I made video during the wedding (no flashes or sounds to interfere) and here are some clips I have put up on Youtube and Godtube.
The first part of the wedding ceremony and a sleepy ring-bearer:
The Unity Candle Lighting:
The Wedding Vows:
Pronouncement as Husband and Wife and the Kiss:
We have known Sarah's family for some 10 years. Her folks are dear friends and so the family is precious to us. Sarah came here for college and spent 5 years as our campus daughter. During those years, we had our campus daughter overs once a month for dinners, parties, etc. so I figure that Sarah was in our home 9 times a year for 5 years for a total of 45 times. Of course, there was once or twice when we had to cancel an activity and another once of twice that Sarah wasn't able to come over with her campus sisters, so I know she was still in our home no less than 35 times in 5 years.
Our daughter and her family live next door to us. Sarah is GREAT with kids and loved on our three grandkids whenever she would see them. And then in November 2004, our daughter gave birth to Jaden. Sarah LOVES babies and enjoyed watching him grow from a newborn to a 2-1/2 year old by the time she graduated in May 2007. She kept Jaden in the nursery at church and also babysat for Brian and Amy on occasion.
So, when Sarah got engaged in February of this year, she called Amy and asked if Jaden could be her ring bearer. Of course, Amy said "YES" and we all had a wonderful time at Sarah's and Josh's wedding yesterday.
Here are a few pics of Sarah meeting newborn Jaden, of Sarah and Jaden in our car when we were taking her to the airport after her graduation, and then of her and Jaden at the wedding. There's a lot of history!!
Jaden did it!!! He did a real nice job of being the ring-bearer in Sarah's and Josh's wedding today. It is was lovely wedding with a beautiful bride, handsome groom, and darling ring-bearer. (Grandma is prejudiced, okay???!!!)
I will post a few pics I made (didn't make any DURING the ceremony) and have some precious video (made DURING the wedding) to share as time allows. Amy made a lot of pics when it 
was allowed during the formal pre-wedding picture-making session. If she shares with me, I will post some of them.
These pics:
#1) Sarah and Jaden
#2) Sarah with her precious parents, Larry and Teri
#3) Our four original campus daughters: L-R: Kim, Sarah, Becky, and Teresa
#4) Us with Josh, Sarah and Isabella
I have been working a lot this week making Kodak Gallery albums of our big trip to Alaska, Vancouver, and Washington State. I am now working on the last album ~~ #16!!!!! It's been fun to look back at the pics and to relive the great time we had, but I am ready to be done with the project. Once I have the last album made, I am going to go in the Alaska Trip Blog and change all of the dates of the posts so that the blog reads in order from start of trip to finish. I will post each album under the journal of that day's events. It will make it nicer for us to go back and "re-visit" the trip or for any guests who find their way to the blog. The URL for that blog is shown in the right hand top corner of this blog in case you want to check it out.
We are about to take off for Alabama!! Our long-time friend, Sarah Pender, is getting married on Saturday. We have known Sarah since she was 12 or 13 years old and then she was our "campus daughter" during her four years of college. We are so happy for her and Josh and know they will be an awesome Christian couple who will labor together to advance the Kingdom of Christ. We wish them well and so much look forward to their wedding day. And of course, an added excitement for us is that Jaden is the ring-bearer in the wedding. He and Amy will attend the rehearsal at 6:00 this evening. I hope he does well with this new "activity."
I'm hoping I will have some precious pics of Jaden and hopefully of Josh and Sarah, too, to post upon our return.
Have a good weekend, everyone!
Philippians 1:3 ¶ I thank my God upon every remembrance of you...
June 26, 1986: I was thankful for JESUS CHRIST, my solid rock, on that day. Dad had been very ill for just three weeks with his just-diagnosed with Acute myelogenous leukemia: (AML) a fast-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. In AML, the bone marrow makes many unformed cells called blasts. Blasts normally develop into white blood cells that fight infection. However, the blasts are abnormal in AML. They do not develop and cannot fight infections. The bone marrow may also make 
abnormal red blood cells and platelets. The number of abnormal cells (or leukemia cells) grows quickly. They crowd out the normal red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets the body needs.
Daddy thought he had the flu and fought it for a few days before going to the doctor when he wasn't getting any better. What a shock to learn that day that he had leukemia. He fought it valiantly at UAB in Birmingham, but it wasn't God's plan for him to be healed. Of course, he realized the ULTIMATE HEALING when he arrived in Heaven on June 26!!
As the two photos portray, I always looked up to my dad (that's Nonie and me with Dad and Mom and I am looking up at him); and I loved him dearly. It hurt so much to lose my beloved Daddy but the Lord was gracious and saw us all through each difficult day. I still miss you, Daddy, and love you so much. I can't wait to see you and Mom when the Lord calls me home one of these days. I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is nothing I enjoy more than a warm evening out at Brian's and Amy's pool watching the grandkids have fun!!! Jaden is loving the water this year. With the life vest on, he is jumping in off the side, goes under 
and bobs right back up, and is kicking those legs for all he is worth. Of course, Jarrett, Isabella, and Josh are all three fish. Well, Belle is a beautiful mermaid. :)
I made some pics and videos of them swimming and playing on Tuesday night as we relaxed. You will note that Jarrett wasn't in the pics because we wasn't out at the pool when I made pics, but I did get a bit of video of him.
I deleted the first video but it still appears on the page, so look for the 2nd video of Jaden in the tux ~~ it is at the the bottom of the article. Be sure to double-click on pics to see that cute face better!
Our 3-1/2-year-old grandson Jaden is going to be the ring-bearer in a wedding on Saturday. The bride is very dear to us as she was our campus daughter for all of her college years. But we go back with Sarah much further than that. Her family moved to our town and to our church (back home) when she about 12 years old. I got to watch Sarah grow up in T-Town until such time as we moved down here. It was a thrill for us when she attended college here and we watched her bloom from teen girl into a lovely young woman.
As a college student, Sarah enjoyed seeing our grandkids during her visits to our home. As well, Brian and Amy had her over to babysit from time to time. She loved our grands and they loved her.
It was a special joy when we learned of Sarah's engagement in February and a special surprise when she asked Jaden to be the ring-bearer. What an honor for Jaden, and we are thrilled that he will represent our ties to Sarah and her family.
Amy ordered Jaden's tux. It arrived today and she brought him over to show us her little man. He was cute as pie in it so I made a couple of pics and a video as well. Since I did that, I might as well share. :)
Happy Wedding Day to Josh and Sarah. I know her parents (Larry and Teri) are just as blessed and proud as they can be. We look forward to Saturday. I hope Jaden does a fine job as the ring-bearer.
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