Anniversary

Today is John and Sally's Wedding Anniversary. They were married in 2007, on the roof of the Western Auto building in down town Kansas City. John's friend, Mark, had an apartment in the

building and graciously took over the pre-get-together and the reception afterwards.

The weather was beautiful for any month, but especially August. Sally and John planned the

whole ceremony in less than a week! She found a beautiful sundress with a white background

any tiny rosebuds and light green leaves. John and Ezra had similar trousers and shirts.

Sally had been looking at wedding bouquets but thought they were too blase and too high

priced. She decided to make her own from spider mums purchased at the Village Garden and tied them together with a golden ribbon to match her gold shoes,

Her bridesmaid was her close friend, Stephanie, and Tim was John's best man. Another friend,

Enrique, played his guitar and sang a romantic version of "Up On the Roof." Ezra received a

medallion from the minister to signify a new union. At the end of the ceremony, Ezra, who had been practicing how he would say it, pronounced "You may now kiss the bride."

After the ceremony, we went down to the apartment and had cake and coffee. Sally got the

cake from The Pastry Goddess. And Mark served cold-brewed coffee, which I had never

even heard of before. Aspen, a friend of Sally's took pictures as did Diane, so we have many

beautiful pictures to remind us of the beautiful day.

Their wedding couldn't have been better if they had planned it for a year and spent thousands of dollars. Since then, they have been blessed with another little boy, Levi. Both boys were

baptized last summer and Sally was confirmed this summer. John Floyd was very busy and

this spring he was baptized, made his first communion and was confirmed all during one

Mass.

Beautiful day, beautiful wedding, beautiful memories