The bride was beau ….. hold on, I’m getting ahead of myself.
Granddaughter #1 got
married this past Friday!!!!
My older daughter, Denise, came in (from NM) for the wedding
and then last Thursday late afternoon, she, my sister, and I drove to New Braunfels.
New Braunfels is just north of San Antonio and is considered one of the fastest growing cities in the state. It was established in 1845 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of the Mainzer Adelsverein or the Noblemen's Society. Prince Carl named the settlement in honor of his home of Solms-Braunfels, Germany. Located in the Texas Hill Country, it is still known for its German Texan heritage. There are two rivers that run through New Braunfels – the Comal and the Guadalupe. The combination of rivers, German architecture and food, and beautiful scenery make tourism a big business there.
The last time I was there, it was a small town – emphasis on small. Now it’s a good size city with a population of 90,000.
We arrived early evening to the AirB&B.
It’s very nice. And, we had some surprise visitors in the early morning hours – pretty cool considering we were right downtown!
We stayed on the second floor which consisted of two good size bedrooms, one bathroom and a small living room, dining room and kitchen. We got the car unpacked and everything up the stairs. Now, Vicky had some specific thoughts on what she wanted in regard to her wedding cake. Not the traditional multitiered cake but instead she wanted a small cake (for the obligatory cake cutting photos) and cupcakes. Lemon and Strawberry cupcakes. Her mother (my youngest daughter) made the lemon and I made the strawberry. So, in addition to suitcases we also hauled up the stairs a large cooler holding 40+ cupcakes, strawberry icing, and extra strawberries. My goal for Thursday night – get those cupcakes frosted and into the travel boxes.
Okay, I had brought cake decorating tips/bags and thought we’d
use those to end up with fancy frosted cupcakes.
Uhmmmmm – no. That didn’t happen. First of all, the B&B was very warm when we arrived and then the icing got soft very quickly and none of us had any experience with using the decorator tips and we finally just iced them and put a strawberry on top.
Here they are – all ready to go to the reception venue. Friday morning Ellen and I took the cupcakes and dropped them off. And, since there was a little time, we did a bit of shop looking. We had both seen a shop we wanted to visit.
It was filled with Talavera pottery so we stopped for a look-see. And, the place was huge with shelves stacked high with pottery. It was like walking around in a maze. I’m pretty sure I didn’t see everything. No purchases but a lot of hard thinking.
The wedding was to start at 3:00 Friday afternoon and we
were supposed to be there around 2pm for photos. As it happened, people were running late so
the big family photos never happened but that gave me a few minutes to take a quick
couple of pics.
One of his hats and a photo on the bride/groom table.
At 3pm, the music started, everyone stood up, and Vicky
walked down the isle on her father’s arm.
Then the officiant stepped forward and said …..
“Mawage. Mawage is
wot bwings us together today.”
And, if you’re not a Princess Bride fan, you may not get the
reference. Vicky is a Princess Bride
fan! Past the opening line, the ceremony continued normally.
Beautiful, wonderful, lovely and beautiful.
Just a few reception pictures –
There’s more to the trip but this is long enough already so
I’ll save the rest for tomorrow.
4 Oct 2022
Lovely event. My kind of wedding!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a wonderful wedding, fancy enough to be a stylish event yet casual enough to be fun! Congrats to the happy couple!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful wedding. I can't remember the last wedding I attended. Not to many kids being married these days.
ReplyDeleteWhen my step-daughter got married in Austin, it was a place in the middle of the city. An old style 2-story Victorian house with peacocks wandering the grounds and in the old oaks. She and her husband were lead away from the wedding ceremony by a bagpiper. Coincidence was he went to school in El Paso where I was from And I knew him. Small world.
ReplyDeleteWuve, twue wuve - that dweam within a dweam! Lovely wedding!
ReplyDeleteThe cakes look wonderful - as do you. How lovely to see you at last.
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