Jenna Bush, daughter of President George W. Bush, said she was the last in the family to know she was to get married.
A few months ago, her fiancé Henry Hager told Jenna’s twin sister, Barbara, that he intended to ask Jenna to marry him. Later, at the Camp David presidential retreat, Hager also asked President Bush and his wife for their daughter’s hand in marriage.
Jenna’s parents kept the secret until Hager surprised their daughter with the question during a beautiful trip on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in Maine, on the 15th of August, 2007.
"It was freezing," Jenna recalled. "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."
During a news conference on Monday, Laura Bush said that President Bush prepared a special surprise for his daughter’s wedding, which will take place on May 10.
"[It] was his idea to build this beautiful limestone altar," the First Lady told reporters of the construction at the family's Crawford, Texas ranch, which would be the wedding’s location, as People reports. "It's the same thing that our house is made of from a local quarry. And they're the ones that made it."
Asked about why she had not chosen the White House as the wedding’s location, Jenna Bush said that "Henry and I are far less glamorous than the White House," the Chicago Tribune informs.
As for the dresses, the First Daughter will wear an Oscar de la Renta organza gown, with a small train, embroidery and matte beading. As maid of honor, Jenna’s twin sister will wear a long, blue silk gown, with a fluttered open back. The bride will have 14 other bridesmaids, who will wear chiffon, cocktail-length dresses, as the Tribune reports.
More than 200 friends and relatives are to attend the outdoor ceremony that will take place under a tent at the family ranch.
Jenna Bush, who graduated from the University of Texas in 2004, met Henry Hager, son of the head of the Republican Party in Virginia, during her father’s 2004 reelection campaign.