Molly and Adrien Got Married!

 My last blog was about Maggie and Chase getting married.  Three months later, almost to the day, Molly and Adrien got married on June 22, 2024.  

Molly envisioned a small garden wedding within trees and flowers. We looked for an outdoor area that would include everything she wanted and found Vander Veer park. Molly booked the rose garden for June 8th.  She then started looking for a photographer but couldn't find one for that date so she changed the wedding to June 22 to work with the photographer's schedule.  It turned out to be a perfect day.  Adrien's family lives in France and it was sad they were not able to make it in June, but we are looking forward to and are very excited they will be coming later in the year for the reception we have planned for the couple.

Molly found her dress at the second bridal store we went to. She tried on many but not a lot. She knew what she wanted. She later bought lace and I made straps for the dress.

I gave Molly my grandmother's diamond my mom had given me. Molly designed the setting and found a jeweler to make it.

Molly decided to buy wood flowers. I didn't know what she was talking about when she told me but they turned out beautiful!  We dyed them the colors she picked for the special day and had a lot of fun doing so.  

We then made the bouquet, corsages, and boutonnieres.  They turned out beautiful!

The special day finally arrived.

We started the day with breakfast and then Molly, Maggie, and I headed out to have our hair and makeup done.  My friend Tami owns Merle Norman and we had asked her if she would do our makeup. Her daughter does hair so it worked out perfectly! Tami did my makeup for my wedding over 40 years ago!!

A customer came into the store and asked if someone was getting married. When we said yes, she had advice for the bride, always give him a hug in the morning and a hug at night.  When she said this I thought of the photo I took before we left the house for the day. 

We then went to the Current Hotel in downtown Davenport to have lunch and to get ready while the guys stayed home to get ready.

                    

It was a windy day.

There was a total of eleven people including the bride and groom so it was very intimate.  Molly's grandma Janelle, finally made it to a grandchild's wedding.  We worried about her driving to Davenport so her sister Sharon brought her.

Molly asked her cousin Brice to be the officiant.  He was happy to!

This is a photo of two nervous guys as they wait for the ceremony to begin.

Molly said that when she walked down the aisle........

She saw this........

And yes, I am trying not to cry.

We didn't get a photo of the ring bearer, baby Finnan, handing them the rings but Molly said it was really cute. He grabbed the rings as if to hand to them, like he knew what he was supposed to do!  

It was a beautiful ceremony.

After the short ceremony, it was time for photos. The following photo is of everyone that was there.

Brice Petsel, his fiancee Lauryn, Sharon Kell, Janelle Sproston, Michael Sproston, Elizabeth Sproston, Molly Sproston, Adrien Johnson, Maggie Sproston with baby Finnan Brown, and Chase Brown.

We went back to our house to eat cake and drink champagne while we waited for the catered food to arrive.

The owner of the Olive Tree was very excited to walk into the house to find a bride and groom.  He was honored to be asked to be in a photo with them.

One happy family!!

And some more photos.