Revelstoke Wedding
Day One July 14
Very uneventful drive. I wish I had some awesome stories of hitting a bear on the side of the road, then nursing it back to health and releasing it back to the wild...but alas, none. The drive mostly involved me, sleeping or listening to my ipod.
Got to my grandma's house, met up with my favorite cousin, Evie. She is pretty much my long lost sister. We only talk about once a year, but we are still pretty close. We went for a walk down by the river, met some crazy guy with his dogs. Talked with the crazy guy for awhile, decided it was time to leave, and left crazy guy to throw balls for his dogs. More cousin's came for dinner. I didn't know these ones very well, they had a 17 year old son named "Nick" I built some bridges. We dueled it out on our DS's. I beat him into a pulp with Mario Kart, he was angered by the fact that I was beating him, so then we played Super Mario Bros. It was a tied game all the way through, but then he beat me. He was pretty cool, maybe if it wasn't incest I would think he was pretty cute.
That's about it for today.
Day Two July 15 - Wedding Day
Woke up early, had a shower, got my mom to put the curlers in my hair, and I had to sit under one of the hair dryer things.... It like a big cap you put on your head and it blows hot air into the cap to dry the curlers. My cousin said I "Looked like a 50's housewife." Apparently all I needed was to be pregnant. I should have gotten a picture, oh well. Got all pretty, did my hair, put on my dress and it was time to go to the wedding ceremony.
The church looked beautiful. Ceremony started, my cousin, Andrea (the bride) looked AMAZING! She is so pretty. The groom, Russ, was pretty hot himself too. She choose very well. They did the vows and instead of saying "I do" they said "I will" which I think is kinda lame. It's suppose to be 'I DO!' Ceremony finished with much bubble blowing (i had troubles with my bubbles, they started leaking all over me)
After the Ceremony finished I got a chance to talk with my favorite Uncle. my Uncle Kenny. He is awesome, and he calls me a blonde all the time. A few years ago when my grandpa died, at the funeral, I got up to say a few words, and while I was trying to stand up and walk up to the podium, I tripped and just about fell. As I did this, I looked at him, and he was bright red from trying not to laugh. He has never let me live that down.
The reception didn't start till 5:30 and it was only 3. So we went back to my grandma's house. Everyone decided they were hungry, so me, my mom, my aunt and Evie all went to the corner store in our dresses, picked up a bunch of chips and nachos, some guy whistled at us, and we came back to the house.
We went to the Reception. Took a bunch of pictures. Sat down. I was eagerly awaiting free alcohol. Took the waiter a few mins to get to our table, and the while I'm like "I want my liquor!" Waiter came, I ordered a 'Chi Chi', Evie ordered a Strawberry Daiquiri. Drinks came, I started drinking mine, Evie didn't like her's, so she gave it to me. This became a pattern as the night went on. She would order drinks, not like them and I would gladly drink them. I began to feel like Talya. Whenever the group goes to Boston Pizza, Talya always has about 3 drinks on the go. Nick sat across the table and looked longly at our drinks. I laughed at him for awhile at not being able to drink. Then as I had a drink or two, I began to feel sorry for him. So when everyone's parents were up at the buffet getting food, we ordered him a drink. He was quite happy after that.
I got angry at the waiter when he tried to take my empty wine glass away. Then my cousins pointed out I had another one. Ate too much at dinner. Got in line for desserts. After a few mins my Uncle Kenny comes up beside me. We talk, then I turn to him and say "Did you just use me to budge in line?" He looks at me and grins. I want to say a line I say way to much to Dan, "Your such a jerk!" But I remind myself I'm at a wedding, and keep it inside.
Andrea's brother, Blair (Who is very hot and, if it wasn't incest....) had his girlfriend there. Me and Evie look at her and she comments on how pretty she is. Evie asks me what I think her name is. I reply "I will call her.... Barbie" I want Barbie's hair. She had very nice hair. (On sunday i found out her name was Coby, i like Barbie better)
Speeches and toasts start. Blair gives a very good speech. I must write down the funny parts and use them at other weddings if I ever have to give a speech. Then there was lots of dancing. I got dragged up a few times. (I hate dancing/can't even with i'm sloshed... then there is just cage dancing...but thats another story) Did some line dancing (which is pretty hard in a full length dress) Started to feel the bill of Mr. Rum and Mr. Vodka for their wonderful services. Several glasses of water later, I was up and going again. The bouquet was thrown, I wanted to grab it (and be the next to be married) but to no avail. Somehow i got shuffled to the back of the massive amount of females, and didn't get it. :(
The night ended with Evie, me and our respective families discussing who is going to be next to get married in the family. Its down to Me (20-21), my brother (24), Evie (22), and Blair(22). I say everyone is gonna get married in the same year. Thats how our family does it. Everyone seems to wanna get married in one big bunch. My parents and their cousins did it, two of my other cousins did it 10years ago. So now it's down to us to have one big Wedding year. I know I'm not gonna get married till I'm done school in April of 2009. And i'd like to have a year to get my life started, get a job in the Graphic Design industry, or even maybe have that year to get 'Soar Studios' set up. I actually don't even wanna be engaged till I'm done with school. But who knows....that's 3 years away. Being here in Revelstoke reminded me of when i was younger and here, i told my mom that I didn't want to get married. I had an aunt who never got married, and I wanted to be like her. And things have changed a lot in that time. So things are always liable to change. But one thing remains the same. Every time i go to a wedding i always come away wanting to get married myself. I know i wanna wait till school ends, but I just really look forward to that point in time.
