{"id":8563,"date":"2019-10-28T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=8563"},"modified":"2019-10-27T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T19:34:24","slug":"the-last-sparrow-flies-the-coop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=8563","title":{"rendered":"Death of a Bachelor"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Bob Sparrow<\/p>\n

Death of a Bachelor<\/strong> by Panic at the Disco was the first song that Jeff and Pam Sparrow danced to at their wedding.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pam & Jeff<\/p><\/div>\n

The ‘festivities’ started a week ago Thursday with the arrival of the ‘Minnesota Gang’<\/strong>\u00a0which included Linda’s 93 year old mother, Phyllis<\/strong>, Linda’s sister, Starlet<\/strong>, her husband Donnie<\/strong> and Starlet’s three daughters, Denise, Debbie<\/strong> and Melissa<\/strong>.\u00a0 Melissa came in from her home in Houston<\/strong> and was glued to the TV watching ‘her’ Astro<\/strong> defeat the Yankees<\/strong> to earn a trip to the World Series<\/strong>.\u00a0 Linda’s brother,\u00a0Dale<\/strong>\u00a0flew in from Florida<\/strong>. My brother, Jack<\/strong> and wife Sharon<\/strong>\u00a0came in from Santa Maria<\/strong> on Thursday and our daughter,\u00a0Dana<\/strong>\u00a0dropped by to see everyone and to see what was going on.\u00a0 My sister, Suzanne<\/strong> (you remember her from last week’s blog) and niece, Shelley<\/strong> came in from Arizona<\/strong> on Friday.\u00a0 All arriving for the marriage of our son, Jeff<\/strong> to the now, newest Sparrow,\u00a0Pam Lechtenberg<\/strong> (her last name is now so much easier for me to spell).<\/p>\n

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Some of the amazing Barnes-Sparrow ladies at rehearsal dinner. Missing: Shelley (Sparrow) Watson, Sharon Sparrow<\/p><\/div>\n

Friday night was the rehearsal dinner at our house and daughter, Stephanie<\/strong> joined the aforementioned group as did all the out-of-towners<\/strong> from Pam’s side of the family, including Pam’s parents, Tom<\/strong> and Betty<\/strong>.\u00a0 Jeff and Pam wanted a Hawaiian theme dinner, so I brought in hundreds of palm trees that had to be back at the nursery by Monday.\u00a0 Just kidding, those who have been in my back yard know that it’s already has a fairly tropical theme.\u00a0 We had 55 people<\/strong> coming to dinner and we worried about lighting<\/strong> and heating<\/strong> and wind<\/strong> and . . . almost everything else one could worry about, but all for naught – it was a perfect evening, not too cool and no wind – the Hawaiian gods<\/strong> were smiling on us.\u00a0 The caterer’s food was very good and the open bar seemed to keep everyone happy.\u00a0 Gosh, those young kids can drink!!<\/p>\n

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Addison pushing Will down the aisle<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of my favorite photo of the night: Jeff dancing with his grandmother, Phyllis Barnes<\/p><\/div>\n

The Wedding ceremony took place on Saturday at sunset on the Hornblower’s <\/strong>Endless Dreams<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>which cruised Newport Bay<\/strong> on a weather-perfect evening.\u00a0 The wedding ceremony which was on the top, or third deck, commenced with Addison<\/strong>, the flower girl, pushing Will<\/strong>, Pam’s sister, Jen’s son, down the aisle in a small car, followed by the wedding party and finally Pam escorted by father, Tom.\u00a0 The dinner was served shortly thereafter on the first deck and once the speeches and toasts were done, the party was adjourned to the 2nd deck where the DJ and bar were located and the dancing commenced.\u00a0 The four-hour evening went by in a flash and the next thing I knew there were 25 people back at my house to finish off the evening.<\/p>\n

For my short speech I welcomed Pam into our family and told her that she would add to the already-great legacy of the Sparrow-Barnes women.\u00a0 I told Jeff that he reminded me of two people, my Dad and Linda’s Mom, two of the nicest, kindest, most caring people I know and reminded him that while his mother and I really aren’t all that nice and kind and caring, we carried the gene for all that stuff and passed it along to him.\u00a0 You’re welcome!<\/p>\n

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Best Man, Chase Johnson giving his hilarious and heart-felt toast to Jeff & Pam<\/p><\/div>\n

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Linda, making sure her mother didn’t fall when dancing with Jeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sister, Suzanne, with empty cake plate in hand, ‘photo-bombing’ an otherwise classy picture of the ‘Barnes-Sparrow’ girls with Jeff<\/p><\/div>\n

It was an exhausting and exhilarating weekend and it was great to connect to family members new and old.\u00a0 Jeff and Pam are going to take a few months to rest up before heading to Thailand for their honeymoon in February.<\/p>\n

Thanks to all who came and made it such a great event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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