More Wedding Shares and Fun with Books

Rebekah, our newlywed daughter loves books. She devours them and has her entire life. When her dad loaded a boxful of children's book to take to the thrift store last summer she cried, why would you give away our childhood? Needless to say, those books are still in our home and the home of our oldest daughter and son too. We are the book people. My hubby has a copy of the Bruce Lee treasure he has carried with him since he was on his own, a long time ago. It is a book written by Bruce Lee outlining the JeKuneDo that he practiced. I have Golden Books and Mercer Mayer books although recently I parted with some Mayer books for Jeremy's little phamily. With Baby Boy coming to us in March 2018, I wanted Jeremy to share his favorite childhood books with Addy and the new baby. A Mercer Mayer book was the very first book our oldest son read to me when he was a small boy in school. It seems like that was yesterday.

I have a stack of winter books I am reading. I am a simple reader, I love the likes of Jan Karon, Debbie Macomber, Raeann Thayne and Nicholas Sparks. Oh there are others too, but off the top of my head, you will always find them in my reading pile.

I have run into some excellent reading at the Dollar Tree. They often have a mishmash of books from all sorts of authors and I have come across some remarkably wonderful books for one dollar each. My niece tells me, at home, there is a thrift store who sells children's books for 28 cents a piece. Do you have a favorite author? Do you have a favorite children's book? Share your thoughts here please. My hubby once found the most exquisite bible in the thrift store for a few dollars. I have searched everywhere and am still searching for that bible. I want it. It is a terrific study and just a remarkable version of the Good Book.

The wedding, December 2, 2017 was perfect in everyway. Rebekah enlisted the help of Facebook and social media and a site called Recycle Weddings to get info and start searching for vendors, 57 days before her big event. She would not buy a wedding dress unless it had her dad's stamp of approval. He was a little sad at first, thinking she should have gotten the more expensive gown she loved. But she choose the simple classic one and once the bridal consultant added the sparkly belt, Wow!

Happiness...Love...Joy...these two kids have it all.

Wise words regarding marriage and a start to a brand new beginning.

Stars of the wedding. She loves to dance, he is learning to love it too.

Aweet Christal and Alex and the new bride. I love my phamily. We are growing each year and I love it so much.

Alexis and her grandpa Roger, my first son-in-law.

My pretty sis and my pretty middle as the blushing bride.

I love this image. It reminds, first of all, of my sweet mother. As a little girl she told me she and her sisters lined up on Saturday night and their daddy turned on the radio and they would take turns dancing with him. What a beautiful memory she carried in her heart her entire life.

Noelle and number one son Andrew. The wedding brought almost all of us together. Plus my girl loves her jewelry and always looks lovely wearing her Premier Designs.

Zach's twin sister Alexa and their dad Craig.

If I am duplicating photos, I do apologize. There are so many to share. Rebekah had the most elegant wedding gown. The bridal consultant put that sparkly belt on her and it made her feel and look like an absolute princess,

Karla and Noelle and bunny ears for Noelle. I wonder who that could be?

The wedding car. It was filled with balloons.  These kids spent a few nights at a local hotel. They are taking their dream honeymoon to Hawaii in 2018.

Noelle and I shared a selfie on our way to the Buff to have breakfast with our Pueblo Phamily. It is the best to eat in the Buff! You can even buy a t shirt with that saying on it. Their food is fresh and having some extra time to visit with loved ones is always a plus. The Buff will serve you a Mimosa or a Bloody Mary too for 99 cents! Plus you are smack in the middle of the foothills of Boulder, Colorado.

The dance floor was so wonderful. It was jammed with dancers all night long. As I said earlier, these kids found the most excellent vendors including the dance floor folks and the DJ who played so much music all night long. It was such a blessing. The videographer was getting some getting shots behind the couple too.

Jeremy's long time friend and another one of my extra children, Cameron "the Bird", enjoying the wedding festivities.

Contemplating the walk down the aisle. Miss Avril is getting ready for a new brother to join her very soon.

These two are so cute together.

My niece Mary flew in from California to be with us for the wedding. It was such a delightful surprise.

My phamily, my nephew Troy, our son Nick, nephew Ryan and nephew Matt. I love these guys so much.

Harrison was not in this sweet photo with his mom and dad and grands. He was tired from the church ceremony and had so much fun welcoming in the wedding party that his other grammie Lisa took him home. He is such a character and developing one of the most unique personalities. But them all my grands are unique and we love each one for him/her self.

