Swing Into Spring | Prepare for your wedding and your marriage April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2015

ENGAGED VALLEY COUPLES INVITED TO SWING INTO SPRING AT ON SUNNY SLOPE FARM Harrisonburg, Va – March 2, 2015 This Spring, On Sunny Slope Farm, one of Harrisonburg’s premier wedding and event venues—recently honored with the 2015 WeddingWire…

Wampler Ancestry Name Origin

Ancestry Name Origin Like many people, we are interested in the ancestry and origin of our family surname. In his first book, Fred Wampler traced the Wamplers to Alsace (pronounced Al-sack), Germany from which they came in 1741. Alsace is in…

Brethren roots | Variations on Granddaddy Wampler’s Family Story

It is documented that Hans Peter Wampler, Jr., our direct ancestor, came with his family to Pennsylvania in 1741. He had been christened in Alsace, Germany on August 4, 1722 at a Lutheran or Reformed church. Hans Peter Jr. was married at Hill Lutheran Church in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania in 1743 and he and his wife sponsored several infant baptisms there of friends and family. So when, exactly, did the Wamplers become involved in the Brethren Church?

Winner of the Wedding Wire 2015 Couple’s Choice Award

The WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards® 2015 recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network.

Introduction | Historic Family Stories

Recently, my son, Harry Jarrett, who happens to be one of the Wampler descendants who IS interested in our family history and the history of the farm where he owns and operates an events venue called ON SUNNY SLOPE FARM, asked if I would share my own research into the origins of the Wampler family. What will follow in the coming year is material that I gathered and wrote down for my own family as well as stories handed down and invented by a host of family members.

Tent Wedding Ceremony and Reception

Our 40 x 120-foot wedding tent provides the perfect setting for your rustic farm tent wedding ceremony or reception. The wedding tent sits on 12,000 square feet of concrete patio and can be closed completely using the tent sidewalls and doors.

Black White and Gold make this rustic chic wedding theme classic

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This bride used very inexpensive materials and transformed the event tent into a very classy black, white and gold rustic chic wedding. Many of the items you see, like the Japanese paper globes, were left so that other brides can use them. Just…

Whitney’s Bridal Session » Kayla Koslow Photography

Whitney’s Bridal Session November 9, 2014 Apparently we picked the coldest day in October to shoot this beautiful bridal session! Whitney and I met at the location of her wedding (ON SUNNY SLOPE FARM) two weeks prior to her big day. I love…