Adrienne and Jon are married! Our family played an important part in this wedding: I was the matron of honor and also sang a duet with my brother Joseph; James was the ring bearer; Eliza was the flower girl, pulled down the aisle by my brother Gerald; and Jay had the important job of wedding photographer. We also had printed the invitations, and we printed programs the morning of the wedding. No one worked harder than my mother, however. She decorated and planned and coordinated everything, and also made Adrienne's veil and altered bridesmaid dresses (including mine). Everything went pretty smoothly during the wedding itself, even if there were some mishaps beforehand. For example, Gerald got stung by a wasp on the face the day before, and so his eye was almost swollen shut for the wedding. The colonnade arch fell over on Granny while she was trying to decorate it; Joseph managed to get a large scratch on his face during a playful scuffle with Benjamin; and keys were lost only to be found in Jon's pocket the next morning (and he had no idea how they got there!). I think they stayed at the church decorating until 4:00 in the morning. After we had taken pictures before the ceremony, my mom had to run home and put icing on the groom's cake. She came running in 5 minutes before the wedding was supposed to start, but she had accidently left the cake's decorations at home and had to send someone for them after the wedding. She did manage to get them on the cake before Jon and Adrienne came into the reception. It was an exhausting day, but it all worked out.
James and Eliza did a great job, and they looked very cute! James wore his tux and Eliza wore a white satin flower girl dress that I found on the internet and a headband that I had made the night before. Eliza blabbered all during her ride down the aisle. I had filled the flower girl basket with fruit puff snacks to keep her busy, and I guess it worked! Gerald also wore a tux and pulled the wagon and James walked behind them with the pillow. They were a big hit!
My duet went well except that my microphone was off. I was too afraid to try and turn it on while singing, so I just held it and sang into Joseph's microphone with him. I think we sounded pretty good—enough to make Jay get teary-eyed! :)
The picture-taking went very well. Jay did a great job, and the pictures look great. Hopefully we will be able to put some of them on our website soon!
Adrienne and Jon are driving back to Florida this week, and will leave for a Caribbean cruise next week. We are trying to recuperate from all the excitement! At least we might be a little more prepared for the next family wedding, whenever that may be!