Liberty and Justice for All

On Friday August 1st my favorite aunt and her partner of 10+ years were legally married in a private ceremony. On Saturday they held a reception which Little Guy and I attended (Hubby had to work). It was quite a day.

It was a day to celebrate the love my Aunt B and Aunt S have found with each other. To acknowledge how special they each are and how happy we all are for them. They have been a unit for many years now but without the wedding there really hasn't been an occasion to do these very significant things.

I can only imagine the difficult road they each faced, just in coming to terms with who they are. I can only imagine the bravery it must have taken to be honest with the world and with their families. In spite of it all they avoided anger and bitterness and became good people who found love with each other.

I am just so freaking happy for them.

it's hard work being a cowboy for a day...

I know TV is bad and blah blah blah...but we never would have got through that wedding without our precious new portable dvd player. Thanks to the magical powers of Elmo, our little guy didn't even notice that mom and dad were standing up there not holding him until it came time for us to exit. The only peep he made during the ceremony was a precious little "Oh, Good!" that nobody even has to know was directed at Grover and not at the happy couple.

So even though he was sick, tired, and forced to stay at the wedding hall all day he was happy as a lark. If thats wrong I don't want to be right!

the country wedding of the century

a funny story. dear hubby's cousin is getting married, and he asked dear hubby to be the best man. as the wedding plans developed i laughed and laughed and laughed. dear hubby gets to wear wranglers, boots and a cowboy tie. a nice hat was banned at the last moment since the wedding is inside a church. ha hahaha.

but the big guy upstairs heard me. (not hard since i was sharing the joke with many people) and he had a message for me: it's not nice to laugh at your husband when he's doing something nice for family.

so guess who got asked at the last moment to be a bridesmaid in the country wedding of the century...

luckily i can still laugh about it. because my dress actually isn't that bad. but dear hubby in wranglers is going to be so.freaking.awesome. it's totally worth whatever bridesmaid sufferings i might have.