Happily Ever After

After a great beach vacation and birthday, John and I still had something to look forward to upon our return. Now, if you've been a faithful reader, you know Chumados know how to throw a party. But when you combine Morenos with Ruperts and Brooks, you've got a grand event.


Sorry about the fuzzy photos. I haven't read the manual for my new camera and probably didn't have it on the optimal setting for indoor picture-taking. Combined with the digital zoom, I got a lot of grainy pictures. Let's just call it "artistic".

It was so sweet when Jay placed his hand on Bianca's lower back:



Pokey had everyone teary-eyed with her touching prayer. I would have kept it together had she not choked up during her reading. After the ceremony, we ascended upon DAR Memorial Hall, a really lovely setting for a reception. At first, we had cocktail hour in the library portion of the hall but then moved out onto the balcony. It was a really beautiful night. Bianca and Jay went with buffet-style hors d'oeuvres rather than a sit-down formal dinner, which was really nice as it allowed people to mingle instead of being locked to a table. There was filet mignon wrapped in bacon, skewers of grape tomatoes and mozzerella, shrimp cocktail, chicken skewers, oysters on the half-shell, crab claws, mini chicken cordon bleu, fried wontons with various fillings, and sesame snap peas. I didn't get to try everything, but the ceviche was really yummy. I should have grabbed another glass of that. I also loved all the little mini tartlettes and brownies for dessert. The wedding cake was topped with bright flowers:


Lots of ladies had their shoes kicked off (I don't know how people stay in heels all day!) and although I didn't get to the dance floor, we did a lot of dancing (or just jiggling?) at our cocktail tables. Fun music! I hear it was VERY hot on the dance floor.

Nicole, Pokes and Dave:


Me and Freddy:


Pokes and Rommel:


A couple odd incidents occurred during this wonderful evening. There was the Reverend, who was disgruntled over the guys smoking cigars (the smoke wafted over to where he was sitting) and yelled at the guys, calling them "obnoxious". Another incident involved an employee of the DAR hall and a wedding guest's kid, who was walking around with a champagne bottle. Rumor has it the kid had been terrorizing the employees all night long. The weirdest thing I witnessed, however, was between these two:


A push-up competition. Can't say I've ever seen this at a wedding before! I want to know what prompted this battle to occur.

There were so many people there we hadn't seen in a long time. I know a lot of hard work went into planning this wedding and it was a really wonderful celebration for Bianca and Jay. Come to think of it, we didn't get to congratulate them personally. CONGRATULATIONS Bianca and Jay! Wishing you much happiness and joy in your marriage!