Busy Weekend

Last weekend was a busy one for us. All the family was in town for the big wedding. We had 27 guests for supper in the old farm house Saturday night and we weren't even here! The daughters fed the crowd while we were at the Rehearsal Dinner. Then we had eight overnight guests. Grandma would have been proud to see her house full.
Saturday morning after chores I had to run to church to learn my ushering duties. In the afternoon we quit early so that we could attend Rachel and Austin's wedding. It was very nice, but unfortunately we couldn't stay for the reception. I would have loved to have shared that time with their family and friends. After the rehearsal dinner at Garden Gate, it was back to the fellowship hall to make sure everything was set up for the reception Sunday.

Growing up, Kary was like another little sister. Vernie worked late most evenings as a car salesman. Pearline would often bring the kids out to the farm, so several nights a week they were at our supper table. Sunday after church it was usually lunch call at one or the others' house. With Mom and Pearl being sisters from Iowa, we took many a trip to Lester together. Both families bought camping trailers, so most of our vacations were taken together. Canning, freezing, and butchering was done together. Holidays were spent together. After we married, Kary was like an aunt to our kids.

For the last 25 or 30 years, I have worked regularly with Ron. He is our fertilizer and chemical salesman/supplier, and he has been an asset to our farming operation. He has done most of our crop scouting, and in his younger days did a lot of soil testing and custom application for us. I trust his fertility, chemical program, insecticide, fungicide, and liming recommendations so much that I have become lazy in the agronomy department. I have admired his hunting, fishing, and musical talents. Ron has been a widower for over three years and has a neat family of five adult children.

Ron and Kary are both from big families, and they both made lots of friends over the years. Sunday, they were united in Holy Matrimony. It was one of the largest weddings we have ever had in our church.
Congratulations and God's blessings Kary and Ron!


Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Matthew 22:4