{"id":4668,"date":"2015-11-09T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=4668"},"modified":"2025-07-03T07:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:43:16","slug":"big-weekend-wedding-in-ottawa-il-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=4668","title":{"rendered":"Big Weekend Wedding in Ottawa, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\">Peggy\u2019s oldest niece Kim invited our family to her big wedding West of Chicago. Our three girls, without their husbands, drove up Friday to party with their family. Did I mention our girls like to party. We figured we could drive up early Saturday since it was a night time wedding and reception.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\">My daughters also like to see anything of interest along the way. They stopped in South Bend and took a campus tour of Notre Dame on their way to Ottawa, IL. On Saturday they were ready to visit the nearby Starved Rock State Park just when we arrived. So I went with Joan &amp; Pam while Peggy &amp; Meg rested up for the party.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-wZ1XW5xyQ1M\/VkF3e1oQy4I\/AAAAAAAAEzs\/pJ4XlPy3tZs\/s1600-h\/5-StarvedRock6.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Starved Rock on the Illinois River\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-gV9ofr-kEAI\/VkF3fTe5T3I\/AAAAAAAAEzw\/FHIqqYXDJzk\/5-StarvedRock_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"Starved Rock\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-pcbwYzOZ6Wo\/VkF3fif-T-I\/AAAAAAAAEz4\/4F9luN3ZVOY\/s1600-h\/4-HikewJoan-Pam7.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 5px 10px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Joan &amp; Pam - On top of Starved Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-hHHIBlAlwY4\/VkF3gMa40TI\/AAAAAAAAE0A\/HJ6yb15mfoI\/4-HikewJoan-Pam_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"4-HikewJoan-Pam\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Hn3_yvnPezI\/VkF3ginIi_I\/AAAAAAAAE0I\/IYII5NWlUSI\/s1600-h\/1-UptheAisle_Warren-Kim6.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; float: left; margin: 10px 5px 10px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Warren &amp; Kim heading up the aisle\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-OR5RWoMC8Xs\/VkF3hMjS3ZI\/AAAAAAAAE0Q\/LDUFsSRMUiM\/1-UptheAisle_Warren-Kim_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"1-UptheAisle_Warren-Kim\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-PMoa0d49v4Y\/VkF3hZlOJRI\/AAAAAAAAE0U\/Nt9edf8EeBs\/s1600-h\/2-Marrage-Warren-Kim5.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; float: right; margin: 10px 0px 10px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Kim &amp; Warren tie the knot\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-g-v65prawCU\/VkF3h4MuOOI\/AAAAAAAAE0c\/rJFFFLxe6Rg\/2-Marrage-Warren-Kim_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"2-Marrage-Warren-Kim\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-9lYD_IsCSVY\/VkF37HBJWLI\/AAAAAAAAE0s\/K_uBMKl95ss\/s1600-h\/3-Peggy-Kim6.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; float: left; margin: 10px 5px 49px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Ed, Peggy and Kim at the Reception\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-vHXwUegbuVg\/VkF37no962I\/AAAAAAAAE0w\/H4YFgil2MQ0\/3-Peggy-Kim_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"3-Peggy-Kim\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-J6KMdnb7-U4\/VkF373PoT0I\/AAAAAAAAE04\/x9EJWCm9O8M\/s1600-h\/6-Reception5.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; margin: 10px 0px 5px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Ed, Joan, Meg, Marcie &amp; Pam\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-1ACW0ufZADQ\/VkF38juzQvI\/AAAAAAAAE1A\/zg5ijEvV8Ro\/6-Reception_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"6-Reception\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-dFRh-ohgFfY\/VkF39GPvmoI\/AAAAAAAAE1I\/_wJvnBizi0Q\/s1600-h\/7-DrinkingBegins28.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 2px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Marcie &amp; Peggy - Bar is Open\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-LCjeDFtHWTg\/VkF39ifnlbI\/AAAAAAAAE1Q\/cXxEGM0eikY\/7-DrinkingBegins_thumb25.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"7-DrinkingBegins\" width=\"510\" height=\"382\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-1nCau9lVEUQ\/VkF3-Bk2wGI\/AAAAAAAAE1U\/qi5ncwW6nyg\/s1600-h\/8-DancingBegins27.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"The Dancing Begins\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-2QE6epmkH3Q\/VkF3-vHSGjI\/AAAAAAAAE1g\/RfiZ_R4OHic\/8-DancingBegins_thumb24.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"8-DancingBegins\" width=\"510\" height=\"382\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\">The party goes past my bedtime but we manage to get an early start and are back in Westlake by 4 PM on Sunday. It was a whirlwind weekend but it was fun to party with Peggy\u2019s family again. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-IlGJ8TNRMtM\/VkF3-3ggYlI\/AAAAAAAAE1o\/j21cSh19mg0\/s1600-h\/56th-Anniversary4.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Peggy &amp; John's 56th Anniversary\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-XEoR8UoCz58\/VkF3_eg6IpI\/AAAAAAAAE1w\/ro4oDIqUTS8\/56th-Anniversary_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"56th Anniversary\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\">By the way, Saturday was also our 56th wedding anniversary. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peggy\u2019s oldest niece Kim invited our family to her big wedding West of Chicago. Our three girls, without their husbands, drove up Friday to party with their family. Did I mention our girls like to party. We figured we could drive up early Saturday since it was a night time wedding and reception. 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