Sept 25 -27

What a crazy weekend it was! I had 3 weddings this past weekend. It started with a rehearsal on Friday night at Alpine Park & Garden for Jess and Mike. The weather was beautiful and the rehearsal went well. But there was the looming threat of rain on Saturday. And wouldn't you know it, I woke up to a cold, wet rainy day on Saturday. I had 2 meetings on Saturday morning: picking up counseling material from a couple and then an initial meeting with a new couple. Both went well.
The rest of Saturday morning/early afternoon was spent looking out the window and wondering when the next shower was going to hit. Fortunately, the rain kept south as we headed north on highway 63 to Apline P&G. The ceremony for Mike and Jess was beautiful. they incorporated a lot of their own personality into it with a special wine sharing sub-ceremony and the a personalized Avowal to the Couple that I wrote for them. They also shared flowers with their parents as a token of their appreciation and love. The only snaffu was starting 15 minutes late as we had to wait on several guests to arrive. That theme only continued through the week as the other two ceremonies also started late. But somethings you just can't control.
We left Alpine and headed to Midway Farms for a 6pm ceremony. This was a Shotgun ceremony for Jason and Chrissy. They are very cute couple and have the most adorable little girl, Nadia. Their ceremony was a lot of fun as they shared personal vows and then ended up giggling and laughing with each other through most of it. Rebecca and I had a great time at the reception with another friend. I'm sure Jason and Chrissy will be wondering what is up with the pics on the disposable camera at our table!
I finished out the weekend with a rehearsal Sunday morning and ceremony Sunday evening. Again, things continued to run behind but the ceremony came off without any hitches and Randy and Pauline really showed their love for one another. It was a joy to work with them and all the couples this last weekend.