I meant to have that whole thing at the end, but it seems to fit in here pretty good. So after the whole wedding reception, came back to the house, near 12:30. Me and Evie stayed up for awhile talking about the future, about boys and about who is gonna "Win the Race" (get married first)
Day Three July 16
I didn't pay the bill to Mr. Rum and Mr. Vodka. Woke up and felt great. I have a bad feeling Mr. Rum and Mr. Vodka are gonna get me double next time. Woke up to Evie leaving (we slept in the same bed, and they were leaving today for Calgary) Wiping the sleep from my eyes we say out goodbyes and she said she'll see me at the next "Fam-Jam" perfect name for it. I reply with something about we'll next see each other at a funeral or a wedding...hopefully the wedding.
Later in the day went over to Andrea's mother's place to open presents. It was pretty amusing as, she got so excited over getting plates and blankets. Russ looked pretty bored (Andrea wasn't letting him open any presents) It was a pretty lazy day. My grandma called me by my other cousins name just now. I feel slightly inadequate. My own grandmother can't remember my name. Me and my brother told our parents that we are gonna have a huge party, and to our relatives that they are all invited. My parents didn't say 'no', so i guess it's okay. Mwhaha.
Got a call from Justin at 1200am. Told him I didn't want long distance charges, he said he would get them, not me. Some how this made sense to me. After 45mins of talking he goes "You know you are gonna get long distance charges right?" I scream "BASTARD!" into the phone and hang up.
Day Four July 17
I had to listen to country music for 6hrs. I think my brain has turned to mush.
Very uneventful drive. I wish I had some awesome stories of hitting a bear on the side of the road, then nursing it back to health and releasing it back to the wild...but alas, none. The drive mostly involved me, sleeping or listening to my ipod.
Got to my grandma's house, met up with my favorite cousin, Evie. She is pretty much my long lost sister. We only talk about once a year, but we are still pretty close. We went for a walk down by the river, met some crazy guy with his dogs. Talked with the crazy guy for awhile, decided it was time to leave, and left crazy guy to throw balls for his dogs. More cousin's came for dinner. I didn't know these ones very well, they had a 17 year old son named "Nick" I built some bridges. We dueled it out on our DS's. I beat him into a pulp with Mario Kart, he was angered by the fact that I was beating him, so then we played Super Mario Bros. It was a tied game all the way through, but then he beat me. He was pretty cool, maybe if it wasn't incest I would think he was pretty cute.
That's about it for today.
Day Two July 15 - Wedding Day
Woke up early, had a shower, got my mom to put the curlers in my hair, and I had to sit under one of the hair dryer things.... It like a big cap you put on your head and it blows hot air into the cap to dry the curlers. My cousin said I "Looked like a 50's housewife." Apparently all I needed was to be pregnant. I should have gotten a picture, oh well. Got all pretty, did my hair, put on my dress and it was time to go to the wedding ceremony.
The church looked beautiful. Ceremony started, my cousin, Andrea (the bride) looked AMAZING! She is so pretty. The groom, Russ, was pretty hot himself too. She choose very well. They did the vows and instead of saying "I do" they said "I will" which I think is kinda lame. It's suppose to be 'I DO!' Ceremony finished with much bubble blowing (i had troubles with my bubbles, they started leaking all over me)
After the Ceremony finished I got a chance to talk with my favorite Uncle. my Uncle Kenny. He is awesome, and he calls me a blonde all the time. A few years ago when my grandpa died, at the funeral, I got up to say a few words, and while I was trying to stand up and walk up to the podium, I tripped and just about fell. As I did this, I looked at him, and he was bright red from trying not to laugh. He has never let me live that down.
The reception didn't start till 5:30 and it was only 3. So we went back to my grandma's house. Everyone decided they were hungry, so me, my mom, my aunt and Evie all went to the corner store in our dresses, picked up a bunch of chips and nachos, some guy whistled at us, and we came back to the house.
