A Great Day
As you all know, my oldest son Jimmy and his girlfriend Stephanie made me a grandpa a few months ago. They were planning on getting married sometime in the future at some unspecified date.
Two weeks ago, they announced that "sometime in the future at some unspecified date" was actually Sept 2, 2005. They were planning on just going to the local JP and having a quickie.
Last Monday my wife decided they were going to have a ceremony at our house on Saturday, Sept 3. Nothing fancy, just something simple with a few family and friends. BBQ from Rudy's and our normal party fare were the menu.
Believe it or not, we pulled it off. My wife made the cake and our daughter Jessica and I pitched in and helped with the rest. The wife used to work with a bunch of judges and one of them routinely does weddings, he performed the ceremony for my father and his wife, so he came and did this one for us. The ceremony was truly special, lots of laughter and then lots of tears when they each read what they had written for each other. They really do love each other and Stephanie has been an unofficial part of the family for so long, it was just good and right that they made it official.
The house was full of people with lots of kids, everyone ate and drank too much but no one broke anything or got out of hand. One guy showed up completely wasted but his friends just immediately carted his ass home. I bought 25 lbs of BBQ and about 20 lbs was gone along with a lot of other stuff. We bought way too much beer and liquor but it's not like that is hard to get rid of. Everyone made their way out the door by 9:30 or so, my wife is in bed sleeping it off and I'm just enjoying the quiet again.
So, the Edwards clan just grew a bit and that is always a good thing. Like I said, a great day.
Two weeks ago, they announced that "sometime in the future at some unspecified date" was actually Sept 2, 2005. They were planning on just going to the local JP and having a quickie.
Last Monday my wife decided they were going to have a ceremony at our house on Saturday, Sept 3. Nothing fancy, just something simple with a few family and friends. BBQ from Rudy's and our normal party fare were the menu.
Believe it or not, we pulled it off. My wife made the cake and our daughter Jessica and I pitched in and helped with the rest. The wife used to work with a bunch of judges and one of them routinely does weddings, he performed the ceremony for my father and his wife, so he came and did this one for us. The ceremony was truly special, lots of laughter and then lots of tears when they each read what they had written for each other. They really do love each other and Stephanie has been an unofficial part of the family for so long, it was just good and right that they made it official.
The house was full of people with lots of kids, everyone ate and drank too much but no one broke anything or got out of hand. One guy showed up completely wasted but his friends just immediately carted his ass home. I bought 25 lbs of BBQ and about 20 lbs was gone along with a lot of other stuff. We bought way too much beer and liquor but it's not like that is hard to get rid of. Everyone made their way out the door by 9:30 or so, my wife is in bed sleeping it off and I'm just enjoying the quiet again.
So, the Edwards clan just grew a bit and that is always a good thing. Like I said, a great day.
posted by Big Ed at 10:14 PM
1 Comments:
You know, my wife put that wedding together with about 4 days notice. It cost us about $500 and most of that was Rudy's BBQ. She made the cake, we borrowed most of the decorations, and made the rest of the food.
It turned out perfect. There is nothing we could have done it any better. It really isn't about all the fancyness, it's really about two people who love each other getting married and having their family there to watch and celebrate with them.
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