I have a new brother. He’s smart, funny and gets along great with my family. I really couldn’t have asked my sister to marry a better guy.
Ren and Rebecca were married at my parents’ house in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, last weekend in a low-key, small country wedding. Families met on Thursday and fell in love with each other, friends joined the happy couple for an ice cream social on Friday, and on Saturday a Hix and a Stinson were joined as lifelong partners.
It’s hard to believe my little sister is grown up enough to be married. It seems like just a couple years ago when we were naming our Barbies, sunbathing on our trampoline, goofing around on family vacations, hiding each other’s clothes when the other was in the shower and taking dance pictures in the yard. I remember us grinning with braces and singing songs of the 80s and 90s with gusto. The days before full-time jobs and yard work...now those were the days.
It’s so easy to look back and dwell on the good times, but I know that the addition of Ren in our family will only open the doors for new memories yet to be created. Those memories began when Cory and Ren talked shoes in an art museum a little over a year ago and have traveled through time to butter cream cake topped with paper cranes, a dimly lit barn edged with antiques and relatives busting a move on the dance floor—yes, even the grandparents got down and boogied.
I’m so excited for my sister and brother-in-law. They are on journey of a lifetime…and I’m so happy I can be a part of it.
Ren and Rebecca were married at my parents’ house in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, last weekend in a low-key, small country wedding. Families met on Thursday and fell in love with each other, friends joined the happy couple for an ice cream social on Friday, and on Saturday a Hix and a Stinson were joined as lifelong partners.
It’s hard to believe my little sister is grown up enough to be married. It seems like just a couple years ago when we were naming our Barbies, sunbathing on our trampoline, goofing around on family vacations, hiding each other’s clothes when the other was in the shower and taking dance pictures in the yard. I remember us grinning with braces and singing songs of the 80s and 90s with gusto. The days before full-time jobs and yard work...now those were the days.
It’s so easy to look back and dwell on the good times, but I know that the addition of Ren in our family will only open the doors for new memories yet to be created. Those memories began when Cory and Ren talked shoes in an art museum a little over a year ago and have traveled through time to butter cream cake topped with paper cranes, a dimly lit barn edged with antiques and relatives busting a move on the dance floor—yes, even the grandparents got down and boogied.
I’m so excited for my sister and brother-in-law. They are on journey of a lifetime…and I’m so happy I can be a part of it.
A sister of two,
JoAnna
3 comments:
I am pretty cool aren't I?
And modest too!
Not only are both of my daughters smart, talented and beautiful - they both have great taste in men! Cory and Ren - you are both fabulous. I am a very lucky mother-in-law.
Love,
Mom
Sounds like a quaint, wonderful wedding. Those small, intimate events are nice. You all look very happy! -JN-
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