8.8.10 Gaviota State Park
Yesterday was the day of Lindsay's wedding to Richard. We came in town from the beach to get hair cuts and then ate lunch and did errands before the wedding. My sister in law Julie was going to the Woman's Club where the wedding was going to be early and we were able to go to her place and take showers and get ready at her condo. The wedding was outside under a big Oak tree and my brother Pat officiated the wedding. Everything was stunningly beautiful and it was a very sweet wedding, with charming glitzes. There were cocktails and horsduerves outside while the tables and dinner were being prepared inside. People were friendly and we had an opportunity to meet new people from Richard's family as well as new people from Lindsay's side also.
The food was great but everybody felt that the DJ played the music too loud during dinner, would not really accept requests or criticism. Later Erin told us about going out after the wedding to do Saki Bombs and they started chanting, “The DJ sucks, the DJ sucks. But everybody did get up and dance and dance. It was a fun evening with lots of warm feelings.
I could feel my brother's presence throughout the wedding, but it was the strongest when the toasts were being made. I know that he was there in spirit and they played a Van Morrison song in his honor. Later I found out that Lindsay had remembered her parents dancing to that song at my other brother Pat's wedding. It was the first time that she had gotten that her parents were romantically in love, she was about nine years old and up until then she had always thought of her parents as mom and dad. When she saw them dance to Moonbeam, she felt their love and she wanted that song played at her wedding. Sweet.
A beautiful, fun, delicious, loving wedding. What more can you ask for?
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