wedding

Well we made it to St. Louis, and Dad and I were going to the wedding. On top of that, Dad had to be at the rehearsal so he could practice walking down the aisle.

The groom, Jake Exely, myself and the bride, my niece, Candice J. Cherry-Exely

So while at the dinner, he and the bride (Candice Cherry at the time), his granddaughter and my niece, had a happy moment together.

My Dad, Jim Eades, and his granddaughter (my niece) Candice J. Cherry. (This was before she was married.)

Dad met the groom at the rehearsal and gave him the grandfather seal of approval. There is absolutely no proof that a shotgun was in the area at that time. (Tee hee hee).

Jake Exely, the groom, and my dad at the wedding rehearsal.

The wedding day started out a bit chili, as evidenced by the frozen ice on top of my car.

It was a bit icy, as evidenced by the top of my car that morning.

Then it was time for the wedding, so here are a bunch of photos from the wedding, mainly of the walking down the aisle.

Dad walks his carefully rehearsed walk down the aisle at the wedding ceremony.

A.J. Cherry, the bride’s oldest sister, walks down the aisle.

B.J. Cherry, the next sister of the bride walks down the aisle.

Danielle Cherry, the youngest sister of the bride, walks down the aisle.

The bride, Candice Cherry, soon to be Candice J. Cherry-Exely, walks down the aisle. She’s absolutely glowing. Oh, and that’s her dad Clif (with one f) walking her down the aisle.

Okay a post wedding photo…

The bride and groom with her sisters and mother.

The reception was held that evening. Many members of the family came from Indiana to see the occasion, and joined the party, including my Aunt Judy Eades, who is married to my Dad’s brother Phil.

Judy Eades, sister-in-law of my Dad, with him at the reception afterwards.

That’s about all the photos I have of the Wedding of Candice Cherry to Jake Exely, but it’s enough to show one of the reasons I went on this Adventurous trip with my Dad. After that day, we went on to Madison, Indiana.

Here is a link to the previous post, the day with Dad in St. Louis.

Five of the Eades kids and their parents, Susan and Jim Eades. The five kids there are: Mark, Cindy, Annette, Mike and Matt. Not shown: Kim.

One of the things about getting older, is you attend a lot more anniversary celebrations.

One of the rare things in this era are the wedding anniversaries, particularly ones that are 30 years or more.

Well in my case, my parents recently celebrated one of the rarest ones, their Diamond Anniversary, also known as a 60th wedding anniversary.

At my parents’ request, we kept this one small. We held it at my sister’s house and she was a gracious host.

One of the reasons we kept it small is that they don’t like big things any more; Mom walks a lot slower, and Dad has a hard time hearing things in big, noisy restaurants.

Now their 50th wedding anniversary was a big affair. We did it as a banquet, and “roasted” my parents thoroughly. But if you know our family, you know there aren’t too many things we won’t tease each other mercilessly about.

We teased them about the number of kids they begat (six) and about how they invented new math (Date of birth of first born minus date of marriage equals a lot less than nine months) and why we moved to California (It was to find a house with more than one bathroom).

At that event, my mother’s sister and others came out from Indiana to attend, as did many of the friends we’ve all known for decades in California.

But was that event better than this one?

No, both were fun and nice, just different.

We still swapped stories about things like past vacations, some fun things we did as a family (the vacations) and more. Just one of those chances for a larger family to get together and see each other, something that’s getting harder and harder to do as we all get older.

Congratulations Mom and Dad on making it through 60 years together.

An Adventure in the Daddy Zone – My Dad and the wedding

Adventures in the Aging Zone – A Diamond Anniversary