Wedding Fun

And the day finally arrived.  My friend and co-worker got married.  I got us invited and we went.  Belinda hadn't invited us because she didn't want to impose and thought we wouldn't come.  Ha!!
And she was such a beautiful bride and Tim was a wonderful groom.
Brenda and I arrived right on time due to a little detour my gps took us on.  But we got there.  Used valet parking for the first time ever.  That was hard for me and them.  They parked my car right outside the front door.  We were shown upstairs and the guests filled the room.
The ceremony was nice and performed by a long term friend of Belinda's.  And then we were ushered downstairs for cocktail hour.  Brenda had a beer....a ginger beer that is.  She didn't care for it too much.
And then it was time to go back upstairs for the dinner and reception.  Belinda's dad gave a speech and he was very eloquent.  Told us we were from all over including Shanghai and Hong Kong.  We ranged in age from 6 months to 96 years old.  His father was not the oldest at 91, but he did get the longest marriage thus far of that group at 46 years.  Methinks that was a second marriage.
Dinner was buffet style with prime rib.  Unless you were one of the few children who got served burgers and french fries.
Once we were done eating it was time for dancing.  And by dancing....I mean Belinda's whole family gets up and dances.  It felt kind of strange to be one of the ten guests or so who wasn't dancing.  It is my usual mode of operatus. And then I decided why am I doing that? So I and Brenda joined in and we did the limbo and the Congo line and just danced.  And we had a blast.  Dancing and watching others.
They had an open bar but no one got sloppy drunk and that was very nice.  I think it may be because of all the dancing.  ;p
The cake cutting was beautiful.  Both the bride and the groom showed great respect for each other and did NOT smash cake in either's face.  There were three different flavors to the cake and I can attest that the lemon was divine.
And then it was time to wind it down.  We all went outside and received very long sparklers that were then lit and we stood in two lines and Tim and Belinda pass under the sparklers for their festive send off.
I absolutely still believe in the institution of marriage and I send great love and light to Belinda and Tim and hope they have a beautiful long life together.  I loved the wedding, I loved the dress, I loved the party.  I had more fun than I have had in a long time. I'm glad I manipulated the situation and got to go.  And I'm glad I left the littles at home.