Wedding Photos

Not too many photos were taken at our wedding and reception.  It was 113° the day we got married, and the church had no air conditioning!

Today's our anniversary so I thought I'd post these in celebration of it!

I had purchased a light blue dress to be married in since we were going to be married in the rectory by Father Steven.  Then the guest list outgrew the space, so we moved the wedding to the church.  My mother insisted if I was getting married in the church, that I should have a wedding dress.  I told her "Fine, make me one." and left it all up to her.  She made the dress and veil without my even seeing the fabric. 

Since she'd made my clothes all my life, she knew it would fit.  It was perfect.  Not frou-frou at all--that isn't my style.

My great-aunt Elfreeda made our wedding cake as a gift to us.  I wanted a chocolate cake--which was kind of unusual back then.  My brother, who was best man, won't eat chocolate, so she made the middle layer white for him since we were married on his birthday.

We were only 20 years old when we got married, and a lot of folks never thought it would work out.  Guess somehow we've managed to prove them wrong!  LOL!