We went to the Reception. Took a bunch of pictures. Sat down. I was eagerly awaiting free alcohol. Took the waiter a few mins to get to our table, and the while I'm like "I want my liquor!" Waiter came, I ordered a 'Chi Chi', Evie ordered a Strawberry Daiquiri. Drinks came, I started drinking mine, Evie didn't like her's, so she gave it to me. This became a pattern as the night went on. She would order drinks, not like them and I would gladly drink them. I began to feel like Talya. Whenever the group goes to Boston Pizza, Talya always has about 3 drinks on the go. Nick sat across the table and looked longly at our drinks. I laughed at him for awhile at not being able to drink. Then as I had a drink or two, I began to feel sorry for him. So when everyone's parents were up at the buffet getting food, we ordered him a drink. He was quite happy after that.
I got angry at the waiter when he tried to take my empty wine glass away. Then my cousins pointed out I had another one. Ate too much at dinner. Got in line for desserts. After a few mins my Uncle Kenny comes up beside me. We talk, then I turn to him and say "Did you just use me to budge in line?" He looks at me and grins. I want to say a line I say way to much to Dan, "Your such a jerk!" But I remind myself I'm at a wedding, and keep it inside.
Andrea's brother, Blair (Who is very hot and, if it wasn't incest....) had his girlfriend there. Me and Evie look at her and she comments on how pretty she is. Evie asks me what I think her name is. I reply "I will call her.... Barbie" I want Barbie's hair. She had very nice hair. (On sunday i found out her name was Coby, i like Barbie better)
Speeches and toasts start. Blair gives a very good speech. I must write down the funny parts and use them at other weddings if I ever have to give a speech. Then there was lots of dancing. I got dragged up a few times. (I hate dancing/can't even with i'm sloshed... then there is just cage dancing...but thats another story) Did some line dancing (which is pretty hard in a full length dress) Started to feel the bill of Mr. Rum and Mr. Vodka for their wonderful services. Several glasses of water later, I was up and going again. The bouquet was thrown, I wanted to grab it (and be the next to be married) but to no avail. Somehow i got shuffled to the back of the massive amount of females, and didn't get it. :(
The night ended with Evie, me and our respective families discussing who is going to be next to get married in the family. Its down to Me (20-21), my brother (24), Evie (22), and Blair(22). I say everyone is gonna get married in the same year. Thats how our family does it. Everyone seems to wanna get married in one big bunch. My parents and their cousins did it, two of my other cousins did it 10years ago. So now it's down to us to have one big Wedding year. I know I'm not gonna get married till I'm done school in April of 2009. And i'd like to have a year to get my life started, get a job in the Graphic Design industry, or even maybe have that year to get 'Soar Studios' set up. I actually don't even wanna be engaged till I'm done with school. But who knows....that's 3 years away. Being here in Revelstoke reminded me of when i was younger and here, i told my mom that I didn't want to get married. I had an aunt who never got married, and I wanted to be like her. And things have changed a lot in that time. So things are always liable to change. But one thing remains the same. Every time i go to a wedding i always come away wanting to get married myself. I know i wanna wait till school ends, but I just really look forward to that point in time.
I meant to have that whole thing at the end, but it seems to fit in here pretty good. So after the whole wedding reception, came back to the house, near 12:30. Me and Evie stayed up for awhile talking about the future, about boys and about who is gonna "Win the Race" (get married first)
Day Three July 16
I didn't pay the bill to Mr. Rum and Mr. Vodka. Woke up and felt great. I have a bad feeling Mr. Rum and Mr. Vodka are gonna get me double next time. Woke up to Evie leaving (we slept in the same bed, and they were leaving today for Calgary) Wiping the sleep from my eyes we say out goodbyes and she said she'll see me at the next "Fam-Jam" perfect name for it. I reply with something about we'll next see each other at a funeral or a wedding...hopefully the wedding.
Later in the day went over to Andrea's mother's place to open presents. It was pretty amusing as, she got so excited over getting plates and blankets. Russ looked pretty bored (Andrea wasn't letting him open any presents) It was a pretty lazy day. My grandma called me by my other cousins name just now. I feel slightly inadequate. My own grandmother can't remember my name. Me and my brother told our parents that we are gonna have a huge party, and to our relatives that they are all invited. My parents didn't say 'no', so i guess it's okay. Mwhaha.
Got a call from Justin at 1200am. Told him I didn't want long distance charges, he said he would get them, not me. Some how this made sense to me. After 45mins of talking he goes "You know you are gonna get long distance charges right?" I scream "BASTARD!" into the phone and hang up.
Day Four July 17
I had to listen to country music for 6hrs. I think my brain has turned to mush.