Here Comes The Son (Sun)- A Joyful Wedding!

 

Our dear son got married! 

Yes, it was on March 25th near Chattanooga, Tennessee.  All weddings are happy but this one was so very joyous - you will just have to take my word for it! Still, if pictures tell a thousand words....

Even if this is a bit blurry, can't you just FEEL the happiness?  They were glowing, honestly! 

 Before the ceremony, I snapped a photo of my husband and son together. I got it quickly so I could get the pride on his Dad's face and the joyful anticipation on my son's face. I think you can see both. (And that is appropriate since Christopher is our pride and joy!) May I just say how handsome they both look? Christopher, that color tie with the grey suit is just perfect to me! I love it! And Richard is the picture of elegance!

Proud mother of the groom!

Sarah, the lovely bride accompanied by her father down the aisle/walkway and then they took a sharp left and walked down the grass! Since it had rained HARD overnight this was not as easy as you might think. Well done, Sarah and Dad!  Of course, the bride was breathtakingly beautiful!  And that DRESS!! Oh, my friends, it was just gorgeous, truly it was!  I am the worst at describing fashion! It was all lacy and lovely and was perfect on her, that is all I can say. The song that was playing as they walked was written by our son, just for this occasion for his bride! Oh yes, it was a recording of Christopher singing the song and playing his guitar! "You Are" is the name of the song.  (It finished a bit early for her walk, and then we heard the beginning of the song "Here Comes the Sun".  For me, those two songs together were just perfect and joyful!)

The ceremony was very sweet and the looks between the bride and groom...this brought me to tears- I can tell you that. (Okay, I admit, I cried a lot!) The best man and groomsmen were all close friends of the groom and the bride's maids were Sarah's two sisters and close friends.  They were all such lovely people - it was fantastic to feel the joyous well wishes bestowed upon them by their attendants- and all the love felt from both sides of their families and friends also!  

Instead of a wedding cake, the couple had doughnuts!  In this photo, you can see Christopher cutting the "ceremonial doughnut" as he called it, which they then fed to each other.  A nice touch, he is cutting it with the same knife that Richard and I used on our wedding cake, almost 40 years ago! (Richard and I married on June 4, 1983.)  There, isn't that a sweet touch?  We also gave him the printed napkin from our wedding with the date engraved on it along with "Kay and Richard".  Christopher carefully folded that napkin and placed it in his jacket pocket.  If a bride wears something for luck, why shouldn't a groom?

My sister and brother-in -law gave Sarah a sixpence to wear in her shoe! Now, that is not something that most Americans do but it goes along with the rhyme that we know in America but that very last bit didn't make it across the pond for obvious reasons, we don't have the same coins!  

"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in her shoe!"

I really don't know if Sarah bothered with those other things or not, but she had that sixpence! 

Richard took some great photos, but I love this one! The JOY on Sarah's face was there for all to see. (And Christopher with his tears of joy!)

I don't have many photos of the dancing at the reception (it was quite dark) but you know the dance between the groom and the groom's mother? Christopher chose a song that was special for us..."Surfer Girl" by the Beach Boys!  When he was a baby, I sang that to him as a lullaby changing the words a bit and saying "Christopher, instead of Surfer Girl" and talking about sleeping rather than surfing! Once again, a nice touch that brought me much joy!

If anyone of you would like to leave your well wishes here for Christopher and Sarah, please do so!  Blessings are always well received! And we don't have to tell our new daughter-in-law how very goofy I am, do we?  That can be our little secret.... 

Best wishes to our dear son and our darling daughter-in-law! LOVE and joy always to the perfect pair!   xxx

You Are - YouTube      

If you click on the YouTube link above, you should hear "You Are"!

"Here Comes The Sun" performed by Joe Brown.  George Harrison was the best man for Joe Brown when he got married! Such a joyous song! 

Those darn professional photographers kept getting in Richard's way! LOL!!!  Richard got them laughing!