Beach Wedding!...otherwise known as "Sometimes your kids can surprise you with a really great idea!"

So...

We got home from our marvelous trips to Florida

and Savannah.

It took us 4 days of butt-numbing travel by car

to get back to the U.P. of

Michigan.

And, a fewdays later: my daughter called and told us

that her and her fiance

wanted to

move up their wedding.

They wanted to do an

"elopement ceremony"

rather than have a big wedding.

In two or three

WEEKS!~!!!

Back

in

Florida!!

They wanted a small, private

beach wedding.

So...

that meant

we had to go BACK to Florida.

This time we went by plane.

And it was gorgeous.

Just perfect.

My daughter did not want her wedding pictures

on the blog.

But, she was fine with me posting the "no people"

wedding photos...

So, here goes!!:

The wedding arch.

I loved that you can see two chairs beyond the arch in this photo!:

They had a heart in the sand

where they stepped into to do their vows.

I thought it was such a cute idea.

Oops, So I broke the rules here

and DID show you the bride and groom!:

( I sure wish I could've been barefoot for MY wedding like they got to do!)

More decorations:

The walkway into the rest of their lives together:

When the guests arrived at the wedding, they were greeted by two signs.

This one told them to take off their shoes!  Loved it!:

The wedding was wonderful

and the day was gorgeous...

In the 80's with warm, balmy sea breezes.

It ended at sunset, as planned....

Sometimes your childrens' wisdom

surprises you.

But it always delights you.

We had a wonderful time of family love and happiness

which will remain in our memories

for the rest of our lives.

And?

I got a new son-in-law in the family to love, too!

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TODAY...

at midnight..

is the DEADLINE

for you to send me your

FREE PHOTO CONTEST photo for this month.

The May 2011theme is:

"Something that Starts with an A"

Better get crackin'....

get it in, get 'er done!!!