Weddings area always such happy occasions. On Saturday, May 29, 2010, we traveled to Black Mountain, NC for my niece Beth Johnson's wedding to Matthew Peabody. The wedding took place at a Presbyterian Church on the Warren Wilson college campus at 4 p.m. Beautiful violin music filled the church before and during the wedding.It was a family event with many young cousins attending. They passed out the small vials of bubble soap for everybody to blow bubbles to the newlywed couple as they exited the church.
We left the church and went to the Wild Hare restaurant in Black Mountain, NC, for the reception.
Here you see Matt and Beth with her mother Carolyn on her left,
and her aunt; Susan on front, then left to right on back: Judy, Nell,
Chris and Alice.
It was a beautiful wedding and we enjoyed meeting Matt's family from Indiana and other states. Beth's brothers Doug and Greg as well as their wives Michelle and Robin were in the wedding.
The Wild Hare is a place that caters special events. The reception buffet meal was delicious and after dinner, a DJ friend from New Orleans was there to provide music for dancing in the ballroom. Following a toast from the best man and the fathers of the bride and groom, a slide show of Beth and Matt growing up was enjoyed by all. The bride's cousin Bill Gilmer prepared the slide show, complete with music. Then the beautiful wedding cake was cut and enjoyed by all.
The bride's 5 aunts (her mother's sisters) hosted a luncheon the day of the wedding for guests coming from out of town to the wedding. A large table of deli foods with cold drinks and cookies was served in the Senior Center building overlooking Lake Tomahawk.
The only member of our immediate family that could attend was granddaughter Liz who flew to the wedding from Austin, TX. We enjoyed visiting with her.
We left Black Mountain on Monday and attended our youngest granddaughter Caroline's 8th grade graduation in Florence, SC on June 2nd at 6:30 p.m. More about that later.
