Sunday morning I got up and wanted a few moments of solitude before the bustle of the day started so I went out for a stroll around the barn.
On the front porch I was greeted by marigold garland strands awaiting their final placement. Thanks to the many family members who pitched in to pick marigolds and string the garlands. It reminded me that this day was to be filled with loving thoughts from many friends and family.
I thought I was the first one up but Sophia, who was arranging all of the wedding flowers, had already been hard at work. All of the flowers for the day were cut from our fields and gardens as well as the from the home of the bride's family.
Here are the bride and groom after the ceremony when they opened the barn for the reception.
Miss P made the cake toppers, and did a wonderful job capturing the wedding attire of the bride and groom.
Friends and family helped with the preparations by fixing the barn, folding cranes, planting and weeding marigolds and other flowers, letter pressing invitations, floral arranging, wedding music, preparing cookies and cakes for the dessert buffet, and even shooing a couple of chickens who thought the flower bedecked arch was a buffet set out just for them.
The day was joyous and beyond anything I could have imagined. I loved seeing my son so happy and it was wonderful to spend time with family on such jubilant occasions.
The day was joyous and beyond anything I could have imagined. I loved seeing my son so happy and it was wonderful to spend time with family on such jubilant occasions.
Now, we are baking a 
P is SIX!
We are ALMOST finished with the playhouse. We bought the paint yesterday. P chose pink for the walls and turquoise for the trim. The painting has begun.
New chicks!
And I have been able to keep up with my ICAD project! Others around here have joined in the fun too. 
Over the years we have tried to celebrate the 1000 day anniversaries in our family. It is sometimes hard to do as they are of course not annual events and always occur at different times of the year. This also makes it fun. Kids who have summer birthdays get to celebrate during the school year and vice versa. Yesterday, M turned 6000 days old!
Also on the theme of celebrating at different times of year, we had our Thanksgiving dinner yesterday! D will have his wisdom teeth out Wednesday so it was nice for all of us to enjoy the turkey with trimmings.
Really, can there be such a thing as celebrating too often, being too thankful or having too many wonderful meals together?
We also enjoyed a walk in the new county park near us where I took these photographs.
