My Cousin's Wedding
On Saturday, my cousin Brandon got married to his girlfriend of about 7-1/2 years, Alisa Lorenz. They got married at 4:30 in the afternoon and, thank you United Church, the actual ceremony was over in about 30 minutes. Brandon plays professional lacrosse (as does one of his groomsmen), so a lot of the ceremony and pretty much every speech revolved around lacrosse.
My cousin Kyle was his best man, and gave a very emotional speech. You see, Brandon had a malignant tumour at the base of his spine removed when he was just a baby, and, last year, Kyle was diagnosed with bone cancer in his leg and had to have part of his femur replaced. He also talked about their parents' divorce, and my Aunt Sharon's car accident.
His speech wasn't all sad, though, as he told stories of when they were kids. Stories such as the one about a game they used to play called "Who's Coming Down?", which they called "HCD" for short. It was only a couple of years ago that they realized that HCD is not short of "Who's Coming Down?".
Other than that, it was just a very very fun night. All the guys were dressed great, although I'm not too sure about the bridesmaid's dresses - they were a very nice shade of blue, but they dresses themselves weren't that great. Alisa looked lovely, though; her dress was beautiful.
I got to dance with Carley (who, as always, looked absolutely beautiful, and made me not want to take my eyes off of her all night) to "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole and "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Michael Bolton (they were right after one another, we got up for Nat and stayed up for Mike).
Anyway, we were there until about midnight when we said goodbye to everyone. Well, we technically left at about 12:15 because the car was so insanely fogged up that we sat and waited for it to defrost.
So, congratulations Brandon and Alisa, and thank you guys very much for inviting us!
Oh, one last thing, the food was pretty darn good, too. Mmmm....sweet corn, mashed potatoes, broccoli and chicken. Booyeah. And the catering staff did brilliantly.
My cousin Kyle was his best man, and gave a very emotional speech. You see, Brandon had a malignant tumour at the base of his spine removed when he was just a baby, and, last year, Kyle was diagnosed with bone cancer in his leg and had to have part of his femur replaced. He also talked about their parents' divorce, and my Aunt Sharon's car accident.
His speech wasn't all sad, though, as he told stories of when they were kids. Stories such as the one about a game they used to play called "Who's Coming Down?", which they called "HCD" for short. It was only a couple of years ago that they realized that HCD is not short of "Who's Coming Down?".
Other than that, it was just a very very fun night. All the guys were dressed great, although I'm not too sure about the bridesmaid's dresses - they were a very nice shade of blue, but they dresses themselves weren't that great. Alisa looked lovely, though; her dress was beautiful.
I got to dance with Carley (who, as always, looked absolutely beautiful, and made me not want to take my eyes off of her all night) to "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole and "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Michael Bolton (they were right after one another, we got up for Nat and stayed up for Mike).
Anyway, we were there until about midnight when we said goodbye to everyone. Well, we technically left at about 12:15 because the car was so insanely fogged up that we sat and waited for it to defrost.
So, congratulations Brandon and Alisa, and thank you guys very much for inviting us!
Oh, one last thing, the food was pretty darn good, too. Mmmm....sweet corn, mashed potatoes, broccoli and chicken. Booyeah. And the catering staff did brilliantly.
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