Reliving a Wonderful Day!

Since I wasn’t blogging when our only daughter got married, you may not know that was a little over a year and half ago. There is an extremely long story to explain why we just got the wedding video, but I’ll spare you. Bottom line – we just got it about a month ago. Well, deciding this was cause for a family party/get together/dinner, the family of the bride and groom converged on our home Saturday night for some chili and jambalaya and to watch the almost two hour movie. Yes, while most families were watching the Georgia/Auburn game, we sat glued to the screen reliving one of the most special days in all of our lives.

We all got tears in our eyes when the doors at the back of the church opened and there stood D with the most beautiful girl in the world; when they danced the Daddy/Daughter dance (which by the way, they waltzed and D never stepped on her dress – amazing); and when you could plainly see the sheer joy written on the faces of that precious bride and her handsome groom. We laughed like crazy when D introduced the new business venture he and Steve were beginning; when we all saw ourselves dancing and of course, when D broke out the Soulja Boy. Priceless. Just priceless.

D and I aren’t really known for our dancing prowess. So to save ourselves from ultimate embarrassment, we took dancing lessons for months before the wedding with E, the groom, and his parents. While it might not have been ultimately successful in increasing our dancing ability, it was an absolute blast. But to add to the dancing pressure, D was given the challenge from a certain young lady to “Crank That” Soulja Boy at the reception with her. Well, you don’t give D a challenge and not expect him to man up. So, for weeks, he practiced . . . and practiced. Actually, I think it was a great stress reliever for him to come every night and crank it for a few minutes. Honey, I thought you were super . . . man. (Sorry that was a really bad joke.)

What fun it was to relive that day! You know, on a day like that, it seems you don’t remember half of what happened or even who was there to share it with you. I am so thankful for the technology and the great job our good friend and videographer did with this video. I am thankful for the merging of our two families. I am so thankful for the special people in our lives who wanted to share that day with us. Those that made some major sacrifices to be there with us. Those who told us they wouldn’t have missed it for anything. It was one we will never forget.