A Celebration...........October 30, 2009

A Mom's thoughts on a wedding day......

I stepped back......trying to capture all the special moments..... The day would not slow down for me and Jenna walked down the aisle on her Dad's arm. She looked beautiful. The flowers were beautiful and a young man who promised me that he would love her and take care of her was standing in the front of church.... waiting for her. "Who gives this woman to this man to be his wife?" Dan replied "Her mother and I" just as he was supposed to. Wait a minute I thought, I am not ready to just give her away!!! But the wedding went on whether I decided to "give " her away or not. It was the wedding Jenna had always dreamed of and we really had a fun day! We had a lot of family come. Uncle's and aunt's, cousins, the "Pella" people and all the "little people" that mean so much to us. Besides our family we had people that have touched our lives in different ways. The Huss family (the Quads turned 8 this week!!!) ...........the Lamfers family where Jenna lived while going to school in Sioux Falls. These families have been such a wonderful influence to Jenna and have taught her many great things about marriage , being a mom and making a home. So thank you to all of you who came.

So we ate.....we danced ............... we Hokey-Pokeyed and we did the Chicken dance. Patience, Christian and Olivia have been practicing with me.......Grandma's do crazy things !!!

And then all to quickly it was over. The "party" was all hauled into my back room.....the rentals were returned......the wedding dress lay draped over a chair . and we went back to harvest.

It was a celebration.......what shall we find to celebrate tomorrow???? I think we all could find something, maybe it will be something as small as sitting "Among the fireflies."