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Comments & Notes from...
Mary Kuyper
P.O. Box 208
Reeds Spring MO 65737 • 417-272-3527
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Dear Readerville: “THE
BELLS DID RING!”
At last we have the pictures of
the beautiful wedding of Wade
Cary and Erica Kuyper (my
granddaughter). I am sharing
some of the ones I have. The
first picture is of the bridal
couple themselves. Erica had
a Gothic medieval wedding
Reeds Spring Jct.
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We take Green CASH too!!
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dress. The gown was mostly
white with a hood, the hood
was not always worn. The hood
and gown was trimmed and the
design was in black. The dress
was ordered from England and
barely arrived in time. Red
roses with red ribbon adorned
the bouquets and the men wore
red roses in their lapels.
The bridal party could chose
their own attire but was asked
to stick to the wedding colors
of red, black, & white. The
second picture is of the bride
and her attendants. The are
(left to right) Kammy Miller,
flower girl (who did a good job
by the way) Athena Yancey,
Erica – the bride, then Julie
Youngblood the matron of
honor, and Brittaney Rager.
The third picture is of the
bride Erica and her mom,
Sherrie Kuyper, her dad,
Richard Kuyper Jr. and her
brother Richard Kuyper III. A
very handsome family indeed.
The fourth picture is of
Richard Kuyper Jr. the brides
father, the bride Erica, sitting
next to Erica’s grandmother
(who happened to be very
proud) Mary Kuyper.
I really enjoyed the opportunity
to get out of the house and no
doctor was involved in where
I ended up. It’s a grand day
when you get to witness & be
a part of someone close to you
make such an important step in
their lives.
The reception was pot luck
which offered a terrific number
of choices to eat. What a great
idea! The wedding cake had
white icing and was dribbled
with black icing. Really good
too.
We wish to thank all those
that brought something for the
reception. We also want to say
A BIG THANK YOU TO: the
groom’s family for all their
help with getting the bride’s
gown to Reeds Spring Junction
and to Judy Hoffman (the other
grandmother of the bride) and
the bride’s Aunt Kathy (bride’s
mother’s sister) for their help
to make this a special day for
Erica and Wade. A very special
Thank You to Kim Kessinger
Issacs for the photography of
the day.
Now folks, I have taken up
enough of your time this week
and beside I am not doing so
great right now and need to rest
some, so I will talk to you again
next week with all the other
info, what for’s, why not’s, and
etc.
Till Next Time: Ha Kuna
Matata!
Cane Bottom News
Sharon Bennett
• 8392 St. Hwy 173, Cape Fair, Mo 65624 •
Wahkenna Falls in Oregon near
Portland.
I am still in Oregon helping
my friend until she gets settled
into her job and her children
get settled in school. I am
doing pretty good with the
three children, all boys and
their antics. They are so busy
with their actions and many
lectures from Mom of what to
do and not. The TV and their
games have such influence on
their lives. I wonder how the
teachers of the school handle
the many things that come
their way. My prayers go out
to you, those that want them,
you have them. These children
are good children but very
young and already getting
more than they need to know
at their age.
Now on to our trip out here.
After the snow storm, it was all
peaceful. We had many horror
calls from the people from
Oregon and family telling
how bad the weather would
be, through the mountains,
but we had nothing. The
Dalles was where everyone
was worried, so we got our
chains which are required in
Oregon and my friend got the
lesson on how to put them
on. We had the phone call
telling us we had to chain up
that morning but we breezed
right though the Dalles, which
is a road under the mountains
next to the Columbia river.
The fog comes in and there
is usually rain or snow there,
but this is one of their unusual
years also. So after getting
here we wondered what was
their concern. I am sure we
will find out or maybe it is
spring. Everything here, the
spring flowers are blooming
and the Azaleas are in bloom.
The trees are starting to
show new growth, but snow
tonight. The temp runs about
42 and warmer, yesterday it
was sunny and 60. We went to
the waterfall, which there are
many around here and saw the
beauty of the place. With the
sun shining it felt like a picnic
was in order. You could see it
was snowing in the mountains
when we first got there. Many
were hiking in the mountains.
My friend and the boys took a
hike to one of the waterfalls. I
thought it would tire them, out
but no they were still up and
ready to do their boy things.
Earlier this week we went
to Newport, OR and saw the
Marine Life Museum. It was
like it was under the sea setting
on the sea and the boys had a
good time there. Saw the ocean
but had to save exploring that
for another day. It is about a
2 hour drive over to the ocean
from Portland. The school
takes the kids from around
here, there to spend the night,
one of the boys will get to go.
They are going the first of the
week. This nanny, is ready.
Again we were told it was
snowing on the mountains we
were going through, we got to
the point of not telling them
we looked at the weather. No
snow, just had some snow on
edge of road. Guess we were
just blessed. We do know
how to go back now when
we see danger. They don’t
trust us since the blizzard we
were in, but that happens to
a lot of people in Wyoming.
The people of Wyoming said,
“Welcome to Wyoming.”
Our pod, which she shipped
her home in Kansas in hasn’t
arrived with my suitcase, so
we are wearing the same one
two three outfits but are ready
for a change. It should come
this week.
That is all the excitement I
can give you this week. I am
still taking pictures of barns.
There are some beauties out
here along the road I saw
some good ones couldn’t
stop to take pictures out the
window without a wreck.We
also never saw any wrecks,
beside the snow blizzard.
I received a call from the
Harter family that has a young
girl I helped sing and she
sang at the Broiler Festival
last year. She entered KWFC
contest for singers and placed
15 among 88 constantants.
She won some prizes and a
standing ovation. She is only 9
years old. It takes a lot just to
stand in front of many people
to sing. Congratulations to
Gabrielle Harter.
Song to hum “I Am A
Promise,” which she sang for
the contest.