{"id":3853,"date":"2014-09-15T17:06:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T00:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2014-09-15T17:06:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T00:06:45","slug":"2014-fall-tour-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/2014\/09\/15\/2014-fall-tour-day-9\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Fall Tour &#8211; Day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Day 9 &#8211; Louanna Gets Married!<\/h3>\n<p>The high point of our trip was to see our best friend Louanna Kitchen marry Don Bonogofski, and I got to walk her down the aisle and give her away!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg_displayed_gallery mceItem\" src=\"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/index.php\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--3854\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before the wedding on Saturday afternoon Michelle and I helped Chris and Gary decorate the reception room at the church where Lou &amp; Don were going to get married.\u00a0 We had a great time blowing up balloons and playing with streamers and confetti.<\/p>\n<p>We had time to run back to the motel, less than a quarter mile away, to get changed and gussied up for the wedding ceremony.\u00a0\u00a0Shortly after we returned, the happy couple arrived and Michelle helped with getting the their flowers attached to the happy couple.\u00a0 Lou&#8217;s facial expressions during this\u00a0operation were priceless and typical Louanna.<\/p>\n<p>With Don and his\u00a0son Jerome\u00a0at the alter,\u00a0Chris led off our trek up the aisle, when Lou and I headed up the aisle,\u00a0Pastor Bruce asked everyone to stand and we\u00a0began our journey, with Lou dragging me forward&#8230; I was trying to move at a more stately pace while Lou was in her let&#8217;s get er done mode&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the ceremony was when the\u00a0Pastor asked Lou if she took this man &#8230; etc&#8230; etc&#8230; she said; &#8221; I certainly DO!, ABSOLUTLY&#8221; nuff said&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The reception was\u00a0wonderful and the food was GREAT&#8230; the broccoli salad was to die for! Everyone had a great time and\u00a0Michelle and I\u00a0really enjoyed meeting\u00a0Lou &amp; Don&#8217;s\u00a0family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Later that evening, Don &amp; Lou Bonogofski\u00a0, Sherrie &amp; John Rogala, Michelle and I met for dinner at the Europa Restaurant in Enumclaw for some really great German cuisine and\u00a0BEER!\u00a0The end of a truly wonderful day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 9 &#8211; Louanna Gets Married! The high point of our trip was to see our best friend Louanna Kitchen marry Don Bonogofski, and I got to walk her down the aisle and give her away! Before the wedding on &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/2014\/09\/15\/2014-fall-tour-day-9\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-travel","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8JCW3-109","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3860,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions\/3860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}