Week of November 5: Molly and Josh's Wedding

Another weekend, another wedding!

This time we headed back to Grand Forks, ND for my cousin Molly's wedding. A lot of you have met Molly over the years and know that she is a pretty special girl and has grown into a wonderful young woman. I'm going to get a little sappy here because she is the youngest of the Schultz girls and I remember her from when she was born. She's also the one who loves the lake and swimming in it as much as I do. She is now working on her masters and teaching in Grand Forks. There will be a lot of lucky kids going through her class.

Speaking of lucky kids, Josh is probably the luckiest of all of them since he now gets to spend his life with her. Josh and Molly have been together for several years and he asked her to marry him about a year ago. So in addition to all of their schoolwork (Josh is in med school) they spent the last year planning the wedding.



The wedding was held at Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Forks with the reception at the Masonic Hall downtown. We went over on Friday to help set it up and I thought we had it looking pretty good when we left but when we showed up for the actual reception, they decorator had turned it into an absolute paradise. I have to say that I love fall colors for a wedding.





Sara and Carrie (Molly's sisters) and Noel (her best friend) all looked stunning as the bridesmaids. Molly looked amazing in her wedding dress and Josh very handsome in his tuxedo as they said their vows. Rick and Scott played "The Lovers Waltz" which they had played at our wedding and it was as moving this time as it was a year and a half ago.






The reception was a blast with a little bit of polka and a whole lot of dancing. (There were a few reports of stiff legs the following day...) They had wedding cake in more flavors than I could count and our aunt Audrey had made some delicious candies just to make sure we had enough sugar in our systems to keep lively on the dance floor.

It was wonderful to see Molly and Josh start their new life together and even more wonderful to catch up with all of the family that made it out for the wedding. We're lucky to be blessed with such a loving, not to mention fun, family.