San Diego Wedding

Here comes the bride

Speak now or forever hold your peace.

With this ring...

The Kiss

Gorgeous bouquet

The rings

Mr. and Mrs. Robert McLay

Dina, Robert, Jodie, and Haley

Shocking — a wave!

Kian, Dina, Robert, and Devon McLay

Dina and the brothers: Jodie, Robert, and David

Devon and Jess

Sharon, David, Devon, Haley, Jess, Joe Henry, Robert, Dina, Jodie, Tom, Donna, and Kian
The Gathered Clan

Wedding cake

 

Cutting the cake

 

Delicious!

Wedding day Photos

It has taken a while for me to recover from the festivities! Here are a few of the wedding day photos, these courtesy of Donn Shires, who did a fantastic job of capturing the many moments that made up that never-to-be-forgotten day.

Patty and Laura with Mom

Sarah, Emily, and Katie
Beautiful granddaughters!

Tom — before the wedding

Father John Francis, Tom and Jodie,
the best man 

Olivia

My sister Dorothy

Jim walks me down the aisle

Who gives this woman?

Patty reads

Exchanging vows

Vows and rings

Dan Varner plays and sings

Singing "Forever Young"

Flautist

Donna listens

Mr. and Mrs. McLay bring the
elements for the Eucharist

Jim, olivia, Alyssa, Tess and Haley

At the Eucharist

Leaving the church

"So Much Happiness"

     That is the title of a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, and it describes how I feel to a T. Tom and I plan to marry in December, when friends and relatives from far and near can fit us into their holiday plans and we won't interfere with school and work. I have heard that these days weddings take a year or more of advance planning, but we want our life together to start as soon as possible, so we're compressing the timeline. Makes the planning a bit of a bobsled ride!
     Saturday I will have the opportunity to spend a week with his family in a large beach house on the Outer Banks. Ah, the beach, my favorite of all places. Well, maybe not better than Paris, but certainly equal. They each have their own charms. I'm looking forward to this with great anticipation.
     Google "So Much Happiness." It's good to remind ourselves that happiness floats.