God designed each one of us. There is no carbon copy. no duplicate, we are unique in our own way.

Markus, who Noelle says is her bonus son, our Nick and my son-in-law Roger. Just three guys getting ready for the big wedding say. God gave us a beautiful sun filled day and everything went over beautifully, no problems. My hubby says God wasn't going to forget us on December 2, 2017. We are most grateful.

I am grateful for a good marriage. My brother Bill and his Joyce were married 54 years this past July. Of course, they lasted the longest on the dance floor too when asked if anyone was married more than 40 years! I was their flower girl. Wow! Time really does have wings.

I truly believe this. I am forever hanging on to Jesus and my honey. We like a tornado and a calm. I am the wild ride, he is the calm and logical one. I spend much prayer time praying for more peace and calm.

As a child, seeing these words on my parents church marriage certificate, I wondered how one could possibly do that. But I saw it daily with my parents. Hanging on to each other and Jesus was their balance. I do the same thing in my marriage and it works, it really does!

Our pretty little, Hannah. She was a beautiful maid of honor for her sister.

A serene moment for Avril, She wore blue shoes, just like the bride.

This is what I need. I go a 100 miles an hour and then I have to force myself to stop. Too much to accomplish, so little time. Love is...why do you know what I need each day?

I will return. Hopefully we will have photos from the photographer soon. Thank you for stopping by and visit Pink Saturday. Have a wonderful weekend. Hoping to draw a second winner in my tea time giveaway. Don't be shy, come on over and join the fun. I hope it will arrive by CHRISTmas too.

Day 8: My BoJon Heritage/Faith and Phamily/

Phamily matters to tend to. Running more and more behind. But I am going to incorporate my heritage posts with my grateful for....posts. Last night I did not sleep well and got up once or twice throughout the night. Had Jenny on my mind. Praying about her needs and her chronic pain. I was thinking my troubles are few compared to what she has to deal with day in and day out. Breaks my heart. I can be a little cynical at times, and when I came across this verse while studying my bible today I felt it was perfectly related to Jenny and all she is dealing with as well as some phamily members dealing with some heart breaking news too. Then I thought, my goodness, the government sells stars! You can give a loved one a star for their birthday or other special occasion. Isn't it funny, those stars belong to the creator of the universe, they certainly do not belong to any government agency.

I have been praying for Louisana and all the devastating floods they have had.  It is funny how some areas of the country are dry and other places are swimming in rain waters. In Colorado we have had a long hot summer but they recently passed a law where you can save rain water in rain barrels to water your garden etc. Again I ask how did the government get control of nature? Why would it be illegal to gather rain water to use for gardening and washing your car etc. ? People are so  complacent and do not pay attention to things that matter. Rather they trust the main stream media to tell them what is going on in our world.

I surround myself by the word of God. I am fearful of what is happening in our world. I don't think it will be any better but rather worse. I will always trust the Lord, my mother taught me well, pray hard and pray harder too. She lived by it.

Now for some absolute cuteness:

Harrison James hanging out on Thursday 8/11/16. He is one busy fellow,  trying to pull himself up around furniture. He is going to spend a little time with me tomorrow. I will also get to see him Thursday because his daddy is going to pick Uncle Nick up at the airport and I will keep this busy fellow until they get home and we all go to lunch together.

Somewhere in my garage I have this cookbook. I was frustrated because the summer is fading away quickly and  I want to find this copy I have had since 1972. I recently ordered an updated copy from an antique vendor. Their pricing was excellent because the cost was ten dollars more than I paid 44 years ago! I am waiting anxiously to receive it.

These  sLOVEnian cookbooks are loaded with my heritage and traditional meals that my mom prepared for us. I wish I had paid better attention to her while we she cooking up a storm! I will share a few recipes when my newest cookbook arrives. I have always loved cookbooks. Another favorite is Betty Crocker

I cooked from this book when our children were small. Somewhere in my storage of books I have a Popcorn Cookbook. Laugh Out Loud. I was an avid collector when I was younger. Living in the high altitude these days I also still cook from the Denver Junior League :

This one is specifically filled with recipes to create in the high altitude. I have to thank my childhood friend Karen for sharing this book with me over 32 years ago. It is a charming cookbook and there are tons of amazing recipes. I hope you will come back and join me when I post a few recipes in the coming weeks. Now for some beauty sleep before I see Harrison tomorrow.

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