my parents wedding (part two)

Brace yourself for the next HUGE batch of pictures below. Lots more from the wedding (but no ceremony pictures. I asked the photographer Kathy if it would be really bad if I wore my camera down the aisle, and she said "it wouldn’t be really bad….it would be really YOU". so true, so true. But I barely restrained myself, so no ceremony pix from me).

While my father and brother in law piped and drummed the arriving guests inside, the boys decided they would give Uncle Joe’s drum a try. After almost 2 years of drum lessons with Jim, I have yet to hear them play on a real drum (all practicing and lessons are done on a drum pad). And let me just say…WOW! They can actually play!!! I think we are going to have to finally buy some real drums and soon.

The big boys as best men, made the speech. It was a big hit with everyone and they loved being up in front with all eyes and ears on them. They wrote the speech pretty much all by themselves and Patrick’s poem is all his own. Here’s what they said:

Jack: Ladies & Gentlemen, we’ve been asked to write a speech on behalf of our grandparents. First of all I like pickles. Secondly, my brother likes them too.

Patrick: To give advice to the newly weds, I suggest not to fight. Here’s an acrostic poem by us.

M is for her marraige today, A is for her kindness; a very kind person, R is for her radiance in beauty, I is for her involvment with the wedding ceremony, L is for her love for Ken, Y is for yarn for the cats on her wedding day, N is for that she is newly wedded today.

K is that he is the king of jokes, E is that he is an excellent man, N is for that he is newly wedded today.

Both: Thank you and congratulations to Ken and Marilyn. We wish you many years of happiness. Here’s to our newlyweds.

Jack: Cheers, Mate!

And then Patrick asked if he could try the champagne, so I let him.

This is what he looked like. Not so much.