Yesterday was a very special day. Our precious granddaughter, Jessica, was married to her long-time boyfriend, Nathan Torres.
Jessica is the daughter of our son Tim and his wife Shanon. We are very close to her…probably more so than any of our other grandchildren. She’s a very special lady: beautiful, smart, dedicated, and loving. Jessica’s in her third year of nursing school at Cal Baptist University in Riverside.
Until recently, Nathan was also in college. But, he has decided to put his studies on hold and get a job so that Jessica doesn’t have to work while she finishes the grueling nursing program. The plan is that, once she graduates and starts earning good money, it will be Nathan’s turn to finish school.
It was a beautiful ceremony at a church in Rancho Cucamonga, complete with all the holy words, flowers, guys in tuxes and gals in pretty gowns.
Here’s son Tim reluctantly giving away the fruit of his loins.
“We do!”
Here’s the bride:
And the lucky groom:
It was a big event for both the Torres and Heim families. I met Nathan’s parents for the first time; very nice people! Check out that waxed, handlebar moustache…
All of my sons are from Charlie’s first marriage to Alexander Heim. So, the Heim relatives were plentiful at this event.
Here are me and my sons Tim, Jeff, and Jonathan:
Here’s Charlie and proud mother, Shanon:
Here’s a bunch of our grandkids and friends:
My sister Claudia and boyfriend Ted also came:
The reception was held at the Pomona Valley Mining Company. There were about 150 people there. Poor Tim had to shell out a bunch of dough for the event, which included a very nice buffet.
There were the usual festivities like the bouquet toss (by the bride) and the garter toss (by the groom). Amazingly, my granddaughter Bailey snatched the bouquet…
…and her brother, Dakota, soared high above the crowd to grab the garter.
I was hoping that grandson Joshua (Jessica’s older brother) would have snared the garter, because he has a very cute and nice girlfriend who is awaiting a proposal, I think.
My granddaughter Autumn brought her boyfriend Caleb from Montana:
Her mother Misty (and son Jonathan) were looking sharp:
As were son Jeff and his wife Carol:
Here’s Tim and Shanon (mother of the bride!) together with son Joshua and his girlfriend Kamilla:
Grandson Craig (Jessica’s younger brother) and his buddy Drake were “in the house”:
This is Jessica’s aunt April (with the big smile!) and her husband James (with the unique hairdo).
Aunt Carol and Jessica’s mom Shanon shed a few tears (but they were happy ones).
Some of the girls did a selfie in the bathroom:
Here’s Charlie with the guy who paid for the shindig, her son Tim.
And here’s proud grandpa Craig dancing with the star of the day, Mrs. Nathan Torres.
I love that girl!