Here Comes the Bride!

Our 4th of July was very different this year. We didn't have a picnic or do fireworks. One reason? It POURED! Second reason: we had a very special wedding to attend. M and Green Socks got married on Saturday and C was in the wedding as the ring bearer.

Friday afternoon was the rehearsal. I took C (original plans were for Daddy to take him; due to K's bad attitude, I took him--a break for me). It was at a church that I wasn't familiar with; I was afraid I would get lost. But Maggie (our GPS) got us there. The rehearsal went well. We had literally scared C in regards to how he was to act for this weekend. He took his job very seriously. Funny side note: one of the bride's brothers made T-shirts for all the guys to wear. The shirt had a funny picture on the front and the back said "I was a part of T & M's special day" C did NOT want to wear the shirt! Why? It was hot pink! Let me back up to Thursday. Daddy took C to pick up his tux Thursday night. When they got home, I asked how it went. C's answer "the bow tie is pink!" Poor guy. He's so funny. Does not like guys to wear pink. Well he didn't have much of a choice. Anyway, I digress.

After rehearsal, we went to the dinner at a local Italian restaurant. After dinner, we stopped at Hallmark. I though it might be a good idea to have a card to go with our present.

Saturday morning, C needed to be there at noon. Again, originally Daddy was going to take Ca and I was going to meet them there later. Saturday morning I decided that we would all just go together. But that meant packing up stuff for K and I, lunch for her (they had lunch for the wedding party), something for her to do, stuff for the reception, etc. We left about 11:30 (we didn't get home until around 8; it was a long day).

K and I spent most of the time just keeping busy. We watched part of a movie, colored, played, talked to everyone, listened to Daddy's iTouch, oh my! Pictures started for C around 1. We got seated around 2:30 and the wedding started at 3:30. It was so pretty! And C did such a good job! He stood so still, turned when he needed to , watched what he was supposed to. He had many compliments afterwards. Now the flower girl was another story. She was so funny! She's only 4 and got very bored. She kept everyone entertained. Thankfully the bride couldn't see her.
The reception a pasta buffet. So yummy! They had the best baked lasagna. The cake was really good too (our preacher's wife made it). After dinner, they had dancing. Oh my! That's when the fun started.

Guess who was one of the first on the dance floor? My daughter! She was so funny! She was going around asking people to dance. She danced with the groom at least 3 times, the bride a couple times, friends, strangers. She was keeping up to. They did some line dances and she was doing pretty good. Anytime we had to clear the floor (some slow dances for couples) she cried. When we told her it was time to go, she cried. That night when we said prayers she said "thank you we got to dance tonight" She LOVED IT! Now my son on the other hand, would not get out there. He had all kinds of offers! Me, friends, older grandma-type-friends, the bride. Nope. Not interested. Instead he took my camera and was the photographer. It was a good time. But a very long day.

OK. Now for pictures. I'll warn you: there's a lot! I didn't want to put them in a slide show cuz some need captions. Hope you enjoy!

Here's the bride at rehearsal. She looked so pretty!

Here are some of the guys being goofy. That's the brides 2 brothers on the end.And here is the cute ring bearer (in his pink shirt) and the flower girl (the groom's daughter).Here comes the bride! And her dad (Mr. D)RehearsalDoesn't he look cute? He did such a good job! He wanted to wear the tux to church on Sunday. I think he was a little proud of it.I think this picture turned out really good. I might get it printed.Stanley came to the wedding too.The bride and groom. That's the mother of the bride in the background. She is not going to like me for that picture. This was K's dollar dance with the groom. All I had was quarters! The groom dancing with his daughter and my daughter. His little girl's name is with an H and mine is with a K. My little girl can never get H's name right.One of K's dance partners. (B graduated from PCC this May)One of the bride's brothers.Dancing with Daddy.Like her face? One of the times she had to get off the dance floor.Doing the Macarena (or however it's spelled)This is J & E. They've watched our kids before. I thought it was a cute picture. I think C actually took it.We were waiting for Daddy while he got the car (it was still raining!). My kids did not want to leave!

Wedding bells

Our friends M and Green Socks are getting married in July. July 4th to be exact. Our preacher thinks it's funny that they are getting married on Independence Day. You'd have to know my preacher. Anyway. This past Sunday morning as I was on my way to pick up the kiddies from their classes, M stopped me and asked if it would be alright if C was in their wedding-as the ring bearer. I said sure. C and Green Socks are good friends; both my kids really like the both of them. I think the both of them really like my kids too. But I asked if M and Green Socks would "officially" ask C that night--themselves. Sure.

Funny side note, as we were leaving church that morning, M's dad stopped us and said "C, I hear you are going to be in a wedding." C is going "huh?" and I'm going "Shhh!" We quickly changed it to "I hear your birthday is soon!" and C was none the wiser.

So that night, C was officially asked to be in the wedding and he said yes. Later as they were singing a song during the service, C slipped over to them and said "I changed my mind. I don't want to be in your wedding. I'm too shy." What?!?! I heard all this after the service--I was in nursery that night. On the way home, we talked to C and explained what it all entailed. I don't think he was too sure what his part would be. And I told him that he is not shy. :) I told him it was a privilege to be in a wedding and the reason he was asked was because he is a good friend of the 2 of them.

So after we got home, I had C call M and tell her "I would be happy to be in your wedding." She got such a kick out of the whole thing. Now he is all kinds of excited. I have heard nothing but "wedding, wedding, wedding" Now I have to listen to this for the next 8 months. Oh dear!

Our Saturday

This past Saturday, Daddy's business had a wedding to tape. Since Daddy's partner had plans, I was elected to go help Daddy tape the wedding. It was at a church that we know (the partner goes there), so that helped. But it was extra stress on Daddy, cuz he had to set everything up for me and him and tell me what to do and answer my questions, etc. All in all the wedding went very well. The reception was shorter than what they (as a business) are used to because there was no dancing and drinking. So we got done a little earlier than we had told the babysitters. So we went out to dinner to a BBQ place (Squealers YUM).

Some friends watched the kids (M and Green Socks) and I'm sure spoiled them rotten. Just wait you guys! Your turn will come. It sounds like they all had fun. They went out for dinner to Olive Garden, played PS, watched a movie, played, and who knows what else.

Daddy kept telling me that this would be a working day--but for me it was a nice break away from the children. I'm sure all you moms out there understand that. Yes, we worked and we were on our feet almost the entire time, but there were no kids to tend to at the same time. When we were at Squealers, we just sat at the table-not talking-listening to the silence. But at the end of the night, we were glad to get home to the kiddies. I missed them, even though it was a nice break to be away from them. What an oxymoron.