A Wedding...

This evening, I saw my beautiful niece, Alaina wed her dashing, handsome groom-the father of her son, Brayden-Hassan. They've been together for several years, and finally last year, decided to tie the knot. We couldn't have been happier. They make such a lovely couple, and it seems...to me, at least....that they've weathered a lot of the hard stuff already. Maybe that means that it will be relatively smooth sailing for them from here on out. We'll pray for that for them, anyway.Shanna and I left with Keith and headed down Friday afternoon to spend the weekend with Jessica and Katrina.Since the wedding was Friday night, and it was to be held in north GA, we figured we might as well stay with them and get in some quality visitingtime in the process.

We arrived early enough to unload, grab a shower, get gussied up, drive another hour and still find the wedding site with 15 minutes to spare. We were very proud of ourselves.

The wedding was held at a beautiful resort, which caters to weddings, close to Dahlonega in the north GA mountains. Nestled back in

the trees, a beautiful gazebo sits in the center of a small clearing. This was where the ceremony was held, officiated by one of the pastors of our chur

ch, who also heads the children's church....and who coincidentally now happens to be Alaina's boss. Pretty cool.

The reception dinner was held immediately after, at a reception hall on the property, a little farther down the road. Beautiful meal, beautiful decorations, beautiful people!

Much music and dancing to be had by all.... including the wee ones. And when the time came for Alaina to throw the bouquet....the highlight of the evening to most present was when my mother joined the single ladies waiting for a chance to catch the bouquet!

She didn't quite make it, though....she was edged out by the taller girl standing next to her...a former roommate of Alaina's.

The party wound down around 11pm, and

Shanna and I left for the long drive back to Jes's, where we slept late the next morning, and basically became slugs until Sunday morning, when we left to come home.

The visit with the girls was awesome, and we had the best time watching scary movies after the kids went to bed!

A great weekend spent with my girls, and one that probably won't get to be repeated anytime soon.