New Year's Day wedding

David and Nicole celebrated the new year by getting married on New Year's day, which as I have said, is our anniversary so it was a very special wedding for us. Nicole, a former Marine and David, a former Army Soldier are both avid fishers and hunters, so it was natural that their theme was camouflage. Their cake, made by Publix in the Hammock was frosted in camouflage and featured a stream cascading down the cake complete with fish, trees, animals, rocks, and assorted equipment. I knew Publix was good but this was spectacular. They also had an armadillo shaped groom's cake also made by Publix. Their bride and groom cake topper was hand carved from wood. Our new wedding supplies store carries camouflage ring pillows, pen and guest book sets among other things. Nicole's mother made a ring pillow shaped like a fish and carried in a fishnet. Very cute. They had their ceremony at Washington Oaks at the octagon and the reception was held at the Palm Coast Yacht Club. Our good friend Capt. Kirk was the DJ. What a great way to start of the New Year.

Today was a beautiful day for our last wedding of the year. Laura and Michael were married at the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine. Laura, her maid of honor and her parents arrived in a white carriage drawn by a white horse. She was very beautiful in a formal white gown with silver embroidery. Her groom wore a cream colored suit and they made a lovely couple. Laura and Michael opted for a traditional religious ceremony with a unity candle. They were very lucky that the candle stayed lit. The considerable breeze quieted down in time for the ceremony and everything went as hoped. They had a harpist for the ceremony music and a stunning solo of Ave Maria sung by one of the guests during the unity candle ceremony. Laura and Michael are from Wisconsin so I am sure they appreciated the upper 70 degree weather with bright sunshine. We wish you all a very happy New Year. Our next wedding is New Year's day which happens to be our anniversary. What a great way to start a new year.

We have been taking a short break. Our next wedding is December 28th at the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, and then on January 1, our anniversary, we are performing a wedding at the Yacht Club in Palm Coast. We wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a safe and sane New Year's eve. We pray that the coming year will bring relief from the many problems some of our friends are suffering. I am not sure how, but God works miracles if we pray. We can't put our trust and hope in one person. We must each do our best to turn things around and with God's grace it can be done. Love to all. Gail

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Two different weddings

Saturday, Dec. 6th, was a busy day for weddings. At 11:30 AM David and Shalea along with their combined five children, were married at Hershel King Park in Palm Coast. Shalea also has a son serving in the military who could not attend but he was included in the medallion ceremony and a medallion was placed on a picture of him and will be sent to him. Having a picture of him up with the rest of the children was not as good as having him there but it helped his mom feel a little better about missing him. The backdrop of the intracoastal waterway was a lovely addition to the scene and it turned out to be a beautiful warm day in spite of the cold weather we have been having lately.
Our son Brett came down from New Jersey to visit for the week and having not seen him in almost a year, we knew how hard it is to miss a loved one. Brett works hard and doesn't get much time off so we treasure his visits very much.
At 4:30 that same day Diane and Shaun were married in the garden of The Oldest House in St. Augustine. Diane had a large wedding party of beautiful bridesmaids and handsome groomsmen. The bridesmaids wore cranberry colored gowns which were enhanced by the holiday decorations. Each bride should have the wedding just right for her, and each of the two ceremonies that day were very different. One was a celebration of the creating of a combined family and the other was a first wedding centered on the couple and acknowledging the part that friends and family play in supporting a couple with their love. That is our goal: to be sure each bride gets the wedding of her dreams.

St. Augustine wedding

The Peck House on St. George Street in St. Augustine was the setting for the November 21st wedding of Michael and Susan. It was a very cold evening by Florida standards but the bridal couple seemed not to notice. Large propane heaters were brought in for the garden ceremony and reception and the DJ, Captain Kirk, a good friend of ours, kept everyone up and dancing which helped them keep warm. He is streaming the video of the wedding on his website www.heartbeatofflagler.com. You can't hear the ceremony very well unless you turn your sound all the way up because his microphone didn't reach but the guests could hear just fine. Rev. Ted can be very loud when he has to be. Michael and Susan love St. Augustine and go there every chance they get. There are many beautiful sites in St. Augustine for weddings. Next weekend we are going to do a wedding at The Oldest House in St. Augustine and in January at the Fountain of Youth. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We were able to have the family together for the first time in many years so it was expeciallly wonderful for us. On Saturday we won first place for our '66 Mustang at the Volusia Regional Antique Car Show in Ormond Beach. It is a date we save every year for the parade on Friday and show on Saturday. Last year we did a wedding at the Daytona Raceway Thanksgiving weekend. We wish that lovely couple (they know who they are) a very happy first anniversary.

November

November has been a very busy month. After a long weekend with the granddaughter at Disney World and Universal Studios, we came home for the Novembe 2nd wedding of Marcus and Alyssa at the Sunset Harbor Yacht Club in Daytona Beach. Unfortunately it was a rainy day so the ceremony had to be held indoors. Alyssa was a really good sport about the changes and the wedding turned out beautifully. This couple had a memorial for the grandparents, and a sand ceremony with silvery white and pink sand. They wrote their own vows to each other and the warm and heartfelt sentiments expressed in their vows nearly brought me to tears. And I thought I had heard everything!

On November 8th Kezia and Sean were married at Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine. Their beach wedding was held under sunny skies, but it was a pleasantly warm day. Not to hot and not too windy. Kezia's colors were black and white with a touch of red. They also chose to have a memorial ceremony and a sand ceremony and had a medallion ceremony for Kezia's son who touched everyone's heart when he said he at last had a real daddy.

Later that same day Tim and Liz tied the knot at Princess Place in Palm Coast. Their colors were red and black with a touch of white. The bride wore a white gown embroidered in red with a red inset in the train. She got it at Agnes' Bridals right here in Palm Coast. They were married between two huge live oak trees under which we set the arch. They also had a memorial for their respective mothers and a sand ceremony with red and black sand. A medallion ceremony for their three sons was included. The ceremony finished off with a recessional of the "Throne Room" music from Star Wars, a beautiful piece of music.