Jake And Brianna Marry

Jake and Brianna were married on Saturday December 27th, 2025 at the Semple Mansion in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was a beautiful wedding, and the mansion was gorgeous with glittering lights and cozy, warm fireplaces for people to sit by. The evening had a magical feel to it, and everyone we talked to seemed to think it was a wonderful place to celebrate a December wedding. 

Of course now as I try to remember as many details about the evening as I can, it's worth noting that there were a lot of things going on to remember! I'm grateful for friends and family who passed along their pictures to me, and though I did happen to have a pocket in my dress to hold my phone, taking pictures just didn't happen.

The little boys had a ball, and were as well behaved as little boys can be. Daniel loved listening to the string quartet. And, cousin Stellan was there also, so three little boys in all. Aunt Brianna made sure that they had chicken fingers and white cheddar garlic mashed potatoes for their suppers...

Dancing was fun (and especially fun to have that special dance with Jacob) plus Bruce and I ended up being the last ones on the floor for the anniversary dance, having been married just short of 39 years. The dancing lasted until almost midnight. They even had late night pizza!

The morning after, Brianna's folks hosted a wedding brunch at Ikes in Minnetonka. As snow began to fall, I thought how nice! Because Brianna loves December snow. 💕 

You look like Elsa 💖

a few of the Book Club Beauties

Sven, Bruce, and Curt

I gave a toast

Uncle Mark

so beautiful

Aaron

Daniel

Stellan and Aaron

Jake and Brianna's table

💕💕💕

Brianna and Jake
were well matched in the shoe game

I could have sworn there was a
little orange cat on the cake, too!

my corsage

The Semple Mansion

 

December Wedding Snow 
for Brianna