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| a wedding |
| 06.16.05 (12:39 pm) [edit] |
Saturday, June 4th, I witnessed a beautiful wedding of a few friends of mine. And by 'I,' I mean a good number of us. Brett and Autumn are very uplifting, easy-going people. I knew them both through Circle Church, and through friends. Brett lived in the 'guys house' where Aaron also lived. Autumn was in Aaron's math class. They are both in the church band, etc. It had been cloudy and cool in the days proceeding the Big Day. I was a little worried. There was a Bachelor's party the same night as the Bachelorette's. The guys went to an arcade/restaurant and the girls hung out at Autumn's place. It was fun, and the guys showed up when it was beginning to get late. Everone just hung out and talked, and I was really warm and tired, so before long, we headed out. We may have ended up at the movies that night (Madagascar- definitely a lot of adult humor, a movie I wouldn't take a kid to, because I don't think there are enough kid-jokes to make it worth it; I laughed a lot). I'm pretty sure that's what happened, so Aaron, Ed, Nicole, Cory- correct me if I'm wrong.Autumn wore a beautiful, sleeveless creamy ivory? color, that was very flattering with her skintone (pale, freckles & red hair). Her hair was pulled back with curls. Brett had a beard. They rented a place at someone's house- the front yard served as the ceremony, with the porch as the officiating area. The backyard held the reception. In-between were jars full of homemade cookies, and the drink area. They played a French-lovey CD most of the afternoon. The decorations were variations of purple, with a light pink and white, also. The tables looked great with ivy surrounding the white candles as centerpieces. Autumn had wrapped copperwire and a few beads on all of the candles, and they looked great. She and Brett had also made presents for everyone, wrapping boxes with decorative purple floral paper, and a ribbon and daisies and a tag that read: "He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me, so we tied the knot! Autumn and Brett June 4th, 2005" Inside were Knott's Berry Farm cookies, which are local, and knot/knott. Another cute idea they had was tying little bells onto the champagne glasses, so instead of tapping the glass with a fork, you just shook it, and you could get the couple to kiss. It's the first time I had champagne, and it's better than I expected. It was very carbonated, and had that gross alcohol flavor, but also, something sweet and fruit-like. I wasn't able to finish the glass. I decided a long time ago, but still stand by not wanting alcohol at my wedding (if I get married). Part of the reason is that my parents don't drink, and my dad's grandpa in fact died because of drinking too much. On a lighter note, the wedding was beautiful, and it was nice seeing people from church and friends dressed up. Aaron looked especially nice- with a navy jacket and a maroon (well more of a deep red, I think) shirt, glasses . . . sigh Aaron and I were able to help set up and both Brett and Autumns family were nice to work with. They're blessed to have them. |
posted by: AC (reply)
post date: 06.16.05 (11:52 am)
Sounds beautiful--wish i could have been there. i am really glad you put up so many details because certain other bloggers out there keep me pretty much uninformed... Thanks for paying me a visit too. How's home?
posted by: SparklingSnow (reply)
post date: 06.16.05 (6:44 pm)
Reply to: AC
Home's pretty good. I like it here, but also miss CA.
I know Aaron doesn't have the Internet right now, and just got back to CA yeterday, so those are some reasons why he hasn't written recently- I can't vouch for the other guys. I'm glad I have the time right now to update the blog. :)
and thanks for commenting- I love feedback!
posted by: Aro (reply)
post date: 06.18.05 (10:52 am)
setting up for the wedding was interesting, too. We had to open up salt shakers that had become crusted shut, put a lot of champaigne on ice and move the bar out of the mud that it unstably was sinking into!
We were there almost all day long, as were many others, but it was worth it. I haven't been to a wedding since I was old enough to understand them, or to get married myself either. It's still weird to see friends get married, but I am happy for them!
PS - Magagascar was another night I think, Erin. The bachelor/ette parties were later in the month, after I had been sick for a few days, so I'm pretty sure I just went to bed afterwards!
posted by: Erin (reply)
post date: 06.18.05 (12:56 pm)
Reply to: Aro
it was after the wedding, not the party, that we went. Because Nicole and Cory and Ed and you and me were all at the wedding, and we were debating helping tear down, but we'd been there so long already.
It was first wedding I've been to where i was friends with the bride and groom. Another time was people at church and another was my cousin who lives in Montana. I actually know Brett and Autumn better! It is weird to have people our age get married, but I have a friend that got married 3 years ago, and you have friends that are married and have kids, so while I don't know if the weirdness will where off, it's quite normal to get married at our age! (I'm not in a rush)
posted by: Aro (reply)
post date: 06.18.05 (1:25 pm)
Reply to: Erin
I guess both of our parents were married by the time they were our ages! zow!
I think weddings and marriage should always be a little weird. They are the result of a confluence of strange, powerful and hopefully wonderful forces and shouldn't be taken lightly or for granted!!
posted by: Erin (reply)
post date: 06.19.05 (11:51 am)
Reply to: Aro
I agree about weddings/marriages, but my dad was 26 when my parents got married.