Final weekend, my household and I went to Wilmington, NC for a household marriage ceremony. Our cousin, Brenda has a daughter, Denise who had a vacation spot marriage ceremony there, so all of us went collectively. Lauren flew up from New Orleans and I rode with Renee and Bruce to Wilmington for the two night time keep. Mark stayed house with Daisy. We discovered earlier than we left that Saturday, the day of the marriage, was 100% probability of rain. That was unlucky, however the blissful couple didn’t let it dampen their occasion! It was a really good marriage ceremony and I believed you all may prefer to see photos. Brenda is our cousin on our mother’s aspect of the household and mother and her dad have been brother and sister. It’s laborious to consider they’re each gone now. We now have had Thanksgiving at Brenda’s home for a few years when her dad and mom have been alive and after and all these Thanksgiving pics you’ve seen me put up with all of our household in entrance of a stone fire is at Brenda’s home.
We checked in our resort, the Lodge Ballast, proper on the Cape Worry river and noticed a battleship throughout the best way. I appeared it up and it’s the Battleship North Carolina, a museum ship since 1962. We didn’t get an opportunity to see a lot in Wilmington, particularly with the wet climate on Saturday.
Friday afternoon was respectable and the rain had not began but, so Lauren and I took a stroll from the resort round city and it’s a extremely cute city.
Selfies alongside the best way. It was good attending to spend time with Lauren, we roomed collectively and had fun.
Historic downtown Wilmington on Cape Worry river.
There have been a couple of outlets we checked out, just like the spice store and we each introduced house some spices. We didn’t do a lot procuring although, simply walked.
Pelican statue alongside the river stroll.
That night time, after the welcome occasion, we stoped in at a Italian ice/ice cream store referred to as Jeremiah’s Italian ice and obtained this candy deal with and it was scrumptious. I appeared them up and discovered there’s one not that removed from us right here in Acworth, so I’ll be visiting there too. This was a strawberry flavored one and it was SO good, with ice cream and cookie crumbles.
View from our resort window. We woke as much as rain on Saturday and took our umbrellas and walked right down to a bagel store for breakfast and obtained breakfast bagels, which have been scrumptious. With rain all day, we opted to only keep indoors in our room and simply loosen up.
The marriage was at 6 pm that night and it was a proper affair, so I obtained out one among my attire that I wore to my step daughter’s marriage ceremony 6 years in the past and it was enjoyable to dress up once more. Lauren and I earlier than we left the room.
Me and Lauren. We each felt nice in our attire, Lauren appears to be like so fairly! I haven’t shared this, however Lauren left her massive regulation agency over the summer time and went out on her on. She’s doing nice and I do know she’s going to proceed to be so profitable as a lawyer along with her personal enterprise now. I don’t get to see my household as a lot as I used to, since mother and pa are gone. They don’t come again right here as a lot. I’ve to go down there extra lately and I’ll plan a visit after my hip surgical procedure is finished, in all probability in early spring subsequent 12 months. Bruce’s mother, Doris, has moved to assisted residing now too (she’s 96!) and so they got here house this time to wash out her home and get it able to promote.
Bruce and Renee wanting very spiffy! I didn’t get my very own photos of Brenda and the remainder of the relations, nevertheless it was nice to be with all of them. I did borrow a pair from her.
I’m borrowing this image from her Fb web page, Brenda and her cousin, Victoria, who helped her loads on the marriage. Victoria is a cousin on the opposite aspect of Brenda’s household, her mother’s aspect, however we’ve recognized her endlessly too.
That is Brenda and her household the night time earlier than the marriage.
(L to R: Brenda, Neal, Denise & TJ (bride & groom), Brenda’s brother, Dennis & his daughter, Layna, brothers Reese & Mason)
Marriage ceremony time! The bride’s 2 brothers, Reese and Mason, have been the flower boys and so they have been a hoot. We have been all laughing after they got here down the aisle with their sun shades on, tossing rose petals alongside the best way. We weren’t anticipating that one!
The bride along with her dad. All of the bridemaids wore formal black attire and that was a pleasant look. I beloved Denise’s gown too.
The blissful couple exchanging vows.
The kiss.
Mr. and Mrs. Butcher. Denise and TJ.
The large chandelier within the pavilion. The marriage ceremony was out right here and fortuitously that they had plastic to wrap all the perimeters with to maintain out the rain.
Our sit down dinner was downstairs and so fairly.
I had a scrumptious tenderloin with potatoes.
The dessert desk was fantastic!
The blissful couple, TJ and Denise. I want them a few years of happiness and love and it was nice to be at their marriage ceremony! They now reside within the Raleigh, NC space.
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