Jenna Bush, one of President Bush's twin daughters, and Henry Hager were married Saturday evening (May 10, 2008) in a very private ceremony on her parents' 1,600-acre ranch near Crawford, Texas.
The president walked his daughter down the aisle before 200 guests in an outdoor ceremony.
The wedding took place before a white limestone altar topped by a 4-foot cross erected next to a man-made lake. Jenna and Henry exchanged vows just as the sun set.
Afterward, guests dined under a tent and danced to Super T and his band. Jenna and Henry reportedly danced their first dance to Taj Mahal's Lovin’ in My Baby's Eyes.
The president danced with his newlywed daughter to Joe Cocker's Your Are So Beautiful.
The bride wore a beaded organza dress, with a small train, designed by Oscar de la Renta. The groom sported a blue suit with a pale blue tie.
There had been speculation about a grand White House wedding, fueled in part by her mother, First Lady Laura Bush, saying it would be "a lot of fun."
Jenna said she considered a White House wedding, but told Vogue magazine: "that's not really my personality. There's a glamour to it, I know, but Henry and I are far less glamorous than the White House."
Bush and Hager were engaged in August 15, 2007. Hager proposed to her after a pre-dawn hike on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in Maine.
"It's supposedly where the sun first hits the United States," Bush said in a television interview that was broadcast Sept. 28 on ABC’s 20/20 TV program.
"I did not want to go hiking at 4 in the morning," she said. "It was freezing. But we got up, and we hiked in the dark for an hour and a half, and then when we got towards the top, with the sunrise, he asked me."
The two have been dating for several years. Bush, described Hager as "smart," a "hard worker," "open-minded," "fun" and "very supportive."
Henry Chase Hager was born May 9, 1978. He worked on Bush's re-election campaign 2004 and is a former White House aide to Karl Rove. He is in his final year in the MBA program at the University of Virginia.
Born November 25, 1981, in Dallas, Texas, Jenna Welch Bush was born one minute after her fraternal twin sister, Barbara. She was named after her maternal grandmother Jenna Hawkins.
"I did not want to go hiking at 4 in the morning," she said. "It was freezing. But we got up, and we hiked in the dark for an hour and a half, and then when we got towards the top, with the sunrise, he asked me."
The two have been dating for several years. Bush, described Hager as "smart," a "hard worker," "open-minded," "fun" and "very supportive."
Henry Chase Hager was born May 9, 1978. He worked on Bush's re-election campaign 2004 and is a former White House aide to Karl Rove. He is in his final year in the MBA program at the University of Virginia.
Born November 25, 1981, in Dallas, Texas, Jenna Welch Bush was born one minute after her fraternal twin sister, Barbara. She was named after her maternal grandmother Jenna Hawkins.
Bush graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas, in 2000, the same year her father was elected president.
As the Bush family settled into the White House, Jenna attended the University of Texas in Austin. Unfortunately, she began to attract attention as an under aged partier.
In April 2001, Bush was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol. The following month, she was charged with attempting to use a fake ID to purchase alcohol. She pleaded no contest to both misdemeanors.
Jenna graduated in 2004 from UT with a degree in English. She made several appearances with her sister on behalf of their father’s re-election campaign, including a speech to the Republican Convention.
As the Bush family settled into the White House, Jenna attended the University of Texas in Austin. Unfortunately, she began to attract attention as an under aged partier.
In April 2001, Bush was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol. The following month, she was charged with attempting to use a fake ID to purchase alcohol. She pleaded no contest to both misdemeanors.
Jenna graduated in 2004 from UT with a degree in English. She made several appearances with her sister on behalf of their father’s re-election campaign, including a speech to the Republican Convention.
After the election, Bush taught third grade at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington, D.C, for a year and a half. She also visited Africa with her mother and published two children's books.
Jenna Bush wrote Ana's Story, based on the life of a 17-year-old Latin American single mother infected with HIV. She met the mother while working as an intern for UNICEF, teaching in four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
She also co-authored Read All About It! with her mother, a book urging children to read.
Jenna Bush wrote Ana's Story, based on the life of a 17-year-old Latin American single mother infected with HIV. She met the mother while working as an intern for UNICEF, teaching in four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
She also co-authored Read All About It! with her mother, a book urging children to read.
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