Shuford-Black Wedding

On May 9 we were in Reno for my nephew Brian's wedding. He married Candi Black at the Peppermill casino. Rick and I drove to Reno on Friday for the wedding and spent the weekend with my sister, Linda, and her husband, Alex (aka Pepi).

The first highlight was seeing my new great nephew - Jenny and Tim's baby boy, Gavin Michael. Here is Gavin with his mom and grandma.

Of course the main event was the wedding. The chapel was decorated so nicely, the ceremony was short and very sweet, and the dinner/reception was fantastic.

We had so much fun at the reception. I caught Linda and Pepi taking pictures of themselves.

Candi's dress was beautiful. Here is the happy couple at the end of a long wedding day.

Swantner-Trahan Wedding

Last weekend we traveled to Huntsville, AL, for the wedding of Rick's nephew, Dan. The best part (besides seeing Dan so happy and with a permanent grin on his face) was getting the three Swantner brothers together in the same place for the first time in years.

Dale, Ed, and Rick at the NASA rocket museum:

Rick with his nephew, Dan:

Permanent smile Dan with his new bride, Lisa:

Proud parents of the groom, Gloria & Dale:

Walker-Moore Wedding

On February 2, 2008, Jennifer Walker married Tim Moore. Jenny is my neice. We flew to Reno for the wedding. Don't they look happy?

My parents were also there. It was great to see them. They had driven three days from Kansas to Reno and then on to Palm Springs for the rest of the month. Rick took a lovely photo of the three of us.

The wedding was held at Linda (my sister) and Pepi's house. Here they are.

Linda and Pepi had specific jobs for the wedding. Linda's job was to make sure the slaves were always working in the kitchen. Here she is driving Candi to finish the stuffed tomatos.

Pepi had his usual job of taking videos. But he had a second job as well - following the chicken around with a microphone so we could have music to do the Chicken Dance.

Jenny's older brothers were both there. Here is my nephew Brian and his girlfriend Candi. Candi swears she only ate three cupcakes, not four.

And here is my nephew Sean and his adorable daughter Jordyn.

Of course Rick was there too. He took about 100 photos and managed his way into only a few. Fortunately he found his way into one with me.

The wedding was lovely and a lot of fun. We wish the best for the new couple and hope they are having fun in Hawaii.