris. My other son, not the father of this bride, has three daughters, none married. He jokes that he’ll prop the ladder up to their windows to let them elope. lol. Don’t know what will really happen when the time comes. Our daughter had a simple ceremony on the beach a little after sunrise. It was lovely and did not rain.
Our wedding was at the church I went to. It was simple, I had only one bridesmaid and 2 ushers to seat the people. It took place only a few weeks before Christmas, we had several arrangements of red and white flowers. My bridesmaid wore a long red velvet dress her grandmother made for the wedding.
I love all the pictures, everyone looked very handsome or pretty, especially the beautiful bride.
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I love that your bridesmaid for red velvet for your wedding, Connie. That had to be a beautiful dress.
The pictures I’ve seen of my granddaughter’s wedding are excellent. Thanks for giving them a look.
What a lovely wedding. I love that they included their dog. I was married in the church I still attend today with my husband of forty-two years. We had a big wedding because I have a big family. My mom was the oldest of seven, and my dad was the baby of thirteen. Even though both my in-laws were only children, they have many cousins and friends. My wedding went by in a blur. I think I was in shock, because I barely remember anything. Still, I wouldn’t change a thing.
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I’ve seen your wedding picture online when you were celebrating an anniversary, Shelia. You were a lovely bride. I wish you and your husband many more happy years.
I’m not married, but I’ve been to plenty of weddings! Some are still going strong, while others have bit the dust. I’ve been to a few out door weddings, and one at the beach on the sand!
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My daughter got married on the beach, Trudy, at a little after sunrise. It was a beautiful wedding, and they are still happily married over 20 years later.
It was beautiful weather for the rehearsal of our wedding too and then rained on our wedding day but waited until after we had the ceremony and taken photos. We got pretty wet leaving the reception place though. We have been married over 23 years, so maybe rain on your wedding day is “good luck” as some have said. I wish your granddaughter and her new husband many happy and blessed by the Lord years together.
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I’ve never heard that rain on a wedding day was good luck, Hope, but if that’s true my granddaughter and grandson-in-law gathered in a lot of good luck on their special day. They took pictures outside right before it came a downpour. The bride and bridesmaids did get sprinkled on. The expense for the hairstylist that morning mostly went for naught in the humid air. 🙂
I do expect this couple to have a long and happy marriage.