A wedding took place in Texas. Leo's family rallied and took the trip to meet Josh's new wife and celebrate the wedding. We almost made it but Glen and Penny had some difficulty with their airport authorities and parking in Minot so they didn't make it. We were all VERY sad as we were hoping to have a family reunion in Texas and relax together.
Eva, Bud and I flew down a day early and met up in Houston. We rented a car and drove to Galveston for the night. The Thursday night scene was pretty quiet but we managed to walk around a little and find dinner.
Friday we met Jessica and just relaxed and had a nice day.
The beach house was beautiful and big. our room was in the very top.
Josh's mom arrived in the afternoon. Josh and Jessica decided to 'photo bomb' this picture.
Leo had been down in Texas for a week and had a chance to get to know Garrick. They seem to get along well. Leo hadn't seen his grandson since he was a baby. They had some time to catch up.
We were right on the ocean so we had a few walks along the beach.
Friday night was time to set up for the wedding. Garrick did a good job of helping.
The two guys just 'chilling' waiting for the rehearsal.
They sure look alike.
Garrick and I had some fun together. It was great to get to know him.
Our room was very nice except the fold out couch wasn't very comfortable. Eva just slept on the top. The nice part was we had our own bathroom.
Bert and Gloria (Josh's grandparents) Eva and Leo. We spent a lot of the time on Saturday afternoon relaxing on the porch before the afternoon wedding.
Leo knows Josh's family fairly well and the week before he teased Aunt Sally (on the left) how much he loved her lemon pie. These two wonderful ladies are Bert's sisters.
Jessica's mom put the pearls around her neck. The pearls belonged to her grandmother. Jessica spent a lot of time with this special grandmother so this was a touching moment.
We cleaned up pretty well for the wedding.
Jessica's uncle walked her down the steps.
It was a nice ceremony with the ocean behind them.
The veranda was a great place for taking pictures.
Father and son.
AND of course Aunt Sally made a wonderful lemon pie just for Leo. I was thankful that he shared a little of it with us.
Grandma and grandpa, Mom and Dad and the new couple.
I thought this one was cute.
A touching remembrance of the grandparents that had a great influence on both the bride and groom.
I gave them a pair of pillowcases that Mom had embroidered.
Sunday morning everyone was up early and cleaning the beach house. We left about 11:00 and made our way back to Houston. Leo left shortly after us and drove up to Iowa to see Uncle Eldon on his way home.
Everyone at the wedding told us we needed to stop at this resort area on our way home and since we had lots of time we checked it out.
It was a great place to eat with many aquariums all around the room.
Finally we decided that ice cream would be a good way to beat the heat. The ice cream was especially delicious.
We had a wonderful time and enjoyed meeting Jessica, Garrick and all of the extended families.
I can't promise that I will be much better at posting, It seems that I am in a lazy streak. I have been doing a little sewing and maybe I will try to post some of those pictures.
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