Way OT: DS's wedding, for those interested
- From: "Joan E." <joan_erickson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:32:12 -0700 (PDT)
Okay, okay, y'all can stop pestering me now! :)
The rehearsal and rehearsal dinner went well. Very informal, had sub
sandwiches, veggie tray, potato salad and strawberries & whipped cream
on angel food cake.
The wedding was scheduled to be held at DS's house. Bret had worked
all spring and summer getting the yard and house worked on in
preparation for The Big Event. Alas, Mother Nature intervened. It
poured at his house that morning and one of the groomsmen said they
had trouble getting their trucks out of the yard. Luckily, we had a
Plan B, which was to get married at our small, rural church.
Picture-taking was supposed to be in a park but then we had to look
for someplace with a roof. We moved it to a gazebo in town and just
as we got there it quit raining. I got some nice pics there (hope to
get some posted this week, will let you know when they're up) and then
we all moved to the church.
DS's wedding was, in one word: short. Took all of 17 minutes. It was
very nice, though. They did something I'd never heard of: a sand
ceremony. Rather than a unity candle, they had sand in their colors
(pink & green) and poured them together into a vase, the idea being
they are joining their sand/lives and it would now be very hard to
separate the two. The vase will be sealed with wax.
There were just enough guests to fill our little church.
They also had a balloon release following the service, which was
nice. The weather by this time was beautiful and we were able to take
the family pictures in the churchyard.
The reception was good and they had a really good DJ, who played a
nice mix so there was someone dancing the whole time. They used small
cakes as centerpieces for each table, all made and decorated by her
mother! She said she's not going to make another cake for a
looooooooong time! lol
As they say, "A good time was had by all". :)
They didn't go on a honeymoon. They are going to try finish their
house, first.
I'm now a MIL! :)
Joan
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