The Wedding Is Over

The wedding is over. All went very well. Granddaddy opened with singing The Lord's Prayer and it set a very good tone for the ceremony according to Laura and John. Cathy, Tim's youngest sister, to whom Laura is very close and one of their friends who came all the way from New York did readings during the ceremony and it was very good. Tim ended with a prayer. Laura looked beautiful even in her jeans. She designed and made the top she wore. Photos of the wedding may be seen at Searcypics.com and click on the Hacker-Wright wedding. The reception was great. We had a house full of people...I know I had 150 plates and we ran out and had to wash them and start over and even take plain red plates out of the cabinet to use. There was way too much food and I have no idea what I am going to do with all the left overs And is the Hacker family tradition, Laurel (Carol's little girl) and Noah (Cathy's little boy) hid in the back of Laura and John's car and jumped up as they started to drive off...this started when Tim and I got married - Cathy and Lori Pryor hid in the back of our car. Laura and Joe(y) hid in the back of Cathy's car now it was Laura's turn. No one had decorated thier car so they thought they were getting off scott free. Laurel and Noah really surprised them. It was really fun. And just like Jennifer James was born in the middle of the night before our wedding when Mike was to take pictures, Jennifer's Parker was born in the middle of the night before Laura's wedding only this time, Jennifer was in Texas so Beth went to be with her and Mike came here. Thanks, Jenn and Beth for letting us have the best photographer in the whole world for Laura's wedding. Jenn and Parker are both doing fine. Thanks also to Marianne, John's mom, Cindy and Micki Cogbill, Diana, Vivian, Beckie, Leslie, and Woodie as well as Mamie and her wonderful daughter, Twanda for helping by cooking or letting us borrow things or making runs to the store or wahing dishes and cleaning up or just being there to make sure everything went smoothly!

Laura and John came back here Friday night and this morning they packed as much as they could get in their car and headed to Ohio. We'll take the rest of the stuff to them when they get to Kansas City in a few weeks. It will give us a chance to see them and to see their new place. I had a lot of fun joking with John...the only thing is that his brain is much smarter and faster than mine but he doesn't get mad when I do come up with a good one...just keep praying for them...I have to believe that they don't stand a chance against all the prayer warriors out there who are praying for their souls! John is going to be a good son-in-law who takes good care of my Laura in every way except her salvation (which to me is the most important)...but I just have to believe the scripture and have faith that God will win her back someday and she will bring him with her!