Going to a Wedding

Correction, we went to a wedding last weekend in RI. This family event was to celebrate the marriage of my husband Grenville/Patrick's daughter, Shannon and her fiancé, Harlan.

This is a photo-heavy collage post which highlighs some of the day's events and participants.. (Due to privacy concerns of some, names have been omitted; however, many long-time blog readers may recognize many in our family, especially grands.)

We got all gussied up in our finery because for the father of the bride, nothing less than a tux would do for this event. We used the iPhone portrait feature to create these selfies.

The bride was escorted by her father and son, our grandson, who looked quite dapper in his tuxedo.

The groom awaits his bride. The attendants above were the bride’s sister, daughter and niece had just preceded her down the aisle.

The minister shared some final words with the groom as the two witnesses and the groom's son looked on.

After the exchange of vows and rings, the new Mr and Mrs took their celebratory walk.

Outdoor photos were taken on a small dock in the rear of the restaurant where the ceremony took place. It was a very sunny day evidenced by the granddaughters' squinting. The bride's immediate family (father, sister, daughter, son, niece) are posed in the top photo. Some of the groom's family (mother, sister, cousin) are shown in the bottom photo.

Pictured above are Patrick and his now two son-in-laws, also the groom and his sister and ourselves.

The newlyweds first dance is always a traditional photo at every wedding. Then, the mother of the groom and the father of the bride joined them for a dance.

There were a number of family photo group shots. The top one is the bride's immediate family (sans myself who was taking the photo). The bottom photo has members of the groom's extended family, so many names to remember. His mother and other family travelled to RI from his native Columbia; other family came from Spain and Australia. In the last photo above, the bride and groom posed with their teenage children, aged 14 to 18, including our shoeless oldest granddaughter.

The cake and all of the desserts were handmade by the groom's cousin, who came from Columbia for the wedding. 

The top photo was a remembrance table with photos of family members who have passed. The bottom photo showcases all the delicious handmade desserts 😋.

Just a few more random photos of the happy couple and grandchildren Lots of folks, including ourselves, had fun at the photo booth; yes, we took multiple selfies here.

And, now it's time to dance out of this post with a couple of photos from the ever popular and always fun conga line dance. Have you ever been part of one?

If you reached the end, thanks for sharing in this happy event. As a new month starts this week, we're finished with major family events for this year. Now, we will be concentrating on our fall travels, one of which starts next week. It's not a road trip, but is quite far and will be a new adventure in many ways, details early next week.