I have been told wedding pictures will be available by the end of July. I'm excited to get them! I don't regret not taking pictures during all the wedding festivities, but sometimes I get impatient! But I do not want to rush the photog. She will come through and a month is not unreasonable. So part 1 of Hayley and Austin's wedding festivities will wait.
Part 2 is the open house in Ohio. I did take a few pictures.
And the trip wasn't just an open house; we drove Austin's truck to Ohio. He left it up here when he and Hayley flew to New York for their honeymoon. We packed it with some furniture, a TV and a lot of Hayley's stuff and drove it all down. That meant Jim and I did not ride together. That meant I drove all the way in the van. Matt went in the van with me (to Indiana to attend a robotics meet). He was a decent passenger except when he argued, and then he was really fun. Our arguments are fake arguments, I enjoy hearing him use his own personal logic to be purposely irritating. He's a good arguer. I'm not but I have fun needling him.
Friday we arrived in Pickerington Ohio. It's a nice suburb (of Columbus), very green. They'd had some flooding a few days before and we saw a few places with standing water. Friday night we ate dinner at Austin's parents' house. It was good to get to know them a little better.
Saturday morning, Jim and I went over to the church to help set up.
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| pink and gray balloons. That's a lot of my air |
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| immediately recognizable as an LDS church building cultural hall. Very handy for celebrations. |
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| table decor |
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| the bride wears orange |
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| ...and looks excited |
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| the cute couple |
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| Also the happy couple |
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| Cake! |
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| I loved her train. It was not designed for easy ambulation, but she sure looked pretty |
I met a woman who lived in Minnesota for a few years and new many LDS families that I knew from my youth. That was a fun conversation! She was Austin's seminary teacher for a couple of years. We heard many exclamations of Austin's goodness and we are sure that Hayley found a great husband!
On Sunday morning, we drove back to Indiana to get Matt, then drove home. It was a short trip, and we would have liked to spend more time with Austin's family. They all seem like such nice people.
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