New bride....

My new bride.......Me, Joan and two of her grandchildren (twins). William served as my Best Man and Charlotte served as Joan's Bridesmaid. William is tops in the martial arts, so I told him that in days of old, when a fellow wanted to take a wife, he would often have to raid an accompanying village to find the woman he wanted. Most of the time, the fair maiden's family had a different idea, so the groom had to take his "best man" who could fight the best with him to protect him from the family ruffians. I told William that he was the best fighter that I knew, so if he would, I would like him to be my "BEST MAN". He wanted to know who we were going to fight. Charlotte asked her grandmother if she was marrying me for my money. :whacked:

Wow! Congratulations!

Congratulations my friend! Hope you are forever happy! And BTW, she's pretty cute!

Hmmmm............................birthday present to yourself?

All the best to you both, and any family that came in the deal.

Congratulations!! Great looking family. Best wishes forever.

Mick

Wow, I can give you my condolences AND congratulations all in one Thread (Birthday and Wedding!)-

Great to see you looking happy (her too!), and now we know why you moved!

Good looking couple-

Congratulations to you both Richard, may the good Lord bless you both and your combined family with pure happiness. Thanks for the story too as I bet Williams shoulders puffed up real good when you asked him.

A fine Southern lady and beautiful grandchildren. Maybe she can keep him from wandering all over the country.;):D I think I see a trip to Florida in my future. Best wishes Richard and Joan.

What a great pic, best wishes to you both!

Rich

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A fine Southern lady and beautiful grandchildren. Maybe she can keep him from wandering all over the country.;):D I think I see a trip to Florida in my future. Best wishes Richard and Joan.

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Joan said she will put you up and feed you for as long as you want to stay. :3dSMILE:

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best wishes for you both .


tech , now tell the truth , did you get married on your birthday so you wouldn't forget ? .......... great idea !

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Joan said she will put you up and feed you for as long as you want to stay. :3dSMILE:

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She doesn't have a good looking available sister does she?:D:LOL::LOL::LOL:

Congrats to you both - Chris and I wish you all the happiness possible.


Does this mean you won't have time to hang out with us now?:HMMM::rolleyes::LOL:

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Joan said she will put you up and feed you for as long as you want to stay. :3dSMILE:

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It's gonna get a little crowded if we all show up at once???

Congratulations and best wishes to both of you.

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best wishes for you both .
tech , now tell the truth , did you get married on your birthday so you wouldn't forget ? .......... great idea !

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No Shine, actually we got married on the 4th, a few days ago at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Thonotosassa, Florida. That was the only time our minister had before my birthday and we wanted him to marry us. Tomorrow is my 29th anniversary of being sober, so we will do a lot of celebrating next year around the first of April.

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She doesn't have a good looking available sister does she?:D:LOL::LOL::LOL:

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Just like me, an only child. :(

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Hmmmm............................birthday present to yourself?
All the best to you both, and any family that came in the deal.

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Actually a life present that occurred close to my birthday. I've inherited two children, six grandchildren and numerous cousins. I'm just sorry that I missed Joan's father by a year. He was a WWII veteran who fought in Italy and passed at 93 years of age.

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Congratulations!

Well, I guess you started your new year off right!

MY congratulations to you and your lovely bride.


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You've certainly had a busy week! Congrats on the marriage and your birthday!

Wow - what a wonderful way to start my day with a beautiful picture and an equally touching story. Reading through the previous comments it's obvious I'm not the only one who thinks the world of you Richard.

Many blessings and my warmest regards to you and your new family!
Glenn

Stories like this give ya the warm fuzzies. :) :)

She and I send our warmest wishes and congratulations to you both.

May you have many years of happiness together.

and a big old congratulations to you both from me
great photo.

Congratulations on the 29 years sober too young man, that is something to be admired too, reminds of a little story of having my Mum admitted to hospital Easter this year, one question I had to answer was, " does she or has she ever smoked ?" which I replied very briefly before us kids arrived on the scene. Now Mum is 82 and the eldest child is 62 so one would think it didn't matter but, no, on Mum's medical records now is she is an ex smoker. Sorry to go off subject Richard.

Congratulations,Richard,and Joan,on a real kool occasion.. And a ready made family too.. Awesome..

Congrats, hope you two have a great time together!

Congratulations! I wish you all many years of happiness together!

Congratulations and all the best to Joan and yourself.