Getting a Handle on: Family Expansion

This weekend my family expanded.  My dear daughter, Kathryn, married her fiance, Andrew.  We had a few bumps in the road, like an aisle runner malfunction, a close call by Andy's mom as she drove back to the church to retrieve forgotten cd's for the reception, and the groom's cake falling apart......but it was all memorable and full of joy.

We kept my son gluten free by bringing a meal that the restaurant could simply heat up for the rehearsal dinner.  We got this food from a Cromwell location called "La Piastra." 
( http://lapiastra.com/ )  Dinner at the reception was provided by "Plan B," a classy and hot spot burger restaurant in the Hartford area.  ( http://www.planbburger.com/flash.html )  They accommodated three of our guests that have allergies or intolerances by cooking their beef burgers on a separate grill, and providing a gluten free bun for John.  I also brought him a side dish of shrimp salad.   All went well on that front.

The bride and groom drove to the reception in Peter's 1935 Ford Pickup, which we decorated with a hand-lettered sign in keeping with the occasion:

It’s bittersweet. I am *very* happy for them, but when she packed up her clothes and they were putting them in their cars I got a little choked up.  

Real life moves on….it’s only frozen in photos.

May Katie and Andy be blessed with a long and happy life together!