The Jones Family Junction

May 27 Special ERIN pictures

Here are some super precious pictures of ERIN ...

Sweet, sweet, sweet ... I love this little child's heart.

Erin was so pleased to be wearing a pink swirly dress. I think it looks darling on her.

Erin is good friends with Alice (Jen's niece) ... she pronounces Alice like this: A-wyce ... and Louis (Alice's brother and Jen's nephew) she pronounces--Woo-Is. It's so cute I can hardly stand it.

Erin's love of bubbles is UNMATCHED ... look at her JOY.

Kaity and Erin ...

Miss Jen with Erin ...

Alice joined in ...

Such great pictures of dear Erin ... what a great little kid. I can't NOT smile when I think of her.

May 27 More of Jen and Joe

Here are just a few more nice pictures of the bride and groom:

I loved Jen's dress so much! Kelly told me she got it "used" and that it just needed to be sent to the cleaners--so Kelly recommended a close friend from church (who has a cleaning business)--the gown came out spotless! Isn't it perfect on Jen?

Jen and Joe--they look super happy. I heard many good things about how they started dating and a little bit about how their romance developed. They both waited for the Lord to bring them the right person.

This is Jen's father telling us a little bit about what it is like to have his last daughter getting married today. Jen is the middle daughter. Her older sister has been married 13 years. Her younger sister has been married about two years.

Jen's father seems to be a very kind and gracious man.

This is Jen's younger sister (matron of honor) giving her tribute ...

It was actually Jen's parents 34th wedding anniversary this very day! How cool is that?

After a few more people told everyone their thoughts about the couple, the dancing began. It felt like an old-fashioned, southern-style reception. I liked it very much.

May 27 Fun Dancing

A few pictures of the line dancing and square dancing:

It looked like a lot of fun. I didn't participate because: (1) the ground was a bit uneven and I was afraid I would go "down" and break a hip, (2) I was trying to help with the other kiddos, and (3) I wanted to photograph Kaity while she was dancing.

These dances were being "taught" by the man at the microphone, who said they were styled after post-Civil War dances. Everyone seemed to have a really good time.

May 27 Reception Fun!

Saturday Afternoon/Evening: With Miss Jen's wedding being at a park, it sure made for a lot of fun at the reception. The lawn was set up with games. There was a bubble machine the kids could carry around with them and go crazy over. There was line dancing AND square dancing. Plus, there was a playground nearer to the lake on the other side of the parking lot! PLUS, there was food--wonderful crescent sandwiches, fruit, chips--very much like a picnic to eat either indoors (in the lodge) or outside on picnic tables or blankets that were laid out on the lawn. Perfect.

Here are a few (!!) pictures:

Erin in her pretty pink swirly dress.

A very nice family shot!

Another one!

This is how ERIN signed the guest book. Good job, Erin--a preschool graduate!

Erin showing me her twirls.

Kaity and Cal ... Kaity was a HUGE help at the wedding reception playing with the kids and keeping track of where they were ...

Kelly and Cal ...

I love these pictures of them!

Yours truly (old, old, old) and Dylan (who somehow always takes a nice picture ... probably because he is naturally nice looking).

I like these of Dylan and Kelly too. They managed to match the wedding colors!

Aidan finally deciding to take a small color book, after protesting there were NO empty pages for him to write a story.

Dylan interacting with Brendan ... precious.

Aidan, contemplating his coloring book and crayons.

I love love LOVE this of Kaity and wee Cal.

Kaity! These cousins of yours love you SO MUCH.

The lodge, for indoor eating.

Wee Cal outside, not one bit interested in the food once he saw there were GAMES to be played ...

He kills me ...

We walked to the far side of the parking lot to put Dylan's birthday card inside ...

Cal decided he wanted me to carry him back across the lawn to where the games were being played. I told him I just couldn't lift him, that I was TOO old (which resulted in the expression on his face, bottom left).