What a happy day, October 15, 2005. The picture is a professional photograph of the Haggerty family taken by Phil Pierry, the day our youngest daughter Kate married Stephen Stockstad. The bride and groom selected the location, The Petaluma Pumpkin Patch on Hwy 101 as their wedding site. Kate and Stephen both love Halloween. It is their favorite holiday. For three years the couple visited the patch about 6 times each Halloween season. We called the owner, Jim Goverman, and ask if we could use the patch for the wedding. He had never had a wedding there in the 13 years the patch had been opened, but he was excited and agreed to the 4pm wedding. Kate was afraid the guests would be reluctant to wear costumes. Both she and Stephen were happily surprised to see all the guests arrive in colorful and creative Halloween attire. Kate and Stephen, seated at the center of the picture, selected matching honeybee outfits, which set them apart as the bride and groom. In the top row from the left we see David, father of the bride, appropriately dressed as the beekeeper. The bride selected my costume. I was a red butterfly. Standing next to me is our oldest son William. He came as a court jester and took all the wedding movies. Next is our oldest daughter Kelly, aka. Dr. pain, who was the bride’s maid. Standing next to Kelly in the picture are Tom, our youngest son, and his wife Alayne. They came appropriately dressed as a priest and nun. Tom is an ordained minister, and performed the wedding ceremony. Sister Alayne, controlled the wedding music. Starting to the left in the second row is David’s sister, Aunt Debby who dressed as a beautiful witch. Taylor and William on either side of the newly weds, came as the grime riper and a pirate. They are Williams sons, and were ring bearers for the service. In the bottom row starting left is Claudia, William’s wife, a beautiful black cat. She helped me hand out the bubbles to the guests to blow after the ceremony. Claudia and William’s daughters, Barbara, dressed as Dorothy of oz, and Bella, a white fairy, were both flower girls for the ceremony. It was definitely a family affair. Stephen’s brother Jeffrey was the best man. I remember the first time we met Stephen, he told us his best friend was his brother. Jeff was not in the Haggerty family picture, but of course there was also a Stockstad family picture in which he, as well as the bride and groom, took center stage. As you can see in the photo, there’s a smile on every face. What a happy time. What a wonderful occasion to get a family picture. The best gift everyone got in the family for Christmas was a copy of this family treasure.