A Few Wedding Pictures

Well, here are a few pictures that Bob Taylor & I took on Saturday. Mom & I are standing near the guest book table. This is a canvas print of a picture Heather took while in Venice, Italy.
Waiting patiently for something exciting to happen!

Kirk passing out grapes & bagels with cream cheese to the wedding
party while we waited in the newly decorated bridal room

Before they came down the aisle, Kirk told Heather,
"there are two things to remember, I love you & let's have fun!"

Pledging their love to each other-
Both the pastor & Jeff wore mics so the vows could be easily heard. :-)

Mr & Mrs. Jeff Himes

Here we are MC-ing the reception. Uncle David was slated to do
it but he ended up with the flu for 7 days. :-(

Heather recorded herself singing, "At Last" to Jeff for their dance.

The cool couple

Aren't they cute?

A big kiss!
The professional photographers took 4000 pictures,
of which 2500 will be for us. I can hardly wait!!!

Heather's Shower at GHFC

On May 16, there was a lovely bridal shower in Joy Hall at church.
Kathy Hotz, Lynn Weber, Annette White, Becky Abernethy, Heather, Anni Weins, Pati Gomez, Sylvia Cecil & Abby at the shower. These lovely ladies from the Sojourner class put on a lovely shower. Mina made a darling video, but was unable to attend the shower.
Abby made darling clever cards for the ladies to fill out & give to Heather. She included prompts on them, to give them ideas. "To keep communication open, try...,To ruin communication, don't...,On you honeymoon, be sure to..., etc.
She is going to have them bound with a spiral comb to make a flip book for Heather to refer to.

Grandma gave a wonderful devotional about marriage from the Bible. Great advice!
Here we are.

Megan Hotz, Keriann Weber & Heather

Jeff crashed the shower & jumped right in helping open presents.

Grandma & Grandpa gave them this vacuum.
It was a lovely shower!
Heather & I feel so blessed to have such dear friends give one for her.

More Pre-Wedding Activities

Only 2.5 more weeks!

Greg & Brian Himes, Jeff Livings, & the groom on a quick stop during the Bachelor Party. They went rock climbing, go-kart racing and then BBQ-ed dinner.

Here Heather is giving Grandpa Stevens a hug after he gave her & Jeff their wedding present.

Friends & family helped move Jeff in to apt. 105. Here is Aunt Phyllis & I bringing in cleaning supplies, etc. from the 99 cent Store.

The 2 dads carrying in the box springs.

Ooph! This bed is heavy!

The experts putting together the bed

Aunt Phyllis & Jeff's mom, Karen, also put in shelf paper and cleaned out the fridge.

Suzy, one of Heather's bridesmaids, and I put in shelf paper in Heather & Jeff's apartment.

Mother's Day with the kids doing the work. :-)

After our Mother's Day dinner, we put together the favor boxes for the wedding.

Heather & Jeff's Shower at Sunny Hills Church of Christ

After the monthly potluck, there was a shower today for Heather & Jeff at Jeff's church. It is Sunny Hills Church of Christ, and is around the corner from our house. Notice the picture of them on the wall in the background. Someone had a cake made, which we all enjoyed.

Heather had the mic while Jeff opened the gifts.
Here's the gaggle of girls who were sitting in the front.

We gave them "Buckets of Love" which were filled with practical things We gave Heather cleaning supplies and Jeff got a 5-gallon bucket with tools from Sears & picture hanging items.

They also received lots of gift cards from Target & Sears. :-)

One of the ladies in the church made beautiful corsages for Karen, Heather & I.
What a lovely group of people!
(Jeff is 3rd generation at SHCOC just like Heather is at Granada).

Heather's Shower at Aunt Robin's

Aunt Robin hostessed a lovely bridal shower for Heather last Sunday afternoon.
She made delicious desserts and veggie pizza.

Here we are before the other guests arrived.

It was so sweet of Robin to have a family shower for Heather!
Jeff's mom, sisters, some aunts & cousins were able to come. There were 15 altogether.

Here Heather is telling how she met Jeff (on her choir tour in Italy),
while his mom, Karen, & I listen.

Heather has now joined the ranks of lucky ladies who have received
a copy of Aunt Robin's coveted cookbook!
I gave Heather 4 nesting baskets & 2 beach towels for Hawaii.

Gretchen made the ribbon bouquets while she chatted with Jeff's cousin's wife.

Jeff came at the end of the shower & helped load the gifts into my car.

Lovely Spring!

Easter Sunday in the garden at church

Jerry gave Mina 2 baskets of Helen's knitting supplies which Mina
will use this summer to teach the MOPS Moms how to knit.

The day after Easter, Kirk & I drove down to Coronado
Island for a few days away.

The Coronado Island Bridge
Kirk is talking to Heather about the wedding photographer she
chose with the San Diego skyline in the background.

We got dressed up and went out to dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant on the bay.
This is the view from our room before we left.

Then we went to the Lamb's Players Theatre to see "The Rivalry." I would highly recommend seeing it when it comes to your local theater. It is the dramatization of the debates between Stephen Douglas & Abe Lincoln.

The next day we went on a tour of the Gem Institute of America in Carlsbad.
Here is an amazing display of handmade jewelry, all in platinum!

This chess set weighs in at 12 pounds of GOLD! (@$1,600 an oz!)

There were many displays of all different types of gems. I learned a lot!

The huge Swaroski crystal rotates and refracts the sunlight.

This year, we skipped the tour and parked out car above the Field of
Flowers & ate a picnic lunch.

We had a wonderful 3 days!!

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