Jessica's and Jeff's Wedding

             

The Bride and Groom, Jessica and Jeff

Jessica and her Maid of Honor

Jessica Estienne, my great niece graduated from William and Mary College in June and a week later she got married to her high school sweetheart, Jeffrey Schildt.  They both graduated from Suffolk (VA) High School.  Jeffrey went into the navy and Jessica went to college in Williamsburg, VA.

Jessica's mother Cyndi  is my sister Christine Knudson's middle daughter. Jessica has 3 younger brothers.

The wedding was beautiful.  It was held at Holy Neck Christian Church which is located out in the country where Jessica and Jeff grew up.  It was held at 11 a.m. and attended by a lot of friends and people from the community where they grew up.  Guests were treated to a sit-down barbecue lunch at noon. Despite the hot temperature, the younger set changed their clothes after the wedding and enjoyed playing volleyball, and other lawn games.  We, along with other older guests, went back to the air conditioned Hilton Garden Inn in Suffolk.

Holy Neck Christian Church

breakfast at the Hilton

The Hilton Garden Inn in Suffolk, VA

Family weddings are always so much fun.  The night before we got together and visited while the wedding party was at the rehearsal.  After sending the bride and groom off to Puerto Rico on their honeymoon late Sat. pm, the rest of us all went out to eat and then returned to the hotel to cut a big watermelon on  the "veranda" of the 5-story Hilton Inn.  We all had a big breakfast on Sunday morning and headed back to CT, MD, MI, NC, and AL.