HERE COMES THE BRIDE!

Our son Sam, and his date Brittney.

(Please excuse the order in which these photos appear. I have neither the time, nor the patience this morning to arrange them in chronological order!)

Daughters Krystal, Gina, and Avery

Farmboy and Cyn

Avery, hamming it up before the ceremony

Bride Giselle, and her new husband, Jon

The happy couple at the head table

I wish this was a close up, but we had a friend of Ave's taking photos while the actual hired photographer was taking them, and she needed to stay out of the guys way!

Giselle and her sisters

The bride and her dad

This was a wedding that had been prayed into existence!
For years Giselle had stated that she would never marry. She was content to be single the rest of her life. We, on the other hand, as her parents, did NOT feel that was God's best for her. So we began praying a little over a year ago that God's intended husband for Giselle would show his face! Little did we know that Jon's parents were praying in the same way for Jon!
Giselle and Jon had been friends in high school, and always felt very comfortable together. They lost track with each other for about 13 years, then ran into each other at a 5k race 3 years ago. They then saw each other again at a 5k race Giselle and I ran 2 years ago. This time they exchanged e-mail addys and they went back and forth for a few weeks. Jon abruptly stopped writing, for reasons unknown to Giselle at the time. She found out later he had been seeing someone, and felt this was not fair to the other girl. Then last July Jon e-mailed again, and they picked up where they had left off many years before. Becoming good friends again.
And after 6 weeks of writing, Jon asked her out.
Slow and steady wins the race.
And thankfully, Jon knew that Giselle had to take things very slowly. Jon was turning her life, as she knew it, upside down. And at nearly 34 years of age, she had some patterns set down that were difficult for her to change. Like getting to bed by 8pm! Jon would call and they would talk for hours. Because she lived over an hour from Jon (and us!), most times she would drive here for a date and not get home till after midnight. After several months we knew this was getting serious.
And so a date was set.
And on Saturday, July 21, 2007, God answered the cry of their parents hearts, and the two became one.
We are so very blessed to have Jonathan as our son-in-law. And we know that God has only good planned for them and their children, and their childrens children!