Jenna Marries Henry at President’s Texas Ranch
May 13th, 2008 by admin
The president’s daughter, Jenna Bush and her longtime sweetheart Henry Hager are married. The couple said “I Do” under an outdoor tent on the property of President George W. Bush’s 1,600 acre Crawford, Texas, ranch in front of 200 distinguished guests.
“This is a joyous occasion for our family, as we celebrate the happy life ahead of [Jenna] and her husband, Henry,” the president said during his weekly radio broadcast on Saturday. “It’s also a special time for Laura, who this Mother’s Day weekend will watch a young woman we raised together walk down the aisle.”
Laura admitted she wished her daughter, 26, and Henry would tie the knot at the White House — but Jenna said that wasn’t her style.
“There’s glamour to it, I know,” Jenna said in a Vogue interview. “But Henry and I are far less glamorous than the White House.”
In search of “something organic and low-key,” the couple chose a beautiful spot near a lake on her parents’ ranch.
“We put a giant cross made out of Texas limestone that will serve as the altar, but also serve as a landmark on our place for years to come,” President Bush told Good Morning America Monday.
Jenna donned a “simple and elegant” Oscar de la Renta gown made of organza with embroidery and matte beading, she said.
Before their marriage, they became engaged in August 2007 during a sunrise hike at the Acadia National Park in Maine. Hager gave Jenna an heirloom platinum ring with a round diamond center stone flanked by sapphires. She was overjoyed when she received a sparkling diamond engagement ring from her boyfriend.
This lovely couple will move into a two-bedroom, two-bathroom townhouse they recently purchased in Baltimore, Maryland. They are expected to honeymoon in Europe, the AP reported. We wish them a happy married life.
