The present First Presbyterian Church is in the Scottish Gothic style
you can’t see your bride in her dress until The Big Day.
Lauren and Taylor are engaged to be married. We had fun taking photos in downtown Fort Smith.
What a nice couple.
We started at the Fort Smith Trolley Museum and happened to see Mayor Ray Baker who always quips “Life’s Worth Living in Fort Smith!!” before he showers an honoree with rose petals. (No kidding.) When our church celebrated it’s 150th anniversary, he was there. When my husband’s workplace was honored for being #1 in quality production, he was there. He’s our much-loved mayor and we hope he’s around for many years to come.
The crane was stuck in the hole that it made of the driveway. It took two semi wreckers pulling together and the extending of the crane’s boom to distribute the weight to finally get unstuck.
Someone could’ve sold popcorn and hot dogs. Why didn’t we think of that?
Cutting the tree while the crane lends help.
And…..falling into the hole.
The stump with its massive root ball plunking back where it was for about 100 years.
Sometimes God saves you from the storms of life. Sometimes He takes you through them, out the other side, safely.
Our friends survived, praising God for the safety of their whole family after the storm that came through Wednesday evening.
Three enormous, Tulip Poplar trees were blown over, one flattening their home. The hallway were they were with their six children remained relatively undamaged.
It isn’t known at this time whether the damage was due to straight line winds, or if a tornado touched down, but the family felt their roof lift a little right before the largest of the trees fell and opened their ceiling to the down pouring of rain and some rather large hail.
(Now they are saying it was a microburst.)
Located near the River Park are some great attractions. There’s the Fort Smith National Historic Site
with Judge Parker’s Court, the old commissary building, the old fort remains, and the gallows.
The sky threatened rain Saturday, but soon cleared and there was a crisp, Spring day for the wedding. Brandie was stunning and would have brightened the day even if it had been gloomy.
Brandie and Matt were married at the Darby Chapel , also known as the Darby Community Center in Fort Smith. The reception was held a short walk away at the elegant Bonneville House.
Both of these lovely old buildings are located in the Belle Grove Historic District.
The 22 square blocks of the district are home to many restored old homes.
Jesenia and Brian were already married when he went to Iraq, but they wanted a real wedding when he came home. I was honored to be their photographer. They were married February 23rd at Saint Boniface Catholic Church in Fort Smith.
