Wedding ~ Javin & Vironica

Thursday, August 16, was the much anticipated day. The wedding wasn't till 5:00 that evening, so the morning and afternoon were spent finishing last minute projects.

Flowers ready for the wedding...

Aggie and my great niece, Brianna. It was so good to see them again!

When we got to the church in the morning, we "toured" the reception tent.

Vironica had a beautiful sense of decor!! Very "pinterest-y" :)

Javin built this pergola! I love it!! Heard it will travel to MO and be set up at their house....lovely!

Bridal table

This is the incomplete entrance to the reception tent...I think I have another pic of it later~

Setting up hay bales for seats for the guests.

My nephew Kevin and his girlfriend stopped in on their way to another wedding and Bible School reunion in MI. 

*one of those times when I wish I had taken the time to ask for a better pic! :P The sun was a little bright!*

We worked in the church basement. Chris filled decorated jars with some awesome salsa from a local Mexican restaurant....

We also had to fill 350 small paper bags with tortilla chips. This was the appetizer.

Soon after noon, we went back to the house we were staying at, took a short nap and then got ready for the wedding.

The bales ready for guests...

The finished entrance to the reception. The curtain was taken down during the ceremony.

Signing the guest book...it was a photo book of Javin and Vironica's engagement pictures, with spaces for guests to sign their names...loved that idea!

Waiting for an usher

Some of our family. We sat behind this row...

~Two lovely nieces~

As we were waiting for the wedding to start, there were some dark clouds rolling in behind us. They brought with them a cool breeze. I think God sent them for our benefit!! The sun was very warm and the cloud cover kept us from sweating!! It was lovely!!

One of the 6 flower girls and her brother.

I asked my niece Nicole to take pics since there were too many people in front of us to get good pics. She did great.....most of the next ones were taken by her! :)

Javin waiting for his bride!!

~Taking her from her Dad~

~the songleader~ Wayne Troyer

~devotional~ Roy Hershberger

~pretty bouquets

~my brother Lynn, Javin's dad, married the couple.

~the bridal party - guys

Andy Martin, Jamin Schrock,  Travis Burkholder and Matt Sheaffer

~the bridal party - girls

Stephanie Martin, Angela Burkholder, Gloria Schrock, and Renita Horst

Saying their vows....

Prayer of blessing by the Dad's...

Instead of a unity candle or sand, they poured paint on a canvas!! 

 Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Javin Horst!! 

Jamin and Gloria (who just got married 2 weeks before!)

Travis & Angela Burkholder~

Matt & Stephanie

The canvas painting....

Small detail....a nail holding the burlap down over the bales of hay for more comfortable seating! :)

They dismissed the guests one row at a time....

Parents and Grandparents table

The Martin's from GA :) Dwayne was the MC.

Sweet Brianna....it took her awhile to warm up to these strangers! :) 

~Our family~

Clapping as each couple was introduced.

XOXOX The happy couple!! XOXOX

The meal was subs and pasta salad!! Mmmmm

Then two tables of delish desserts!! :)

....and a candy bar~

The groom being kidnapped....he was returned to his bride a little while later, and over $600 richer! :)

Mom & Dad

The quilt Mom made for them! :)

It was a lovely wedding!! 

Trippin'

Wednesday, August 15, at 3:00 AM found us sitting in the van, ready for a 15 hour trip to Ohio!

The children were excited, but rubbing sleepy eyes and reaching for their pillows. Tamara had a flashlight and pulled out a book she had bought at Goodwill the day before, but Danny's eyes went shut.

The adults were chugging coffee and chatting, ready to get some hours behind them! :)

So began the trip to Cambridge, OH for my nephew Javin's wedding the next evening!! :)

Riding for hours and hours requires lots of boredom busters. For the kids, it was listening to their MP3's, watching movies, reading, playing alphabet games, and other creative things. 

For the adults, it was listening to music, reading and talking. :) And taking a few pictures....

This was in Tennessee.....

I had packed breakfast and lunch for Wed. which meant other than bathroom and gas stops, we kept chugging down the road! 

It has been over 20 years since I was through Kentucky, and Dan had never been, so it was interesting driving through some different scenery.

Empty cattle/hog trailer

My sis, Chris and I were texting off and on. They had left from south GA about the same time of the morning as we did and were traveling a different route. Wondering who would arrive at our destination first? :)

Taking random pics of trucks and truckers...caught this guy looking back! :)

After seeing mountain and valleys, this was an interesting view! Looked like we were going to drive off into the sky!

Kentucky has lots of rock!!

Munchies!!

Coming into Cincinatti, Ohio! Only 3 1/2 hours to go....

We got to the church where the rehearsal had been held, around 6:30 PM. Dwayne's had beat us there by about an hour. My parents and brother Lynn {and family}, who's son was getting married, were also there. The rest of my siblings that were able to come, would arrive in the morning.

My brother Lynn with his grandson, Asher {who just moved from Ontario to MO} :)

Found some hardworking ladies in the kitchen, cleaning up the rehearsal supper.

Chris, Aggie {my nephew Kendon's wife} and Mom. Lisa, mother of the groom, is on the phone in the pic above.

 And some cousins that were happy to be together again :)

Wedding pics coming next~