In the same Delaware church where she was baptized, Ashley Biden, the Vice President's daughter, was married Saturday to Philadelphia surgeon Howard Krein.
The couple were wed at the steepled St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church, in Greenville, in a ceremony combining the bride's Catholic traditions and the groom's Jewish ones.
Afterward, the newlyweds and some 200 family and close friends headed to the Biden family's lakeside family home in nearby Wilmington for a reception and dinner served family-style in the backyard, which was personally prepped for the big event by the Vice President. In recent weeks, Biden laid fresh sod and his wife, Jill, had planted special fast-growing vines up the latticework around the party tent.
Biden escorted the bride, who wore Vera Wang, down the aisle and had prepared to be emotional about giving away the youngest of his three children.
"I kept telling Ash, we've got to open up the church and practice walking up and down the aisle so I can handle it," the vice president told PEOPLE in the days leading up to the wedding. He reminisced about the only other time he'd seen his daughter in a veil – at her First Communion. "I think to myself, aw, God, my little girl! This can't have passed so quick."
Krein, 45, will surprise his bride Biden, 30, on Saturday night with their honeymoon destination, a family source said. They will make their home in Philadelphia, "just 28 minutes away" from her parents, by the doting Vice President's estimation.
Krein and Biden, a Delaware state social worker who works with troubled children, have been a couple since the summer of 2010, after meeting through Beau Biden, one of her two older brothers. Krein is the son of Bunny Krein, a physician's assistant in cardiology, and Stanley Krein, a retired insurance executive in Cherry Hill, N.J.
Krein proposed last October, at sunset on a cliff in Big Sur, Calif. – but not before getting "Pop's" permission first, said the elder Biden. "This is the right guy," the VP said. "And he's getting a helluva woman."
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The couple were wed at the steepled St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church, in Greenville, in a ceremony combining the bride's Catholic traditions and the groom's Jewish ones.
Afterward, the newlyweds and some 200 family and close friends headed to the Biden family's lakeside family home in nearby Wilmington for a reception and dinner served family-style in the backyard, which was personally prepped for the big event by the Vice President. In recent weeks, Biden laid fresh sod and his wife, Jill, had planted special fast-growing vines up the latticework around the party tent.
Biden escorted the bride, who wore Vera Wang, down the aisle and had prepared to be emotional about giving away the youngest of his three children.
"I kept telling Ash, we've got to open up the church and practice walking up and down the aisle so I can handle it," the vice president told PEOPLE in the days leading up to the wedding. He reminisced about the only other time he'd seen his daughter in a veil – at her First Communion. "I think to myself, aw, God, my little girl! This can't have passed so quick."
Krein, 45, will surprise his bride Biden, 30, on Saturday night with their honeymoon destination, a family source said. They will make their home in Philadelphia, "just 28 minutes away" from her parents, by the doting Vice President's estimation.
Krein and Biden, a Delaware state social worker who works with troubled children, have been a couple since the summer of 2010, after meeting through Beau Biden, one of her two older brothers. Krein is the son of Bunny Krein, a physician's assistant in cardiology, and Stanley Krein, a retired insurance executive in Cherry Hill, N.J.
Krein proposed last October, at sunset on a cliff in Big Sur, Calif. – but not before getting "Pop's" permission first, said the elder Biden. "This is the right guy," the VP said. "And he's getting a helluva woman."
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That dress looks hard to walk in though..
Am I the only one touched that her mom and dad, who could have paid people to do hard work to make their daughter's wedding pretty, instead worked to make it such themselves? The mental image of the vice president laying sod himself for his daughter's big day is just cute.
These are my two faves:
And that I really want to go into the wedding invitation business.
As I get older and more boring I'm starting to enjoy weddings more. I'm also slowly thinking that the idea of getting married isn't so bad. I'd want to have a big queer Hindu wedding full of my theoretical partner's chosen family and friends and my own, tbqh.
(I may have spent the half hour after posting this comment looking at bridal saris. My high school self would be so disappointed in me.)
Bridal saris are traditionally red or maroon. A lot of women now wear whatever colour they'd like but I've always had an affection for the idea of wearing a red sari. Besides, I look fabulous in red. I think I'd like something like what's in the photo below only with more detail and embroidery on the actual pallu (the length fabric that hangs over your shoulder) and a border that's less thick and ornate. I don't want a silk sari but a more fitting chiffon one with gold embroidery because a) I look better in chiffon saris and b) they're easier to move in/more comfortable. The blouse wouldn't have sleeves that long, or maybe no sleeves at all. I wouldn't mind a halter blouse. And I would somehow find these Wonder Woman heels and wear them because I need to have something geeky. Also, Wonder Woman.
Edited at 2012-06-08 09:11 pm (UTC)
Because ours was flawless, lbr
I wonder where her husband took her on her honeymoon. I like that he surprised her!
Edited at 2012-06-08 11:22 pm (UTC)
"I kept telling Ash, we've got to open up the church and practice walking up and down the aisle so I can handle it,"
Aw, man, I can't handle this. :')
I saw this on FB on the Joe Biden page and, yup - the haters were out in full force. Yeesh.